This master plan establishes a strategy to attract Transit Oriented Development (TOD) and revitalize a deteriorated urban neighborhood. The neighborhood is a multi-ethnic district with relatively low average incomes, a deteriorated housing stock and patterns of vacancy and underutilization of commercial properties. The Station is heavily used by commuters both leaving and coming to Norwalk [...]
Community Planning
Stratford Transit Centered Development Feasibility Study
The Town of Stratford enjoys a convenient location along the major commuter rail network serving southwestern Connecticut and the metropolitan New York region. As a residential, family-oriented community, the town already benefits from a rail station located within a traditional town center. The Cecil Group has been finding ways that Stratford could further benefit from [...]
South Orange Vision Plan
The Cecil Group developed a long-term, sustainable vision for South Orange, a suburban village located in the New York Metropolitan area. The plan builds upon the momentum the village has been enjoying from its initial burst of redevelopment activity surrounding the South Orange train station and is modeled after New Jersey’s Smart Growth principals. Working [...]
North Allston/Brighton Community Master Plan
The Cecil Group led a multi-disciplinary planning and design team, assisting the Boston Redevelopment Authority in preparing a district master plan for the areas that include and are adjacent to Harvard University’s major campus expansion across the Charles River and into Boston. The district includes substantial holdings by Harvard, only some of which will be [...]
Hingham Shipyard Redevelopment Master Plan
The Cecil Group developed a master plan for the comprehensive redevelopment of 130 acres of waterfront property along the historic South Shore. The development includes housing, retail, and restaurant uses. The plan also reorganizes and improves the ferry connection between Boston and the South Shore communities and the gateway to the Boston Harbor Islands State, [...]
Westminster Crossing
The Cecil Group led a multi-disciplinary team that advanced Providence’s “Three Cities” initiative, preparing a vision and a plan to reconnect the downtown with the neighborhoods to the west. The plan explored the development and neighborhood revitalization opportunities that can be triggered by reversing unfortunate urban design and development patterns. The street, development, and highway [...]