The 2016 Bolton Town Common project cleans up the brownfield site and replaces the Gas Station which had, for much of the 20th century, interrupted the historic fabric at the heart of the iconic New England farm town's National Register Historic District. Along the West flank of the mixed-use building at 713 Main, the new exposure creates an opportunity for reconciliation, reciprocity, and synergy at a civic scale. #boltonMA #mixeduse #historicDistrict #Towncommon #historical

Maynard, MA. The downtown business district of this former Mill Town centers on the triangle formed by Summer, Nason, and Main Streets. Over the course of the 20th century and with little apparent deliberacy the interior of this block was paved for parking. The area became an unsightly back-of-house utility zone; Functioning well enough for cars but hazardous for pedestrians and an eyesore for visitors, it recently earned official "blight" status from the Commonwealth of Mass