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EAST PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND 401.438.2071

BRUNSWICK, MAINE 207.725.0002

Services &Selected Projects

Public - PlanningCorrina Village Re-Use Plan, ME•Cumberland Design Guidelines, RI•Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, ME•Portsmouth Town Center, RI•Valley Falls Heritage Park, RI•Waterville Bikeway Study, ME•

Mills - Adaptive Re-useWinthrop Commerce Center, ME•American Locomotive, RI •Nason Mill, RI•Rosedale Landing, RI•Ipswich Riverwalk, MA•

Brownfield SiteMaine Street Station, ME•Stone Harbor Condominiums, RI•Stillwater Mill Master Plan, RI•Johnson & Wales University Urban •

Coastal Greenway, RIMeeting Street School, RI•

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GLAGates, Leighton & Associates, Inc.L A

Adaptive Re-Use•Community Wide Planning•Transportation•Bike Paths•Scenic Corridor Studies•Design Guidelines•LEED Certifi ed•

Linekin Bay ResortBoothbay Harbor, Maine

GLA is proud to be a part of the planning effort to redevelop a nineteen acre summer vacation destination at the Linekin Bay Resort. Thirty-four cottages were sited to maximize views to the rugged Maine coastline. GLA produced meticulous grading studies to ensure that critical stands of trees would remain and developed planting plans that provide privacy barriers between the homes and preserve native plant species. As part of the design team GLA approached the development plan with a strong commitment to environmental sustainability and green building practices, using energy-efficient construction materials and techniques.

L i n e k i n B a y R e s o r tBoothbay Harbor, Maine

M a i n e S t r e e t S t a t i o nBrunswick, Maine

Maine Street StationBrunswick, Maine

The Town of Brunswick, Maine initiated the Maine Street Station Redevelopment Master plan in an effort to return an underutilized brownfield site to active use as a multi-modal hub with train, bus, taxi and pedestrian friendly access, along with multi-use spaces ranging from offices, service centers, retail, restaurants, theatre and residential space. In the early planning stages of this project, Gates, Leighton & Associates’ ability to integrate massive infrastructure with the small scale of a New England town and sensitive approach to communication with the community resulted in a broadly advocated for and understood vision of a vibrant downtown center.

Tri-fold FlyerPROJECT OVERVIEWThis tri-fold marketing flyer was created for a Landscape Architectural conference that was focusing on public planning and adaptive re-use.

PosterPROJECT OVERVIEW

This poster was created to represent projects in New England that have utilized historic sites and buildings to create new urban environments. The colors of the poster represent brick, stone and plants. The film strip type display allowed for multiple projects to be represented.

Town-wide SignagePROJECT OVERVIEW The design theme of the signs and kiosks was developed to combine the history of the town with modern touches. This project was a collaboration between a private bank and the town of Gardiner, Maine. The objective was to “re-think” the major entrances into the city owned Waterfront Park. The signs were designed to transform un-welcoming city streetscape into a pedestrian friendly gateway to the waterfront. Expanded wayfinding signage system throughout the downtown waterfront district was coordinated with a series of interpretive panels of Gardiner’s rich heritage.

Banner Style SignagePROJECT OVERVIEWThese streetscape banners were designed as part of a vision plan project with the city of Fall River Massachusetts. All of the elements incorporated in the re-design of the Main Street Vision Plan work toward providing a Complete Streets experience that, once constructed, will enhance the walkability and experience shared by residents and tourists alike.

Ipad ApplicationPROJECT OVERVIEW

The primary objective of this Ipad application is to educate middle school students and others about what hides below the waters of Rhode Island. Designed to take the user through and exploration of the many shipwrecks that have happened over the past 200 years around the state. The app is comprised of several different pages with facts and games designed to teach and entertain.

Currency Re-designPROJECT OVERVIEWAs part of a class project we were asked to redesign US currency. My design theme concept was to incorporate bridges across the United States. I chose this theme because bridges are icons of strength, innovation, and the linking of communities bringing all citizens closer together. I have also decided to use different colors for each different bill.

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PortugueseAge of Discovery Monument

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Portugal’s Ambassador to the U.S., Nuno Brito and R.I. Governor Lincoln Chafee cut the ribbon o cially rededica ng the Portuguese Discoery Monument.

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The Portuguese Age of Discovery Monument was conceptualized and promoted by Dr. Manuel Luciano Da Silva and Mr. Arthur Raposo. The project garnered the support of the Portuguese Founda on and the Portuguese American Federa on and their e orts to promote the concept drew local and state legisla ve support, whereby funds were allocated for the construc on of the monument. The monument components consisted of 14 Thimbles (bollards) an 8’ diameter representa on of an Armillary Sphere, and a 20’ high Landmark were quarried of na ve Portuguese stone and shipped to New Bedford, Massachuse s for transport to Newport, Rhode Island.

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Magazine

PROJECT OVERVIEWTo document and highlight the history of the Portuguese Discovery Monument in Newport, Rhode Island I created this informative magazine. The magazine describes how the architect took his inspiration from the original monument park in Sagres, Portugal. Other features of the magazine explain the meaning behind the different sculpture features and the overall layout of the monument.

Branding & LogoPROJECT OVERVIEWPrior to the dedication ceremony of the newly built Portuguese Discovery Monument the city of Newport expressed interest in developing a logo that represented the monument. The design was developed using the original sketch book design. The final logo showed the monument with a blue sky meets green grass background. T-shirts and coffee cups were produced for the dedication ceremony and passed out to members of the committee.

WebsitePROJECT OVERVIEW

I developed this website as a way to provide information and images regarding the history and development of the Portuguese Discovery Monument at Brenton Point State Park in Newport, Rhode Island.

Chronology of the Chain Bridge

Feb. 1792 Essex-Merrimack Bridge Corporation organized and engages

Timothy Palmer, an early American bridge designer, to design

bridges at Deer Island.

Nov. 1792 Toll bridges at Deer Island open for business and are the fi rst

wooden truss bridges built in the United States.

1810 Chain suspension bridge replaces wooden bridge from Newburyport

to Deer Island, still known as the Chain Bridge.

1827 Chain Bridge collapses. A man driving heavy wagon pulled by a

team of four oxen and a horse and rider fall into the river. The men

and horse survive.

1827 Newburyport - Amesbury horse tram starts service over the bridges.

Mid 1800s Essex-Merrimack Bridge from Deer Island to Salisbury Point (now

Amesbury) is covered for protection from weather.

1868 Bridges become public.

1882 Essex-Merrimack Bridge replaced with an iron bridge.

1890 Electric trolley tries fi rst Newburyport to Amesbury run. The trolley

fails and is towed back to Newburyport by horses.

1891 Electric trolley service replaces horses on the Newburyport -

Amesbury line.

1910 Chain Bridge replaced by a concrete tower wire cable suspension

bridge, the only suspension highway bridge in Massachusetts.

1930 Last trolley runs between Newburyport and Amesbury.

2006 Essex-Merrimack Bridge renamed the Lieutenant Derek S. Hines

Memorial Bridge after a Newburyport resident killed in Afghanistan.

2012 New Hines Bridge completed.

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Looking from Salisbury Point, now Amesbury, towards Deer Island and the home of Harriet

Prescott Spoff ord (1835-1921), a prominent author and poet of her day. Courtesy of the

Historical Society of Old Newbury.

Built in 1792 for the toll-gatherers who collected fees on the bridge crossing Deer Island,

this house was also run as a tavern for the accommodation of travelers. In 1870, prominent

author Harriet Prescott Spoff ord (1835-1921) and her husband Richard purchased the home

and moved the house which was close to the highway several yards back from the road.

Courtesy of the Newburyport Public Library Archival Center.

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The Hawkswood oaks,

the storm-torn plumes

Of old pine-forest kings,

Beneath whose century-woven shade

Deer Island’s mistress sings.

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Interpretive SignagePROJECT OVERVIEWWhittier Bridge Improvement Project in Amesbury, Newburyport and Salisbury, Massachusetts is undertaking the replacement of the John Greenleaf Whittier Memorial Bridge over the Merrimack River as part of the Commonwealth’s Accelerated Bridge Program. Improvements include the construction of Massachusetts’ first shared use path, 2+miles, to cross an interstate bridge. Sixteen interpretive panels will be placed along the trail and at the bridge overlooks. The design of the panels was coordinated with MassDOT and a 15 person interest group committee. The 16 signs will be installed in 2016.

Traffi c Jam

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History of the Whittier Bridge

Like the current Whittier Bridge, the original Whittier Memorial Bridge was designed to be a

monumental gateway arch structure at the northern border of Massachusetts. Th e original bridge

was a double-barreled, three-span continuous steel arch through truss designed as a smaller

version of the 1930s-era Bourne and Sagamore Bridges over the Cape Cod Canal. Th e original

Whittier Memorial Bridge was demolished in 2014 to make way for the current bridge, which was

completed in 2016. Th is bridge was the fi rst Interstate Highway bridge in the Commonwealth to

incorporate a shared-use bicycle/pedestrian path into its design.

Traffi c Jam

1954 dedicati on of the Whitti er Bridge. The singers were daughters of members of

the Whitti er Home Associati on and sang a hymn from a Whitti er poem.

Th e original John Greenleaf Whittier Memorial Bridge, named aft er the revered 19th century

poet and abolitionist, was constructed on this crossing in 1951-1954 as part of the planned

relocation of US Route 1 away from downtown Newburyport. Th at bridge was

absorbed into the interstate highway system in 1956 when this section

of Route 1 became Interstate 95.

Deer Island Crossing and

the old Whitti er Bridge.

From ceiled rooms, from silent books,

From crowded car and town,

Dear Mother Earth, upon thy lap,

We lay our tired heads down.

Cool, summer wind, our heated brows;

Blue river through the green

Of clustering pines, refresh the eyes

Which all too much have seen.

From “June on the Merrimac”

written for the Laurels party

John Greenleaf Whittier

Wayfinding & BrandingPROJECT OVERVIEW

For the town of Putnam I created a master plan for signage and wayfinding. The Downtown Signage and Wayfinding plan serves to create a public signage program that establishes a consistent design style for Putnam’s informational and wayfinding signage in the downtown and throughout the town including selected ‘gateways’. A unified signage program will provide a more easily recognizable wayfinding system and a way of directing and informing visitors to key destinations, and is also a “branding” or image tool that is beneficial to marketing the town and its resources. The signage plan outlines a program to comprehensively tie together various types of town signage, and provide guidance on the design of any future town signage.

Gateway & Entrance SignsPROJECT OVERVIEWGateway and Entrance signs are designed to welcome visitors to a specific area. They are planned to evoke the sense that you have arrived at a specific destination. Those destinations range from businesses, educational facilities, parks, and town center. Size, shape, color choice, and fonts all help to create the message.

Marketing FlyerPROJECT OVERVIEW

This double sided 9”x6” marketing piece was created for a northeast planning trade-show. The background was black to highlight the images and coordinate with the glasses which were part of the piece. Holes were punched in the sheet to accommodate the glasses. I also used a graphic of sunglasses behind the word “see” to highlight the message.

Fat Boy Drive In 111 Bath Rd., Brunswick, MEFor years the Spring ritual in Maine is to make a pilgrimage to Fat Boy’s in Brunswick. Not only is it one of the last true drive-ins left in this area but the food is excellent. The value and the old style drive in at-mosphere makes Fat Boy’s a great experience!

Moody’s Dine 1885 At-lantic Highway, Waldoboro, MEFor over eighty years later, we are very pleased to have served over a million people in our motel and diner. We have evolved from three cabins our fi rst year, with no diner, to our present 18 cabins and rooms and a 104 seat diner that has become a national icon, featured in magazines and on television shows around the world.

The Maine Diner North St, Wells, MEFood Network “Diners, Drive-ins and Dives” features the Maine Diner

Bernie’s 204 US Route 1, Falmouth , MEBernie’s offers a family-friendly dinner menu. For a family night out, you’ll enjoy Bernie’s casual, seat yourself setting.

The Hornet’s Nest Sub Shop134 Park St , North Reading , MA For 39 years, this shop has been popular with generations of school children, from elementary through high school age. The Hornet’s Nest, which takes its name from the home of the town mascot, is centrally located across from the public library.

Wild Blueberry LandColumbia Falls, Maine

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Canada to Rhode IslandSummer Bike Ride

Canadian Border Lubec, Maine Day 0: Adventure begins in Lubec, Maine,

Northeastern most point of the USA The Eastland Motel, LubecDay 1: 57 miles Lubec, Maine to Millbridge, Maine Red Barn Motel, Millbridge Day 2: 75 miles Millbridge, ME to Belfast, ME Bayside Inn, BelfastDay 3: 48 miles Belfast, ME to Waldoboro, ME Moody’s Motel, WaldoboroDay 4: 63 miles Waldoboro, ME to Falmouth, ME Falmouth Inn, FalmouthDay 5: 98 miles Falmouth, ME to Salsibury, MA Beachway Motel, SalsiburyDay 6: 57 miles Salsibury, MA to Framingham, MA Best Western, FraminghamDay 7: 52 miles Framingham, MA to Providence, RI

Web & PrintPROJECT OVERVIEWTo document a 7 day bike ride my son and father-in-law took I created a web blog using blogger.com. The look of the blog was intentionally dark to represent the northeast. Images of a bicycle resting against dark foliage was the background. The font colors were light for contrast. The site was updated daily with images and details about the days travels. In addition to daily updates the site had a contact me page, links to other bicycle trips and a helpful tips section.

After the trip was completed I created a poster documenting the route that they followed and highlighted some of the memorable diners along the way.

Print - BookletPROJECT OVERVIEW

Typography Book: I conceptualized and designed this Typography book using a combination of Photoshop and InDesign. The images used for this book were photographs I took on a family trip to Europe. I felt that using these images, some of buildings from the 1700’s, added to the composition of the book and highlighted the provided text. This book was also hand bound.

Web sitePROJECT OVERVIEWTo document a bicycle ride from Rhode Island to Key West, Florida I created this web/blog page. The background was selected to represent the beachy look of Key West. The colors were complementary to that beach look with shades of tans and blue-greens. Daily posts documented the distance, weather, road conditions and any significant or interesting facts. The site also had links to other bicycle sites.

Print - PostersPROJECT OVERVIEW

These 2 posters were both created using a combination of Photoshop and Illustrator software. Both posters were limited to 3 colors to keep the graphic strong and simple.

Print - MarketingPROJECT OVERVIEWYear Up Providence is part of a national non-profit educational facility. For this project I created 8 double sided marketing and outreach pages. I also created a company folder and a postcard. Year Up had restrictions with colors and fonts that I had to be mindful of. I was able to modify the logo by adding the gold color to the word Providence.

Illustration 6 Word Memoir

THE “F” TREE: FABULOUS FOSTER FAMILY

This project required me to define myself using a design of your creation with a 3 color limit and only six autobiographical words.

Fabulous Foster Family; My “F” Tree; My poster was developed to represent who I am. I have been a mom for just over 20 years to 2 great boys and have been a foster parent for over 12 years. We have had many children become part of our extended family during the past 12 years and are very lucky to have expanded upon our biological family tree. Our family is very diverse, very loving, and at times a bit crazy. I glad we have had this experience.

Subscription Box ConceptPROJECT OVERVIEWThis project consisted of conceptualizing, branding, and prototyping a subscription box. I created the 40 Fabulous WELLNESS Box. A 40 Fabulous Box contains a minimum of 5 healthy lifestyle products, with a mix of vitamins, fitness, beauty, spa products, aromatherapy and edible treats, the majority of which are either organic, all-natural, and from small businesses. Boxes are hand-packed by owner Deb Howard. $40 a month & $5 shipping in the U.S.