You are here: Home>Archive>The Story of the Original Central Milton Keynes>Images used in the book 'The Story of the original CMK'>Image 30. 'A massive land acquisition programme' (Henry Diamond) Image 30. 'A massive land acquisition programme' (Henry Diamond) Image 30 An aerial montage of the City Centre model placed on the land to be acquired in order to build it. Extent 1 photograph Reference number CMK/002/030 No Comments Start the ball rolling by posting a comment on this page! Add a comment about this page Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *Your comment:Name * Email * Website Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. I consent to my name and e-mail address being stored along with this comment, and to the website editors communicating with me by e-mail about the comment if necessary. My name may be published alongside the comment on the website, but my e-mail address will not be published. My information will not be shared with any third party (see our Privacy Statement - opens in a new window). * Δ In this collection Our archive Collection: The Story of the Original Central Milton Keynes Group: Images used in the book 'The Story of the original CMK' Item: Image 1. Image used on front cover of the bookItem: Image 2. Silbury Arcade in the Shopping BuildingItem: Image 3. 'The epic drama of CMK's development' (Dr. Michael Synott)Item: Image 4. The designated area of Milton Keynes c. 1970Item: Image 5. 'Flat as a bath board!' (Derek Walker)Item: Image 6. An open court 'and small public garden'Item: Image 7. A 'planted boulevard' (The Plan for Milton Keynes, March 1970)Item: Image 8. A 'covered piazza' (The Plan for Milton Keynes, March 1970)Item: Image 9. Drawing by Helmut Jacoby of a parking areaItem: Image 10. 'A lazy grid' (David Lock)Item: Image 11. 'Whoops, what's happened to the Master Plan?' (Stuart Mosscrop)Item: Image 12. 'Restful squares...' (The Plan for Milton Keynes, March 1970)Item: Image 13. 'Bustling streets'. (The Plan for Milton Keynes, March 1970)Item: Image 14. The City Club : 'It would be absolutely brilliant.'- (Allen Duff)Item: Image 15. 'The man who could fix anything'Item: Image 16. 'Something to celebrate Lord Campbell' (Tony Southard)Item: Image 17. 'Geometric steel and glass' - Queen's CourtItem: Image 18. 'Steel frames, a lot of glass and aluminium' (Ivan Pickles)Item: Image 19. 'Inspired by beautiful photographs' (Christopher Woodward)Item: Image 20. 'We spent a lot of time thinking about the arcades' (Chris Woodward)Item: Image 21. 'We had to organise the land' (Stuart Mosscrop)Item: Image 22. 'This was the Saxon Meeting Place' (Stuart Mosscrop)Item: Image 23. 'Avebury Mound' and the 'animated lake'Item: Image 24. 'The best sculptors in the country' (Derek Walker)Item: Image 25. 'A continuous ramp linked various internal galleries' (Derek Walker)Item: Image 26. 'In the early days we had boules courts on the boulevard central reservations.' (Derek Walker)Item: Image 27. Land use zones in Central Milton KeynesItem: Image 28. 'It was a buzz...' The City Centre Club (Ken Baker)Item: Image 29. You've got the Victorians... And their canal' (Stuart Mosscrop)Item: Image 30. 'A massive land acquisition programme' (Henry Diamond)Item: Image 31. 'The last crop under the shopping building was wheat' (Henry Diamond)Item: Image 32. Walter Ismay: 'Gentle, thoughtful, concerned...'(Derek Walker)Item: Image 33. Lord 'Jock' Campbell and Fred Roche: 'A great team to work for...' (Henry Diamond):Item: Image 34. 'We simply started!' (Trevor Denton)Item: Image 35. 'An incredibly powerful MKDC Board' (Derek Walker)Item: Image 36. Derek Walker: 'Charismatic... Quite single-minded' (David Byrne)Item: Image 37. 'They said it was ... A very good way of doing business' (Douglas Burcham)Item: Image 38. Stuart Mosscrop: 'As tough as they come' (Derek Walker)Item: Image 39. 'Milton Keynes was the biggest, the latest' (Stuart Mosscrop)Item: Image 40. The CMK team: 'The peak of experience to be gained' (Frank Henshaw)Item: Image 41. 'Lloyds Court was covered in granite... A quality that just knocked me out.' (Keith Mason)Item: Image 42. Lloyds Court under construction in 1976Item: Image 43. 'When you're talking about 250,000 people...' (Derek Walker)Item: Image 44. The CMK site was ... 'Absolutely miles from anywhere' (Henry Diamond)Item: Image 45. The Seckloe Hundred behind the LibraryItem: Image 46. 'The Shopping Building ... was the biggest in its day' (Allen Duff)Item: Image 47. 'The CMK team's ... interpretation of the Master Plan' (Frank Henshaw)Item: Image 48. 'This clay just gets everywhere' (Keith Mason)Item: Image 49. 'Keep as much land in productive agriculture for as long as possible' (Henry Diamond)Item: Image 50. 'Dual H6 - PDQ!' (Frank Henshaw)Item: Image 51. 'You've got to deal with drainage' (Jan Blackhall)Item: Image 52. 'CMK would become a hub for the churches - A lot of people had to co-operate' (Frank Henshaw)Item: Image 53. Church construction: 'You had to facilitate this' (Frank Henshaw)Item: Image 54. The City Church: 'the money...wouldn't come from anywhere else' (Frank Henshaw)Item: Image 55. 'Unbridled enthusiasm... enormous bravery' (Derek Walker)Item: Image 56. 'It will be a major regional centre' (Fred Roche)Item: Image 57. 'There were lots of arguments...' (Christopher Woodward)Item: Image 58. 'It's absolutely on the prevailing wind line' (Tony Southard)Item: Image 59. A vision of CMK in 1990. 'You were making something new.' (Ken Baker)Item: Image 60. 'Only six days to go!'Item: Image 61. 'The Corporation was there to get things done' (Frank Henshaw)Item: Image 62. Alan AshtonItem: Image 63. Allen DuffItem: Image 64. 'The pace was unremitting' (Derek Walker)Item: Image 65. 'Everyone was moving in the same direction' (Douglas Burcham)Item: Image 66. 'We're not spending money here. We're investing' (Stuart Mosscrop)Item: Image 67. 'How can we make it work?' (Jan Blackhall)Item: Image 68. 'Multi-disciplinary team-working' (Douglas Burcham)Item: Image 69. ' There was tremendous pride, passion and enthusiasm for what we did' (Douglas Burcham)Item: Image 70. 'Involvement with CMK was a dream job' (Douglas Burcham)Item: Image 71. 'A huge project' (Keith Barrell)Item: Image 72. Cladding the Shopping BuildingItem: Image 73. A view of CMK under constructionItem: Image 74. 'The team was very hard-working' (Bill Clewett)Item: Image 75. 'Absolutely fabulous place to work in' (Derek Walker)Item: Image 76. 'In the hut in the hot summer of 1976...'(Keith Barrell)Item: Image 77. 'We came up Common Lane... which ran virtually across CMK' (Jan Blackhall)Item: Image 78. 'On six of the steel caps was sat a partridge' (Henry Diamond)Item: Image 79. 'Exquisite silver and chrome'Item: Image 80. The Sewage WorksItem: Image 81. 'When the Queen came'Item: Image 82. 'When the Queen came' (2)Item: Image 83. 'When the Queen came' (3)Item: Image 84. 'It was just a knock-out with everybody' (Keith Mason)Item: Image 85. 'A lot of people would walk across that' (Syd Green)Item: Image 86. 'Come on chaps, let her speak!' (Syd Green)Item: Image 87. 'They were worried about Maggie' (Keith Barrell)Item: Image 88. 'The subtleties of CMK are in the detail' (Derek Walker)Item: Image 89. The subtleties of CMK are in the detail (2)Item: Image 90. The subtleties of CMK are in the detail (3)Item: Image 91. The subtleties of CMK are in the detail (4)Item: Image 92. 'The Shopping Building was designed in a totality' (Ken Baker)Item: Image 93. 'We did produce some smashing buildings' (Ivan Pickles)Item: Image 94. 'The difficulty was to go down the hill with a Boulevard' (Syd Green)Item: Image 95. 'It's not suburban, it's urban'Item: Image 96. 'A very convenient place' (Ken Baker)Item: Image 97. 'Major physical components... large-scale unifying elements' (MKDC Master Plan 1970)Item: Image 98. Generally trying to add fun' (Andrew Mahaddie)Item: Image 99. 'We're expecting 70ft high trees' (Derek Walker)Item: Image 100. 'We planted very close on grid roads' (Tony Southard)Item: Image 101. 'I'm proud of keeping that tree' (Tony Southard)Item: Image 102. 'We designed the Belvedere' (Stuart Mosscrop)Item: Image 103. 'The whole landscaping is one of the successes of Milton Keynes' (Douglas Burcham)Item: Image 104. 'The simple exquisite plainness of the infrastructure' (David Lock)Item: Image 105. 'This is civic space' (David Lock)Item: Image 106. 'It didn't obey any of the rules' (Ken Baker)Item: Image 107. 'It didn't obey any of the rules'Item: Image 108. 'The beautiful glass façade' (Syd Green)Item: Image 109. 'The beautiful glass façade' (2)Item: Image 110. 'The column is the structure' ((Ken Baker)Item: Image 111. 'Every exposed column was inspected personally by us for alignment' (Syd Green)Item: Image 112. 'All the classical bits and pieces that design is about' (Syd Green)Item: Image 113. 'A wonderful flickering effect when it's reflecting the sky' (Chris Woodward)Item: Image 114. 'A great democratic space' (Ken Baker)Item: Image 115. 'You'd see table tennis championships' (Derek Walker)Item: Image 116. 'We juxtaposed the original alignments' (David Hartley)Item: Image 117. 'The wood lasted till they put Marks & Spencer there' (David Hartley)Item: Image 118. 'First floor servicing was the breakthrough' (1) (Stuart Mosscrop)Item: Image 119. First floor servicing (2)Item: Image 120. First floor servicing (3)Item: Image 121. First floor servicing (4)Item: Image 122. 'People appreciate quality finishes' (David Hartley)Item: Image 123. The travertine floor (1)Item: Image 124. The travertine floor (2)Item: Image 125. The original wooden bench seat.Item: Image 126. 'Pipes, valves and manholes' (David Hartley)Item: Image 127. 'The long-term health of the trees is assured' (Tony Southard)Item: Image 128. 'We're obviously going to need a station' (Ken Baker)Item: Image 129. 'It never failed to amaze me that it happened' (Keith Mason)Item: Image 130. 'By Jove, it happened!' (Keith Mason)Item: Image 131. Milton Keynes Central StationItem: Image 132. 'Lloyds Court is probably unique' (David Byrne)Item: Image 133. Lloyds Court - openingItem: Image 134. Lloyds CourtItem: Image 135. 'We invented the idea of CBX' (Ken Baker)Item: Image 136. Central Area Housing under construction - the site.Item: Image 137. Central Area Housing under construction (2)Item: Image 138. 'Very high quality' housingItem: Image 139. 'A lot of stuff that was pioneered in Milton Keynes has become commonplace since' (Keith Mason)Item: Image 140. 'You just roll on through' (David Lock)Item: Image 141. 'Now you see the Milton Keynes seat all around the world' (Douglas Burcham)Item: Image 142. 'Isn't it nice how all the lamp-posts line up?' (Keith Mason)Item: Image 143. 'The porte-cochère is one of the features of the grid' (David Lock)Item: Image 144. The porte-cochères (2)Item: Image 145. The porte-cochères (3)Item: Image 146. 'It's good urban design, good engineering design' (Jan Blackhall)Item: Image 147. 'We had battle after battle to try to maintain the colonnades'Item: Image 148. 'People appreciate quality finishes' (David Hartley)Item: Image 149. 'People appreciate quality finishes' (2)Item: Image 150. 'It's a designed place, not an engineered place. The engineering is subservient' (Ken Baker)Item: Image 151. 'Conceived and built as a totality' (Thomas Heatherwick)Item: Image 152. 'Milton Keynes is different' (Frank Henshaw)Item: Image 153. 'You shouldn't be afraid of it' (Frank Henshaw) Search the archive Text search Date search
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