Boeing Airport, Burbank, California: Lot survey

People:

Lloyd Wright (architect)
Unknown, United States, early 20th century (draughtsman)
Boeing Airplane Company (client)

Title:

Boeing Airport, Burbank, California: Lot survey

Date:

printed 1929

Description:

- The boundries of the future Boeing Airport site are marked in red pencil on this blueprint plot plan of a portion of the city of Burbank.

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 reprographic copy(ies)

Stage and Purpose:

preliminary drawing
record drawing
technical drawing

Technique and media:

Blueprint with red pencil and graphite

Dimensions:

sheet: 45.6 x 45.3 cm

Reference number:

DR1987:0864:006

Drawing Type:

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

Point of View:

general view

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Sheet is folded.

Inscription:

inscribed - by the draughtsman, on the original, c.l.: "N[orth]"; and in various locations: with survey information about tract boundaries, roads, railroad tracks, civic boundaries and lot sizes inscribed - by an unknown hand, in red pencil, c.l.: "vaca[illeg.]" inscribed - by an unknown hand, in pen and blue ink, l.l.: "factory"; u.c.: "school" [sideways]; c.: "Runways"; l.c.: "Passanger [sic] - / administration / hangars"; c.r.: "aero / club [underlined]"; l.r.: "Total area about / 236 acres / Red Line Boundaries." inscribed - by the architect ? in graphite, verso, l.l.: "N.W. [?] / [illeg.] / Burbank"; l.r.: "N.W [sic] / [illeg.] / Burbank"

Subject:

topographic

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

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