Jerry Remy Hits a Home Run with Fall River Plan
January 2012
Fall River officials are thrilled their home-field advantage helped lure a new Jerry Remy’s Sports Bar & Grill, since the Red Sox [team stats] broadcasting ace was born there and grew up in nearby Somerset. CONTINUE READING...
GLA Renews Support for WTS-Rhode Island
January 2012
Many people overlook or don’t realize the important roles professional women play in the widely diverse world of transportation. Women contribute to our nation’s and the world’s transportation infrastructure at every level from master planning to public outreach to design to construction management. CONTINUE READING...
Team Effort on Urban Rain Garden Leads to Award-Winning Result for Students, Volunteers, Designers
Olneyville, Providence, RI
December 2011
Adults training for jobs in the new green economy created it, local landscape architects designed it, children living in the surrounding public housing cared for it, and green organizations from the Environmental Protection Agency to the Ecological Landscaping Association filmed, photographed, and wrote about it. In one of the most urban areas of Providence, a brightly flowering rain garden now has won a prestigious award from the Rhode Island chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects (RIASLA). CONTINUE READING...
Skilled Crafters' Long Labor by the Sea Reaps Award-Winning Design Result
Southport, Maine
December 2011
A unique new landscape, emerging over three years from the coastal ledge of Pratt’s Island in Southport, has been recognized with the Merit Award for Professional Design from the Rhode Island chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects (RIASLA). Gates, Leighton and Associates, Inc. (GLA), a landscape architecture firm with offices in Brunswick, ME and Providence, RI, created the design and accepted the award on behalf of the entire team of landscape crafters when it was announced on December 9. CONTINUE READING...
GLA Project Featured in Downeast Magazine
October 2011
GLA’s award winning Maine coastal residence project was featured in a cover story in the October 2011 issue of Down East magazine. Titled “The Ultimate Maine Cottage,” the article includes many spectacular photos of the dramatic residential landscape set on an ocean bluff. GLA master planned the site, created the layout, and detailed all of the features, including the pool, spa, terraces, walls, piers, gates, railings, plantings, and “viewsheds.” Of particular note in the article is the emphasis on the “dancing together” aspect that craftspeople experience when creating such a unique home in a breathtaking and remote landscape. GLA is proud to have been an important partner in the dance! To see the article, follow this link: www.downeast.com
