The Town of Braintree has been awarded a “Rivers, Trails and Conservation Assistance Grant” by the National Park Service, only one of two communities in Massachusetts to be awarded the grant. The technical assistance will be used to develop an initial design, build community partnerships and identify funding sources for the implementation of the Monatiquot Riverwalk.  Gamble Associates assisted the town with the grant application, together with Amanda Sloan (Gates, Leighton Associates) and Keirsten Shaffer (Shaffer Associates). Read more here.

“As Boston searches for available sites to meet development demands, the air rights along the Boston Extension of the Massachusetts Turnpike offer an opportunity to accommodate new uses and meet the needs of local residents, businesses and institutions”.  David Gamble has been appointed as one of 12 members for the mayor-appointed CAC. Read more here.

Photo source: MassDOT. 

David Gamble will be participating in “Taming White Elephants: Adapting the Buffalo Terminal and Richardson Olmsted Complex” at this year’s annual National Trust for Historic Preservation Conference October 19-21.  The conference will be held in Buffalo, NY.  The four hour sessions will include tours of the landmark buildings.  Additional speakers include Barbara Campagna, Eva Hassett and Monica Pellegrino Faix.  Master Plan by Chan Krieger Sieniewicz. 

Photo source: Buffalo Historical Society

“Accommodating Institutional Growth” has been published in the September/October 2011 issue of Urban Land.  This article was co-authored by Kathryn Madden (Madden Planning Group).

Photo source: Kathryn Madden.

Together with Paul Cote, David Gamble is co-teaching a new course at Harvard’s Graduate School of Design entitled “GIS + Representation”.  He is also one of four studio instructors for the first-semester Urban Planning Studio (together with Kathy Spiegelman, Kathryn Madden and Ana Gelabert).  The studio will focus on the most pressing urban planning issues in the greater Fenway District and Longwood Medical Area. 

David Gamble was a juror for this year’s AIA Baltimore Design Awards program, together with Rodolfo Machado (Machado Silvetti and Associates) and Robert Miklos (designLAB architects).  The Design Awards celebration will take place at Goucher Athenaeum on October 21, 2011. 

Photo Source: Scott Walters

David Gamble made a presentation on June 10 at the Massachusetts Association of Planning Directors 2011 Annual Conference in New Bedford, MA. The session was entitled “Advanced Public Outreach Tools and Techniques”.

PHOTO BY GREG GUIMOND

Gamble Associates has been selected as the architecture and urban design consultant for the Sanford, Maine Brownfield Study. The 45 acre project site contains over 20 known brownfield properties in the impacted area. The Sanford Mills Historic District, along the Mousam River, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the downtown. It contains nearly 1,000,000 square feet of vacant, formerly industrial space. Sanford was one of 23 communities across the United States to be selected by the EPA to participate in the new Area-Wide Pilot Program. The project is led by Weston&Sampson (lead firm/engineering), with GLC Development (market analysis), Terry DeWan & Associates (landscape) and Toole Design Group (planning).

Gamble Associates is working with the Town of Braintree, MA on a grant offered though the National Park Service. The “Rails, Trails and Conservation Assistance Program” provides communities technical assistance to envision, plan and implement public trails. See attached for additional information [PDF]

David Gamble presented an update on the growth and development of the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus on March 23, 2011 at Hohn Auditorium at Roswell Park Cancer Institute. Read the Business First article [PDF]

David Gamble has co-authored an article together with Kathryn Madden (Madden Planning Group). The article is entitled: “Medical Campuses as Good Neighbors”. Read Vol. 9 No. 1, Spring 2011

The Lyons addition has been recognized with a 2011 Homeowner Award by the Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia. The Award recognizes outstanding restoration and renovations projects. The Award will be presented at the Old House Fair on March 26, 2011.

PHOTO BY CHRISTIAN PHILLIPS PHOTOGRAPHY

David Gamble, AIA has been elected to the Boston Society of Architects Board of Directors. He will serve as Commissioner of Professional Communities from 2011-2013. Also, together with David Grissino, AIA (Goody Clancy Associates) he is a new Co-Chair of the BSA’s Urban Design Committee. Read the full list of BSA Board of Directors