If heritage is about continuity, then intellectual heritage is about continuity of knowledge, ideas and thoughts that allows us to learn from the past and make informed decisions in the future. Accordingly, the paper strives to establish review of academic and practical thoughts and actions within the scope of urban morphology in Belgrade starting from the period after World War II until the beginning of 1980s. Therefore, the two research questions were (a) what kind of theoretical and methodological approaches have emerged in local context over this period and (b) on which manner these approaches reflect, confirm, or deny emerging interpretations around global research landscape in spatial transformation? The research engages the literature review method through three steps: (1) analysis of relevant bibliographic units from magazine Urbanism of Belgrade dating from the most influential planning period (1969–1981), (2) content analysis of selected units and (3) deriving key notions and actions. These sources provide background for tracing the intellectual progression for the field on local level—key authorities and precedents. The paper results—over the timeline—in the evolution of theoretical and practical reflection on morphological studies in a local context, and provides a new theoretical perspective for understanding intellectual heritage and for guiding future actions, contributing to critical visions and disciplinary discussion within Serbian Network of Urban Morphology (SNUM). The research has both practical and theoretical impetus and is based on the assumption that research on locally specific approaches on the renewal processes is an important puzzle in understanding the global research agenda in the subject area and accordingly seeks to show the roots and precedents in the context of Serbia.