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Introducing the traffic problem -- The traffic problem in urban planning -- Engineers, flyovers and empires -- Cops, guard-rails and segregation -- Economists, prices and markets -- Scientists, sensors and surveillance -- The traffic problem and the mobilities of capital -- Conclusions and epilogue

ABSTRACT:In the 1890s, the London County Council began a project to photograph old buildings in the capital. The common interpretation is that this was preservationist activity to record architectural treasures being 'lost'. However, after 1899, many images appear not to fit neatly into a story of selective preservation. By examining metropolitan improvement schemes and the politics of housing, this article examines alternative contexts in which the images were made. It suggests the photographs acted in political dialogues about geographies of light and air, time and space, and the right place of working Londoners, as well as more mundane concerns over spending.