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Town centre, Burslem, Staffordshire: the new pedestrian area to the west of the old town hall with seating and concrete flower tubs

RIBA Ref No RIBA76038
Architect/DesignerBlack, Sir Misha (1910-1977)
Piggott, John Robert
Plant, James William
Wilkinson, Anthony John
Artist/PhotographerMaltby, John (1910-1980)
CountryUK: England
CityBurslem
Subject Date1960
Image Date1960
ViewExterior
MediumPhotoprint
Library ReferenceBM/PA/11/I (MAL44045)
OrientationLandscape
Colour InfoBlack and white
CreditJohn Maltby / RIBA Collections
SubjectStreet furniture ; Town planning ; Furniture ; Planters, plant pots ; Gardens ; Seating
NOTES: Burslem was chosen in 1958 by the Civic Trust for its second pilot experiment in civic design (the first being Magdalen Street, Norwich) for the rehabilitation of a run down city centre. The consultant architect was Misha Black who produced a scheme in collaboration with Anthony Wilkinson, John Piggott, the City Architect and James Plant the Reconstruction Officer, for a planned pedestrian area to include, a car park, lavatory and a seating area.
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