William L. Flournoy, Jr. interview, 11 December 2017

Item information

Title:

William L. Flournoy, Jr. interview, 11 December 2017

Description:

This interview was conducted at D. H. Hill Jr. Library in Raleigh, North Carolina, on December 11, 2017. In the interview, Flournoy discusses: his childhood in Raleigh, exploring the stream corridors that ran through his family’s neighborhood; his time at the NC State School (now College) of Design; the shifts in Raleigh’s political and development culture following the “Goals for Raleigh” planning process; examples of projects in which his propensity for large-scale, systems thinking complemented site-scale design to result in high-quality environmental and recreational projects; and the increasingly critical role that green infrastructure will play in city planning and development practices. [Preferred citation: Interview with William L. Flournoy, Jr., by Gwynn Thayer, 11 December 2017, MC 00636, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC]

Topics:

Landscape Architecture
People
University History

Subjects:

Environmentalism
Greenways
Landscaping

Original Format:

Digital video recording, sound, color

Item identifier:

mc00636-oh-flournoy-20171211

Interviewee:

Flournoy, William L., Jr. more info on Flournoy, William L., Jr. 

Interviewer:

Thayer, Gwynn more info on Thayer, Gwynn 

Created Date:

2017-12-11

Genre:

Interviews
Oral histories (Document genres)

Names:

Flournoy, William L., Jr. more info on Flournoy, William L., Jr. 
North Carolina State University. College of Design more info on North Carolina State University. College of Design 
North Carolina State University -- Alumni and alumnae more info on North Carolina State University -- Alumni and alumnae 

Location:

Raleigh (N.C.)

Digital Project:

Special Collections Research Center Oral Histories