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City of Norfolk Department of City Planning, Norfolk, Virginia, Photographic Slides, 1965-1980

By Will Hopkins

Collection Overview

Title: City of Norfolk Department of City Planning, Norfolk, Virginia, Photographic Slides, 1965-1980

Predominant Dates:1966-1970

ID: 002/RG 08/0000-004

Creator: Department of City Planning, Norfolk, Virginia

Extent: 5.0 Boxes

Arrangement: Arranged in original order.

Date Acquired: 11/24/2014

Languages: English [eng]

Scope and Contents of the Materials

This collection includes 35mm color photographic slides documenting development projects in downtown Norfolk, Virginia and in various city neighborhoods, development planning studies and projects around the city, and planning-related maps and graphics. Some aerial photographs are included. Some slides are missing.

Biographical Note

The Norfolk City Planning Department conducts urban and land use planning studies, controls zoning, oversees building permits and inspections, and conducts environmental studies and activities. The Department was formerly called the Department of City Planning and Zoning Ordinance.

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions: This collection is open to all researchers.

Use Restrictions: The status of copyright for these materials is governed by Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U. S. C.). Copyright restrictions may apply.

Acquisition Source: Department of City Planning by transfer

Preferred Citation: Department of City Planning, Norfolk, Virginia, Photographic Slides, RG 08-0000-004, Sargeant Memorial Collection, Norfolk Public Library, Norfolk, Virginia.

Processing Information: Processed in November 2018.


Box and Folder Listing

Box 1Add to your cart.
Slide Box 1Add to your cart.
Item 1: Slides 1-30, 1965Add to your cart.
Commercial Place, Maritime Tower, Planning Commission meeting, downtown waterfront, annotated planning maps.
Item 2: Slides 31-60, 1965Add to your cart.
Downtown waterfront, St. Paul's Boulevard and Yarmouth Street areas, MacArthur Memorial, "Rouse Area."
Item 3: Slides 61-76, 1965Add to your cart.
West Freemason area.
Item 4: Slides 77-94, 1965Add to your cart.
West Freemason area.
Item 5: Slides 136-149, 1965Add to your cart.
Williamsburg, Colonial Parkway.
Item 6: Slides 150-180, 1965Add to your cart.
Colonial Parkway, Hampton Tunnel, Tidewater Drive and Little Creek Road, Colley Avenue, Brambleton Avenue, Princess Anne Road, Larrymore area, downtown demolitions.
Item 7: Slides 181-210, 1965Add to your cart.
Planning model for Freemason area, annotated planning maps and graphics for downtown.
Item 8: Slides 211-240, 1965Add to your cart.
Ghent and Hague areas, Larchmont, depressed housing around Chesapeake Boulevard, Ocean View, annotated planning maps for downtown.
Item 9: Slides 361-390 (continues into Slide Box 2), 1965Add to your cart.
Richmond, Larchmont, MacArthur Memorial, Botanical Gardens, Commercial Place area, Granby Street, Freemason area.
Slide Box 2Add to your cart.
Item 1: Slides 301-330, 1965Add to your cart.
Miles Oysters, Medical Center, Civic Center area, downtown parking lots, downtown Granby Street, C&O pier.
Item 2: Slides 331-360, 1965Add to your cart.
Mid-Town Tunnel, Water Street area, City Hall Avenue, Civic Center area, Tidewater Park Elementary School, various downtown streets.
Item 3: Slides 271-300, 1965Add to your cart.
Botanical Gardens, Stallings Gas Station, Janaf, Smith-Douglas Headquarters, Colonial Place area, Algonquin House apartments, Industrial Park, various Norfolk neighborhoods.
Item 4: Slides 242-270, 1965Add to your cart.
Botanical Gardens, north Hampton Boulevard, Lamberts Point, Ocean View, City Hall Avenue.
Item 5: Slides 511- 540, 1965Add to your cart.
Lake Taylor area, Civic Center, Hague area, Coleman Place, Museum and Confederate statue.
Item 6: Slides 481- 509, 1965Add to your cart.
Maury High School, West Ghent area, Community Hospital, Janaf area, Campostella and Rosemont Junior High Schools, Hampton Boulevard, downtown waterfront.
Item 7: Slides 451-480 (continues into Slide Box 3), 1965Add to your cart.
Philadelphia, St. Pauls Boulevard, East Little Creek Road, St. Joseph's School demolition.
Slide Box 3Add to your cart.
Item 1: Slides 421- 450, 1965Add to your cart.
Downtown waterfront, Southern Branch Elizabeth River.
Item 2: Slides 391- 420, 1965Add to your cart.
Botanical Gardens, Monticello Arcade, downtown scenes, Lamberts Point.
Item 3: Slides 661-690, undatedAdd to your cart.
Regional planning maps, data charts.
Item 4: Slides 631-660, 1966Add to your cart.
Regional planning maps, data charts, Liberty Park.
Item 5: Slides 601- 630, 1966Add to your cart.
Medical Center, Corprew Avenue area, various Norfolk neighborhoods.
Item 6: Slides 571-600, 1965Add to your cart.
City Park, Hague area, NRHA planning models, Botanical Garden, Monticello Arcade, various Norfolk neighborhoods.
Item 7: Slides 541-560, 1965Add to your cart.
Civic Center, aerials over downtown and other Norfolk areas, City Park.
Slide Box 4Add to your cart.
Item 1: Slides 811-840, 1966Add to your cart.
Tazewell House, Malmgren House, City Park, Civic Center area, various downtown scenes.
Item 2: Slides 781-810, 1966Add to your cart.
New Haven, Connecticut, Norfolk planning exhibit.
Item 3: Slides 751- 780, 1966Add to your cart.
Planning maps; Janaf; planning models and renderings, including NSU; panoramic views from City Hall.
Item 4: Slides 721-750, 1966Add to your cart.
Planning drawings, transportation study, Scope drawings, East Ghent, Church Street.
Item 5: Slides 691-720, 1966Add to your cart.
Data tables, Civic Center area, East Freemason, Park and Corprew Avenues areas.
Item 6: Slides 841-870, 1966Add to your cart.
Botanical Garden, Crossroads Rec Center, Civic Center area, signage tests in various neighborhoods.
Item 7: Slides 871-890, 1966Add to your cart.
USS Franklin, Johnston's Road area, Little Creek Road, Hague area, street signage tests.
Item 8: Slides 901-928 (continued into Slide Box 5), 1966Add to your cart.
Downtown waterfront, Lake Taylor area, Larchmont and Crossroads Elementary Schools, East Ghent, Meadowbrook Farms.
Slide Box 5Add to your cart.
Item 1: Slides 931-960, 1966Add to your cart.
Hague area, planning maps for downtown areas.
Item 2: Slides 961-985, 1966-1967Add to your cart.
Planning Commission meeting, drawings for Cultural and Convention Center, Christmas decorations at Pembroke Mall and Civic Center, drawings for School Administration Building, Church Street area.
Item 3: Slides 991-1020, 1967Add to your cart.
Ghent houses and buildings.
Item 4: Slides 1021-1050, 1967Add to your cart.
Ghent area, planning maps.
Item 5: Slides 1051-1080, 1966-1967Add to your cart.
Larchmont Library site, Larchmont area, ODU area, planning maps.
Item 6: Slides 1081-1110, 1967Add to your cart.
Police building near airport, Texas cities, Fort Norfolk.
Item 7: Slides 1111-1140 (continues into Slide Box 6), 1967Add to your cart.
Downtown scenes, Fort Norfolk and Fort Wool, Hague area.
Slide Box 6Add to your cart.
Item 1: Slides 1141-1170, 1967Add to your cart.
Fort Wool, Bank Street area, Monticello Avenue, old School Administration building, Scope construction, Norfolk International Terminals, downtown scenes, USS Forrestal.
Item 2: Slides 1171-1200, 1967Add to your cart.
Houses in Freemason area, Scope drawings, MacArthur Memorial, ODU buildings.
Item 3: Slides 1202-1230, 1967Add to your cart.
ODU buildings, General Plan of Norfolk maps, Tradewinds Hotel site, Freemason area houses.
Item 4: Slides 1231-1260, 1967Add to your cart.
Hartford Connecticut, Norfolk planning maps.
Item 5: Slides 1261-1290, 1967Add to your cart.
Hartford, Connecticut, Norfolk Civic Center drawings, Lake Taylor area, City Planning Department offices.
Item 6: Slides 1291-1320, 1968Add to your cart.
Industrial park, National Cash Register building, St. Timothy's church, Norfolk Academy, Tidewater Drive, DePaul hospital, Algonquin House apartments.
Item 7: Slides 1321-1350 (continues into Box 2, Slide Box 1), 1968Add to your cart.
Ohef Shalom temple, Colley Avenue, Norfolk Design Awards ceremony, West Ghent, ODU.
Box 2Add to your cart.
Slide Box 1Add to your cart.
Item 1: Slides 1351-1380, 1968Add to your cart.
1968 Design Awards displays, Selden Arcade, MacArthur Archives, Norfolk Federal bank, St. Paul's Boulevard area, Boissevain Avenue.
Item 2: Slides 1381-1410, 1968Add to your cart.
Lafayette library branch, drawing for School Administration building, Freemason area, Dulles airport, Durham, North Carolina, 1968 Design Awards, Azalea parade, Poor Peoples' March.
Item 3: Slides 1411-1440, 1968Add to your cart.
Downtown waterfront, Goff Street area, Cultural and Convention Center groundbreaking, 1968 Design Awards.
Item 4: Slides 1441-1470, 1968Add to your cart.
Park sites, East Ghent, Huntersville area.
Item 5: Slides 1471-1500, 1968Add to your cart.
Berkley, airport.
Item 6: Slides 1501-1530, 1968Add to your cart.
Botanical Garden, airport, planning drawings for downtown expressway.
Item 7: Slides 1531-1560, 1968Add to your cart.
Urban design drawings and planning maps.
Slide Box 2Add to your cart.
Item 1: Slides 1561-1590, 1968Add to your cart.
Urban design drawings, Berkley, Scope site, downtown buildings and aerials.
Item 2: Slides 1591-1620, 1969Add to your cart.
General Plan of Norfolk maps, Waterside Drive construction, Order of Tents building, ships at night.
Item 3: Slides 1621-1650, 1969Add to your cart.
Planning Commission displays, downtown scenes, Scope construction, school protests at Civic Center, downtown piers, planning maps.
Item 4: Slides 1651-1680, 1969Add to your cart.
Scope construction, Norfolk International Terminals, Norfolk piers.
Item 5: Slides 1681-1710, 1970Add to your cart.
Scope construction, Freemason houses, Civic Center, Met Park stadium.
Item 6: Slides 1711-1740, 1970Add to your cart.
Scope construction, Military Circle mall, Freemason area, Berkley, downtown Norfolk.
Item 7: Slides 1741-1769, 1970Add to your cart.
Scope construction, library branches, Janaf.
Item 8: Slides 1770-1799 (continues into Slide Box 3), 1970Add to your cart.
Scope construction, downtown Granby Street, Minneapolis, Brambleton and Huntersville areas, planning maps.
Slide Box 3Add to your cart.
Item 1: Slides 1800-1820, 1971Add to your cart.
Planning maps and drawings, New Orleans.
Item 2: Slides 1830-1859, 1971Add to your cart.
New Orleans.
Item 3: Slides 1860-1889, 1971Add to your cart.
New Orleans, Wards Corner.
Item 4: Slides 1890-1919, 1971Add to your cart.
Wards Corner.
Item 5: Slides 1920-1949, 1972Add to your cart.
Norfolk International Terminals, Nansemond County planning maps, Reston, Va., circus, Norfolk waterfront.
Item 6: Slides 1950-1979, 1972Add to your cart.
Transpo '72 at Dulles Airport, Reston, Va.
Item 7: Slides 1980-2009 (continues into Slide Box 4), 1972Add to your cart.
Transpo '72 at Dulles Airport, Willoughby photos and planning maps.
Slide Box 4Add to your cart.
Item 1: Slides 2010-2039, 1972Add to your cart.
Willoughby, including aerials.
Item 2: Slides 2040-2069, 1972Add to your cart.
Willoughby.
Item 3: Slides 2070-2099, 1972Add to your cart.
Willoughby.
Item 4: Slides 2100-2129, 1972Add to your cart.
Atlanta, downtown Norfolk waterfront.
Item 5: Slides 2130-2159, 1972Add to your cart.
Downtown Norfolk waterfront, planning maps for downtown.
Item 6: Slides 2160-2189, 1972Add to your cart.
Downtown planning maps and graphics, downtown piers and waterfront, including C&O pier and Boush cold storage.
Item 7: Slides 2190-2219, 1970Add to your cart.
Scope construction, downtown planning maps and graphics.
Slide Box 5Add to your cart.
Item 1: Slides 2220-2249, 1972Add to your cart.
Scope construction, St. Paul's Church, Civic Center area, Commercial District.
Item 2: Slides 2250-2279, 1972Add to your cart.
Plume and Atlantic Streets area, Granby Street bars, Willoughby-Baylor House, Myers House.
Item 3: Slides 2280-2309, 1972Add to your cart.
Panorama from City Hall, Main Street area, planning maps and graphics.
Item 4: Slides 2310-2340, 1972Add to your cart.
Downtown panorama, Freemason and Hague areas.
Item 5: Slides 2341-2369, 1972Add to your cart.
Lamberts Point, Freemason and Hague areas, downtown street scenes.
Item 6: Slides 2370-2399, 1972Add to your cart.
Downtown panorama from roof of VMB building, Lamberts Point area, Freemason area, St. Paul's Boulevard, data charts.
Item 7: Slides 2400-2429, undatedAdd to your cart.
Planning maps and graphics.
Item 8: Slides 2430-2459 (continues into Slide Box 6), undatedAdd to your cart.
Planning maps, architectural renderings, Granby Street photos.
Slide Box 6Add to your cart.
Item 1: Slides 2460-2489, undatedAdd to your cart.
Granby Street, downtown planning maps.
Item 2: Slides 2490-2517, undatedAdd to your cart.
Granby Street Mall models, Granby Street photos.
Item 3: Slides 2518-2545, undatedAdd to your cart.
Granby Street downtown, planning maps and graphics.
Item 4: Slides 2546-2576, 1973Add to your cart.
Downtown Granby Street, Commercial Place area, Wayne Creek, planning maps and graphics.
Item 5: Slides 2577-2606, 1973Add to your cart.
Lafayette River, Wayne Creek, Naval Base.
Item 6: Slides 2607-2637, 1974Add to your cart.
Lafayette River, Colonial Place waterfront, Knit Mill Creek, Norfolk Yacht Club, commercial piers, SS United States.
Item 7: Slides 2638-2660 (continues into Box 3, Slide Box 1), 1973Add to your cart.
Downtown waterfront, Elizabeth, and Lafayette Rivers.
Box 3Add to your cart.
Slide Box 1Add to your cart.
Item 1: Slides 2661-2684, 1973Add to your cart.
Downtown piers, old power plant.
Item 2: Slides 2685-2707, 1975Add to your cart.
Hague and Ghent, planning drawings.
Item 3: Slides 2708-2732, 1975Add to your cart.
Botanical Garden, Ghent and Freemason areas, Whittle House, planning drawings.
Item 4: Slides 2733-2757, 1973-1974Add to your cart.
Botanical Gardens photos and models, downtown planning maps.
Item 5: Slides 2758-2781, 1974Add to your cart.
Granby Street, Scope, Commercial Place, St. Paul's Boulevard, downtown planning maps.
Item 6: Slides 2782-2805, 1972Add to your cart.
Downtown planning maps and drawings, downtown street scenes.
Item 7: Slides 2806-2829, 1972Add to your cart.
Downtown Granby Street, Scope, planning maps and graphics.
Item 8: Slides 2830-2853, 1973Add to your cart.
Granby and Tazewell Streets, Monticello Avenue, planning maps and graphics, Chrysler Hall.
Item 9: Slides 2854-2877 (continues into Slide Box 2), 1973Add to your cart.
Granby and other downtown streets.
Slide Box 2Add to your cart.
Item 1: Slides 2878-2901, 1973Add to your cart.
Downtown Granby Street area.
Item 2: Slides 2902-2925, 1973Add to your cart.
Downtown, airport construction.
Item 3: Slides 2926-2950, 1973Add to your cart.
Botanical Garden, including planning drawings.
Item 4: Slides 2951-2975, 1973Add to your cart.
Botanical Garden, Waterside Drive.
Item 5: Slides 2976-2999, 1975Add to your cart.
Ghent area planning graphics, Freemason area.
Item 6: Slides 3000-3022, 1975Add to your cart.
The Hague area, planning drawings.
Item 7: Slides 3023-3045, 1975Add to your cart.
The Hague and Ghent. Includes some copy historical photos.
Item 8: Slides 3046-3069, 1975Add to your cart.
The Hague and Ghent.
Item 9: Slides 3070-3093 (continues into Slide Box 3), 1975Add to your cart.
Mowbray Arch area.
Slide Box 3Add to your cart.
Item 1: Slides 3094-3114, 1975Add to your cart.
The Hague and Freemason areas.
Item 2: Slides 3115-3135, undatedAdd to your cart.
Downtown aerials, the Hague area.
Item 3: Slides 3136-3159, undatedAdd to your cart.
Downtown streets and aerials.
Item 4: Slides 3160-3183, 1976Add to your cart.
Downtown, model of Norfolk Gardens, planning drawings.
Item 5: Slides 3184-3208, 1976Add to your cart.
Downtown, Freemason area, ships.
Item 6: Slides 3209-3232, undatedAdd to your cart.
Omni Hotel construction, downtown waterfront, Edgewater, old power plant.
Item 7: Slides 3233-3254, 1974Add to your cart.
Downtown waterfront, lakes in Suffolk.
Item 8: Slides 3255-3278, 1974Add to your cart.
Downtown waterfront, ships; lakes in Suffolk.
Item 9: Slides 3279-3300 (continues into Slide Box 4), undatedAdd to your cart.
Downtown waterfront, ships.
Slide Box 4Add to your cart.
Item 1: Slides 3301-3324, undatedAdd to your cart.
Downtown waterfront, ships.
Item 2: Slides 3325-3349, 1975Add to your cart.
Scope area, Freemason parking garage, new fire department building, Ocean View.
Item 3: Approximately 30 slides, 1980Add to your cart.
Ocean View.
Item 4: Approximately 50 slides, circa 1980Add to your cart.
Granby Mall action plan data charts and graphics, APA awards ceremony, Norfolk planning maps.
Item 5: Approximately 50 slides, 1975-1979Add to your cart.
Regional planning maps and graphics.
Slide Box 5Add to your cart.
Item 1: Approximately 80 slides, 1979-1980Add to your cart.
Drawing of 1920 Civic Center plan, regional planning maps and graphics, Baltimore Inner Harbor, transportation planning graphics. downtown Norfolk People Mover drawings.
Item 2: Slides 3351-3373, 1974Add to your cart.
Norfolk planning maps and graphics, Landsat satellite photos.
Item 3: Slides 3374-3396, 1974Add to your cart.
Norfolk planning maps and graphics.
Item 4: Slides 3397-3419, 1974Add to your cart.
Norfolk planning maps and graphics, Church Street project.
Item 5: Slides 3420-3443, undatedAdd to your cart.
MacArthur Square, Church Street project, W. Wood retirement, water scenes.
Item 6: Slides 3444-3467, 1974Add to your cart.
W. Wood retirement, Elizabeth River Eastern Branch scenes.
Slide Box 6Add to your cart.
Item 1: Slides 3468-3491, 1973Add to your cart.
Civic Center ceremony, downtown waterfront.
Item 2: Slides 3492-3515, 1973Add to your cart.
Lafayette and Elizabeth River scenes.
Item 3: Slides 3516-3539, 1975Add to your cart.
Fire Station 1, old Electrical Affairs building.
Item 4: Slides 3540-3563, 1974Add to your cart.
Norfolk planning maps and graphics.
Item 5: Slides 3564-3587, 1974Add to your cart.
Norfolk planning maps and graphics.
Item 6: Slides 3588-3611, 1974Add to your cart.
Norfolk planning drawings.
Item 7: Slides 3612-3635, 1974Add to your cart.
Norfolk planning drawings, Omni Hotel construction.
Item 8: Slides 3636-3659, 1974Add to your cart.
Various downtown sites, planning maps.
Item 9: Slides 3660-3683, 1974Add to your cart.
Various downtown sites.
Box 4Add to your cart.
Folder 1: 35mm slidesAdd to your cart.
Item 1: Slides 3684-3705, 1975Add to your cart.
North section of Hampton Boulevard.
Item 2: Slides 3707-3727, 1975Add to your cart.
North section of Hampton Boulevard.
Item 3: Slides 3728-3756, 1975Add to your cart.
North section of Hampton Boulevard, People Mover in West Virginia.
Box 5Add to your cart.
Folder 1: Slide Collection Check-Out Sheets, 1974-1979Add to your cart.
Four Department of City Planning forms for checking-out select slides. Each form corresponds to a series of slide numbers.