Civic Affairs : The City of Leicester, 1939 - 40 : the Housing Department : map of the municipal housing estates
From the beautifully produced book "Civic Affairs" produced by the City of Leicester's Publicity and Development Department and that looks at the principal activities of the Corporation. It appears to be in the same design 'suite' as other Council publications for the era and, even with some marvellous graphics and charts, no designer is credited.
These two pages look at the city's Housing Department that had, like most other British municipalities, started social housing schemes as part of the post-WW1 legislation. In the 1930s the schemes would have been to provide better homes for families displaced from inner-city slum clearances.
Civic Affairs : The City of Leicester, 1939 - 40 : the Housing Department : map of the municipal housing estates
From the beautifully produced book "Civic Affairs" produced by the City of Leicester's Publicity and Development Department and that looks at the principal activities of the Corporation. It appears to be in the same design 'suite' as other Council publications for the era and, even with some marvellous graphics and charts, no designer is credited.
These two pages look at the city's Housing Department that had, like most other British municipalities, started social housing schemes as part of the post-WW1 legislation. In the 1930s the schemes would have been to provide better homes for families displaced from inner-city slum clearances.