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1979 Comprehensive Plan (HTML format, only partially converted as of 10/31/2007

Volume 1

Table of Contents

Existing Land Use

Natural Features

Population

Housing

Community Facilities

Circulation

 

Volume 2 - Chapters A - O

 

1962 Comprehensive Plan (PDF format)

Cover (1.9 mb)

Front piece (1.5 mb)

Chairman Russell's Letter of Transmittal (4.6 mb) 

Introduction (5.9 mb)

Goals (3.6 mb)

Regional Considerations (2.9 mb)

Plan for Circulation (13.5 mb)

Plan for Land Use (13.1 mb)

Plan for Community Facilities (16.1 mb)

Implementation (5.3 mb)

Conclusion (4.9 mb) 

Map 1 - Topographic (20 mb)

Map 2 - Lower Merion and Environs (14.8 mb)

Map 3 - Major Street Plan (10 mb)

Map 4 - Public Transportation Plan (10.9 mb)

Map 5 - Residential Land Use Plan (15.9 mb)

Map 6 - Commercial & Industrial Land Use Plan (11 mb)

Map 7 - Sanitary Sewers (14.7 mb)

Map 8 - Educational & Institutional Facilities and Open Spaces (14.1 mb)

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1954 Comprehensive Plan (PDF format)

Cover (660 kb)

Title page, Front piece, Table of Contents (1.7 mb)

Chairman Russell's Introductory Letter - Summary (12.5 mb)

Chapter I - Population Forecast (8 mb)

Chapter II - Zoning (27.2 mb)

Chapter III - Highway and Traffic (15 mb)

Chapter IV - Water Supply and Waste Disposal (3.4 mb)

Chapter V - Parks and Recreation (6.9 mb)

Chapter VI - Public Schools (4.5 mb)

Chapter VII - Public Transportation (2.5 mb)

Chapter VIII - Business Centers (5.6 mb)

Chapter IX - Substandard Housing (1.8 mb)

Chapter X - Subdivision Control (4,7 mb)

Chapter XI - Township Capital Improvement Needs (3.3 mb)

Chapter XII - Tax Exempt Uses (1 mb)

List of Illustrations (1.9 mb)

Illus. No. 1 - Topographic Map (2.6 mb)

Illus. No. 2 - Increase in Population 1850-1950 (970 kb)

Illus. No. 3 - Population Related to Annual Residential Building Growth (1 mb)

Illus. No. 4 - United States, Population by Age 1850-1950 (1.3 mb)

Illus. No. 5 - Comparison of Percent Distribution of Total Population by Age (1.6 mb)

Illus. No. 6 - Age Group Distribution, Lower Merion (700 kb)

Illus. No. 7 - Existing Population Density (4.5 mb)

Illus. No. 8 - Ultimate Population Density (4.4 mb)

Illus. No. 9 - Existing Zoning Map (4.2 mb)

Illus. No. 10 - Composite of Zoning and Sanitary Drainage Areas (2.5 mb)

Illus. No. 11A - Proposed R 6A Zoning Areas (Overlay) (32 mb)

Illus. No. 11 - Existing Zoning in Specific Areas (22 mb)

Illus. No. 12A - Proposed R 1 Zoning in Merion (Overlay) (10 mb)

Illus. No. 12 - Existing Zoning in Merion (10 mb)

Illus. No. 13A - Proposed Extension of CO Zoning Area (Overlay) (18.4 mb)

Illus. No. 13 - Existing CO Zoning area (14.2 mb)

Illus. No. 14A - Proposed Zoning in Gladwyne Center (Overlay) (11.2 mb)

Illus. No. 14 - Existing Zoning in Gladwyne Center (6.6 mb)

Illus. No. 15 - Existing and Proposed Highway and Street System (2 mb)

Illus. No. 16 - Typical Road Cross Sections (955 kb)

Illus. No. 17A - Sanitary Drainage Facilities (Overlay) (18.3 mb)

Illus. No. 17 - Sanitary Drainage Facilities (Existing) (10 mb)

Illus. No. 18 - Public Parks and Schools (4.3 mb)

Illus. No. 19 - Chart of Population and Public School Enrollment (1.2 mb)

Illus. No. 20 - Summary of Public School Enrollment by Grades (1.3 mb)

Illus. No. 21 - Present and Ultimate School Population (1.3 mb)

Illus. No. 22 - Existing Modes of Transportation (640 kb)

Illus. No. 23 - Existing Public Transit Facilities (2.3 mb)

Illus. No. 24 - Existing Commercial Districts (Haverford, Ardmore, Wynnewood) (30.1 mb)

Illus. No. 25 - Existing Commercial Districts (Bryn Mawr, Rosemont) (18.6 mb)

Illus. No. 26 - Existing Commercial Districts (Bala-Cynwyd) (1 mb)

Illus. No. 27 - Existing Commercial Districts (Belmont Hills) (1 mb)

Illus. No. 28 - Existing Commercial Districts (Gladwyne) (875 kb)

Illus. No. 29 - Existing Commercial Districts (General Wayne) (1.3 mb)

Illus. No. 30 - Public and Semi-Public Uses (4.3 mb)

Illus. No. 31 - Existing Structures (3.7 mb)

Illus. No. 32 - Areas Developed 1938-1954 (1.9 mb)

Illus. No. 33 - Capital Expenditures (since 1926) (1 mb)

Illus. No. 34 - Trend of Taxable Assessed Valuation (840 kb)

Photograph - Gulley Run Park (2.4 mb)

Photograph - Baseball (2.3 mb)

Photograph - Schuylkill Expressway Construction (2.5 mb)

Photograph - Schuylkill Expressway Construction (2.5 mb)

Photograph - Ardmore Business Area (2.7 mb)

Photograph - Shortridge Development (2.8 mb)

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1937 Comprehensive Plan (PDF format)

Cover (200 kb)

Front piece, Foreword, Table of Contents (2.2 mb)

General Views of the Planning Commission (16.5 mb)

History (53 mb)

Geography (2.3 mb)

Population (6.2 mb)

Highways (110 mb)

Automobile Parking (59 mb)

Recreation (89 mb)

Land Subdivision (15.8 mb)

Zoning (61 mb)

Housing (28 mb)

Transportation (5.5 mb)

Refuse Collection & Disposal (29 mb)

Water Supply & Distribution (15 mb)

List of Illustrations (2.2 mb)

Figure 11 - Population Distribution Map (5.3 mb)

Figure 47 - Recreation Master Plan Map (20 mb)

Figure 63 - Transportation Plan Map (4 mb)

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