The Cecil Group is the urban design consultant on a team that is planning and designing the future reconstruction of Rutherford Avenue in Boston. One of the main corridors providing access from the north, Rutherford Avenue was built in an era of automobile and highway expansion. Traffic volumes have since decreased in this corridor. The [...]
Urban Design
Norwalk Parcel 3 Redevelopment Project
The Cecil Group served as the master planners, landscape architects and coordinating architects for the private-sector redevelopment project revitalizing the Wall Street/Harbor area in Norwalk, Connecticut. The project included two new mixed-used developments and the rehabilitation of historic buildings that line the neighboring streets. New plazas and park improvements connect to a new riverwalk that [...]
Central Artery Parks Master Plan and Landscape Architecture
Prior to undertaking the final design and construction of the new parks on top of Boston’s depressed Central Artery, a major planning effort was conducted to establish the program of uses and characteristics of each of the parks. The Cecil Group managed the planning effort in its role as part of a multi-firm consultant team. [...]
Concord Opportunity Corridor
The future realignment and re-organization of the I-95 highway corridor through the center of Concord provides the opportunity to dramatically shift the land use and urban design of a large area of the City. The Cecil Group led a multi-disciplinary team including economic and engineering specialists and created a comprehensive master plan for the land [...]
Lawrence Mills Redevelopment
The Cecil Group was retained by the Massachusetts Division of Capital Asset Management to lead a team of professionals in the redevelopment of the long abandoned former Lawrence Mills complex. The Cecil Group served as the prime consultant, site designers and landscape architects. They coordinated a team composed of civil engineers, architects and other specialized [...]
Belmont Waverly Square Air Rights Study
The Town of Belmont commissioned The Cecil Group to complete a feasibility study for the acquisition and development of air rights over the MBTA rail station at Waverley Square. The project was a continuation of the firm’s previous study of a significant travel corridor in Belmont. Waverley Square is an important community center within the [...]