Wayfarers' Chapel, Palos Verdes, California: Topographic survey showing proposed and preferred locations for the development of Palos Verdes Drive South into a highway

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People:

Lloyd Wright (architect)
Lloyd Wright (draughtsman)
Charles C. Miller (surveyor)

Title:

Wayfarers' Chapel, Palos Verdes, California: Topographic survey showing proposed and preferred locations for the development of Palos Verdes Drive South into a highway

Date:

16 February 1953

Description:

- The survey information on drawing DR1987:0692 appears to be copied from an April 1949 survey by Charles C. Miller (probably DR1987:0679 or DR1987:0677).

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 drawing(s)

Stage and Purpose:

presentation drawing (proposal)
record drawing
technical drawing

Technique and media:

Graphite

Dimensions:

sheet: 42.3 x 63.7 cm

Reference number:

DR1987:0692

Drawing Type:

line drawing
mechanical drawing (tool-aided drawing)
topographic survey

Method of Projection:

block plan

Point of View:

general view

Inscription:

inscribed and dated - by the draughtsman, in graphite, u.l.: "N[orth] / S[outh]"; l.l. to b.: with title; u.r.: "TOPOGRAPHIC SURVEY OF A PORTION OF LOT H, RANCHO PALOS VERDES / LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA / APRIL 1949 / FB 192 38"; l.r.: "CHARLES C. MILLER, R.E. 122 / CIVIL ENGINEER / LOS ANGELES 13 CALIFORNIA"; b.: "A NATIONAL MEMORIAL TO / EMANUEL SWEDENBORG"; l.r.: "PALOS VERDES, CALIFORNIA / LLOYD WRIGHT, ARCHITECT" and "FEB. 16, 1953"; and in various locations: with topographic features, survey information, notes on proposed and preferred highway center line and measurements stamped and numbered - l.r.: "243" [job number]

Location:

United States

Subject:

architecture
topographic

Subject Descriptive Terms:

highway

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

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