Richmond Comprehensive Planning Slide Collection
from Virginia Commonwealth University
The Richmond Comprehensive Planning Slide Collection contains over 8,000 photographs primarily depicting the city of Richmond, Virginia. The collection of 35mm slides was compiled by the staff of the Planning and Preservation Division of the City of Richmond's Department of Planning and Development Review. It functioned as an archive of planning imagery used for presentations to the public, to community groups, and to the Planning Commission and City Council for the adoption of plans. The collection was also used to illustrate the Richmond Master and Downtown Plans as well as neighborhood planning documents. It is an important resource for understanding the larger context of planning as practiced in Richmond during the second half of the twentieth century. The images document the changes in numerous Richmond neighborhoods, in the city's architecture and streetscapes, and in other various aspects of the built environment. Dating from the 1940s to 2000, with the majority ranging from the '70s to the '90s, the photographs depict buildings, streets, aerial views, parks, parking lots, floods, people, and events, mostly in Richmond, but also in other cities in Virginia and in other states. The non-Richmond views were used by the Division as examples of best planning practices. David Sacks, a longtime city planner who headed the Comprehensive Planning Division for a number of years, shot a large number of the slides.
VCU Libraries digitized this collection in 2008 and 2010. Jennifer Cason supervised student employees, digitization, and quality control. Student employees Kaitlin Foray and Kelly Crone assisted with digitization. Metadata Librarian Mary Anne Dyer created the metadata for this digital collection.
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Old City Hall Under renovation for Offices
May 1984
Original Binder Label: Unnamed 1 Subject: City planning -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Pictorial works; Richmond (Va.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. --…
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[Unnamed 1 binder. No title on slide.]
May 1981
Original Binder Label: Unnamed 1 Subject: City planning -- Pictorial works
James Center
Note: This item does not have a date. This collection includes images dating from the 1940s to 2000, with the majority ranging from the 70s to the 90…
![[Unnamed 1 binder. No title on slide.]](https://cdn.yesterdays.maprva.org/images/22279/1/thumbnail.webp)
[Unnamed 1 binder. No title on slide.]
Note: This item does not have a date. This collection includes images dating from the 1940s to 2000, with the majority ranging from the 70s to the 90…
Jefferson Hotel Under Renovation
September 1983
Original Binder Label: Unnamed 1 Subject: City planning -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Pictorial works; Richmond (Va.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. --…
Ramada - N. Side
Note: This item does not have a date. This collection includes images dating from the 1940s to 2000, with the majority ranging from the 70s to the 90…
Baptist Church
April 1985
Original Binder Label: Unnamed 1 Subject: City planning -- Pictorial works
Carpenter Center
October 1987
Original Binder Label: Unnamed 1 Subject: City planning -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Pictorial works; Richmond (Va.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. --…
Randolf
Note: This item does not have a date. This collection includes images dating from the 1940s to 2000, with the majority ranging from the 70s to the 90…
Archive Housing Streetscape
February 1978
Original Binder Label: Unnamed 1 Subject: City planning -- Pictorial works
Carver 88
December 1987
Original Binder Label: Unnamed 1 Subject: City planning -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Pictorial works; Richmond (Va.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. --…
602 - 06 Gilmer
February 1987
Original Binder Label: Unnamed 1 Subject: City planning -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Pictorial works; Richmond (Va.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. --…
Police Dept. Ch. Hill
Note: This item does not have a date. This collection includes images dating from the 1940s to 2000, with the majority ranging from the 70s to the 90…
Police Dept. Ch. Hill
Note: This item does not have a date. This collection includes images dating from the 1940s to 2000, with the majority ranging from the 70s to the 90…
City Social Services Site
March 1980
Original Binder Label: Unnamed 1 Subject: City planning -- Pictorial works
City Social Services Site
March 1980
Original Binder Label: Unnamed 1 Subject: City planning -- Pictorial works
City Social Services Site
December 1971
Original Binder Label: Unnamed 1 Subject: City planning -- Pictorial works
City Social Services Site Construction
February 1984
Original Binder Label: Unnamed 1 Subject: City planning -- Pictorial works
Site Construction City Social Services
February 1984
Original Binder Label: Unnamed 1 Subject: City planning -- Pictorial works
City Social Services Building - Under Const.
Note: This item does not have a date. This collection includes images dating from the 1940s to 2000, with the majority ranging from the 70s to the 90…
City Social Services Building - Under Construction
February 1984
Original Binder Label: Unnamed 1 Subject: City planning -- Pictorial works
City Social Services Construction
February 1984
Original Binder Label: Unnamed 1 Subject: City planning -- Pictorial works