User:Ballpointbiro/Coventry City Architect's Department

Coventry City Architect's Department was the city planning department of Coventry City Council (then Coventry Corporation) established in 1939 to plan and redevelop Coventry city centre and its suburbs. The first City Architect was Donald Gibson, appointed in 1938. The last was Harry Noble, who left the post in 1994.

Background
After the First World War Coventry was the fastest growing city in Britain in terms of population. The city's growth was driven by its expanding industrial sector; Coventry was one of the UK's largest producers of bicycles, cars and munitions. The massive increase in population and traffic made the narrow, medieval streets dangerously congested, and lea