2021
Everett Fly
Everett’s forty year practice has integrated the arts and the humanities in a multidisciplinary, and interdisciplinary, methodology. He frequently works with archaeologists, historians, urban designers, architects, city and community planners, government managers, and landscape architects.
Fly’s projects have ranged from large scale public projects such as the Texas Capitol Extension Landscape in Austin, to initial pedestrian planning for the Alamo Dome in San Antonio, to small scale private residential architectural projects in San Antonio.
Fly has worked on projects across a wide geographic range, including 17 states and the District of Columbia. His clients have included national agencies such as the National Park Service, and urban planning for community organizations such as the Michigan Street Heritage Corridor in Buffalo, New York.
Regional examples of Fly’s work includes the Hockley-Clay Cemetery recovery and participation in the Coalition for the Woolworth Building in San Antonio.
Everett L. Fly, native of San Antonio, Texas, resides in the city with his wife Rosalinda. An honors graduate of the University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture, he is the first African American graduate of Harvard University’s Department of Landscape Architecture. He is a Fellow of the American Society of Landscape Architects.
Fly’s practice as a licensed landscape architect and architect includes national multidisciplinary consultations for the National Park Service and the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
He served on the State of Texas National Register Board of Review and City of San Antonio Historic and Design Review Commission. He chaired the board of Humanities Texas from 1993 to 1994.
Fly served appointments by President Bill Clinton to the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities from 1994 to 2001. President Barack Obama awarded him one of ten 2014 National Humanities Medals for his body of work preserving the integrity of African-American places and landmarks.
Recent awards include the 2018 San Antonio Power of Preservation Foundation “Champion of Preservation Award” and the 2020 Conservation Society of San Antonio “Texas Preservation Hero Award”.
He co-founded the San Antonio African American Community Archive and Museum.