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Hester/McNally / Community Development by Design Collection
2010.-10
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Description
The Hester/McNally collection primarily consists of planning and project records, including a substantial amount of material
highlighting their evolutionary strategies for engaging communities during the course of designing a project. Archival materials
include site specific historical reference materials, correspondence with developers and government leaders, community engagement
materials (including correspondence, listening summaries and goal reports), and project records (including site evaluations,
sketches, master plans, and clippings). Important projects in the collection include the Bay Area Ridge Trail, Runyon Canyon,
Mulholland Gateway Park, and the Los Angeles River.
Background
Randy Hester and Marcia McNally have been leaders in the field of community design for decades. They have worked extensively
in the eastern and western U.S. and in East Asia at a range of scales and communities. The work began in the late 60s with
design for a series of parks in Cambridge, MA; projects devised as a way to prevent freeway construction through the city's
working and poor neighborhoods. For 10 years after that the work was conducted through a partnership between North Carolina
State University and cities throughout the state of North Carolina and then for 30 years at the University of California,
Berkeley, where Hester and McNally taught until 2010.
Extent
70 Linear Feet:
69 tubes, 55 boxes, 2 flat file drawers
Restrictions
All requests for permission to publish, reproduce, or quote from materials in the collection should be discussed with the
Curator.
Availability
Collection is open for research