Wayfarers' Chapel, Palos Verdes, California: Survey and curve data for the development of Palos Verdes Drive South into a highway

Part of:

People:

Lloyd Wright (draughtsman)
Robeson (draughtsman)
Matsuno (draughtsman)
Campbell (draughtsman)
Lloyd Wright (architect)

Title:

Wayfarers' Chapel, Palos Verdes, California: Survey and curve data for the development of Palos Verdes Drive South into a highway

Date:

printed after 14 June 1954

Description:

- This reprographic copy of a Los Angeles county road department site plan and graph shows the proposed changes to Palos Verdes Drive below Wayfarers' Chapel, Palos Verdes, California. A draughtsman, possibly Lloyd Wright, has coloured in part the reprographic copy to clarify the relationship between the chapel, its berm walls, and the proposed highway.

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 reprographic copy(ies)

Stage and Purpose:

technical drawing

Technique and media:

Diazotype with coloured pencil

Dimensions:

sheet: 50.6 x 76.7 cm

Reference number:

DR1987:0683

Drawing Type:

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

Method of Projection:

plan (drawing)
sections (orthographic drawings)

Point of View:

general view

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Sheet has five holes punched along the l. edge. Original drawing was executed on a pre-printed drawing sheet with empty blocks for project information.

Inscription:

inscribed, dated, and numbered - by the draughtsman, on the original, l.l.: "DRAWN: CAMPBELL, ROBESON, MATSUNO / CHECKED: ESCOVAR" [sideways]; u.l.: "PALOS VERDES DRIVE"; u.r.: with federal project number, district, county, route, sheet number and total sheets in pre-printed information block; u.l., u.c. and u.r.: with survey information and notes on existing and proposed roadways; l.l.: "For Pavement Elevations"; and c., l.l., l.c and l.r.: with data and notes for pavement elevations inscribed - by the draughtsman (architect), in graphite and blue pencil, u.l.: with notes and calculations stamped - on the original, u.r.: with blocks for submission and approval of drawing inscribed, dated and signed - by Los Angeles County Road Dept. official, on the original, inside the stamp, u.r.: "6-11 54 / [illeg. signature indicating submission]" inscribed, dated and signed - by Road Commissioner, County of Los Angeles, on the original, inside the stamp, u.r.: "6-14 54 / [illeg. signature granting approval] 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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