BPG/Bluestone Planning Group is an urban design and planning firm based in Cambridge, Massachusetts that specializes in designing cities, towns, and places in collaboration with various clients. The firm provides a wide range of services including urban design, master planning, transportation planning, and campus planning. Lawrence Bluestone has over 30 years of experience leading major projects for public and private sector clients. BPG brings strategic implementation and funding strategies to all of its planning proposals to help ensure successful outcomes for its clients.

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Urban Design / Planning / Architecture
FIRM PROFILE
BPG /Bluestone Planning Group is a Cambridge-
based urban design and planning firm specializing
in the design of cities, towns and places in
collaboration with communities, governments,
institutions, and private land holders. Services
include urban design, master planning, town
center planning, transportation corridor planning,
water-front planning, land development planning,
and campus planning for clients requiring
principal-intensive consultation. Working with a
broad range of public sector, private sector, and institutional clients throughout New
England, the US, and abroad, BPG has the proven skills and a highly successfully
track record of seeing its clients' plans come to reality. This is accomplished by
strategically integrating implementation and funding techniques from the outset with
planning proposals and its clients' strategic goals to create added value. The key to
any of the Bluestone Planning Group's successes is therefore a powerful
combination of providing the vision as well as the implementing strategy to bring
those visions to achievement. The firm’s success is evidenced by its many repeat
clients – several of whom have collaborated with BPG for over twenty years.
The firm can offer consultation and expertise on a wide variety of assignments - from
managing an entire consulting team on the client's behalf, to preparing site eval-
uations, feasibility studies, designs, plans and implementation strategies. When
required to accomplish complex assignments, the firm's capacity is supplemented
by teaming with the best expertise available, including development specialists,
transportation planners, environmental scientists, engineers, and zoning experts.
Bringing over thirty years of successful design, planning and management exper-
ience to any new project, Lawrence Bluestone, as Principal of the Bluestone
Planning Group, has designed, managed, and implemented major projects ranging
from comprehensive master plans and cultural tourism attractions to town center
plans, downtown and waterfront plans, campus plans, office and industrial park
plans, “brownfield” site redevelopments, transit oriented plans, and transportation
corridor projects. His present and past clients have included corporations,
developers, and institutions such as the New England Aquarium, the Mass
Horticultural Society, the Polaroid Corporation, Olin Corporation, MIT, Gerald Hines
Developers, and the Massachusetts General Hospital. His public agency clients
have included US HUD, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority,
MassDevelopment, Mass Turnpike Authority, Massachusetts Port Authority, Boston
Redevelopment Authority, and a variety of state, municipal agencies throughout the
eastern half of the country. His work has been published in Architectural Record,
Progressive Architecture, Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Urban Design
International magazine.
Beyond this professional expertise, BPG brings a broader civic commitment to all its
efforts. As an active civic leader in urban affairs, and President and Board member
of civic organizations such as Move Massachusetts 2000, Lawrence Bluestone and
BPG are personally and professionally dedicated to community building and place-
making as well as the health, preservation, vibrancy and design quality of our cities,
towns, suburbs and built environment. That enthusiasm for our built environment is
brought to bear on every project - whether a town center plan or a development
study.
700 Massachusetts Ave. Cambridge, MA 02139 (617) 661-0725 (ph) (617) 661-0499 (Fax)
New Bedford Whaling District
Route 18 Air Rights Plan –
“Of all the plans I have seen or
heard about over the years, this
plan to reconnect the New Bedford
waterfront piers district with the
historic Whaling District to the
landside of Route 18 is the best …
and is in keeping with future plans
for the National Park, the Whaling
Museum, and the District. It would
be a tremendous boost to what is
an already blossoming heritage
tourism industry in our city.”
Anne B. Brengle, Exec. Director
New England Whaling Museum

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Urban Design / Planning / Architecture
PROFESSIONAL DESIGN & PLANNING SERVICES
Lawrence Bluestone of the Bluestone Planning Group
brings thirty years of professional design and planning
experience and dedication to the development of our
cities, towns, suburbs and their natural environs to his
practice. As Principal of the Bluestone Planning Group,
he offers clients custom-designed services as a project
team leader, member of a larger consulting team, or as
an individual advisor to best suit those clients' require-
ments.
Yarmouth Route 28 Corridor
“The ball really got rolling
after Yarmouth hired BPG
to design … the village
centers along the Route 28
corridor.”
Karen Greene, Director
Community Development
Yarmouth, Cape Cod, MA
CLIENT REPRESENTATIVE SERVICES
Client representative / peer review services
Consultant selection and coordination
Project organization and management
PRE DESIGN & LAND USE PLANNING SERVICES
Facilities programming, capital planning, & asset management
Site feasibility identification and analysis
Alternative site and design investigations
Design guidelines and design review services
Visioning workshops and charrettes
Project scheduling / Implementation scheduling
URBAN DESIGN & MASTER PLANNING SERVICES
Downtown, town center, business district & civic center plans
Waterfront plans
Campus master plans / corporate, school & institutional
Railyard, shipyard, military base, & industrial district reuse plans
Town / Gown planning for educational & medical institutions
Neighborhood & community district plans
Mixed-use commercial district development plans
Shrinking Cities planning
Green Cities / LEED-ND: LEED for Neighborhood Development planning
Brownfield site redevelopment plans
TRANSPORTATION / JOINT DEVELOPMENT PLANNING SERVICES
Street and transit corridor studies
Transit station area co-development plans / Transit Oriented Development
Transportation facility planning
Transportation property reuse studies & asset development
Streetscape plans
Air rights studies
VISITOR ATTRACTION /CULTURAL & ENTERTAINMENT PLANNING SERVICES
Aquariums & Botanical Conservatory facilities planning
Visitor Centers
Arts & Cultural Districts
Casino and gaming facility planning for communities
Heritage tourism plans
700 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02139 Phone: (617) 661- 0725

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PROJECT EXPERIENCE MATRIX
Representative Projects
Downtown,TownCenterand
VillageCenterPlans
WaterfrontPlans
MixedUseDevelopments
CampusMasterPlans
Arts,Entertainment,&Cultural
Attractions
CorridorPlansand/or
TransitOrientedDevelop.
BrownfieldSiteRedevelopment
HousingPlans
NeighborhoodPlans
ZoningStudies
DesignGuidelines
PublicSpaces
Coolidge Corner Business District Plan
Wellesley Square Town Center Plan
Norton Town Center Plan
Tupelo Miss. Mixed Use Civic District
Philadelphia ‘Market St. West’ Plan
Salisbury Square Town Center Plan
Arlington Center Business District
S. Norwood Business District Plan
Dedham Square Plan
Rehoboth Center Village Plan
Harvard Town Center Plan
Lawrence Downtown & Canal District
Yarmouth Marina Village Plan
Plymouth Pilgrim District Waterfront
Homestead PA Riverfront Reuse Plan
Newburyport Central Waterfront
Newburyport Harbor Plan
Concord NH CBD & Riverfront Plan
Concord NH Opportunity Corridor Plan
Natchez Mississippi Riverfront Plan
Snug Harbor Maritime Village
New Bedford Waterfront / Rte. 16 Plan
Cuyahoga Falls OH Riverfront Plan
Holyoke Downtown & Canalfront Plan
Shreveport LA CBD & Riverfront Plan
Charlestown Navy Yard
NE Aquarium Central Wharf Plan
Salisbury Beach Resort Town Plan
Garden Under Glass / Botanic Gardens
Concord NH Arts District
Shreve Square Arts District, LA
Deadwood SD Heritage Tourism Plan
Mass Pike Corridor Air Rights Plan
Yarmouth Route 28 Corridor Plan
Wareham Route 28 Corridor Study
Sherborn Rte. 16 Road Corridor Plan
Winchester N. Main St. Corridor Plan
Central Artery Corridor Surface Plan
Swansea Route 6 Development
St. Louis Transportation Center
Cambridge Center Mixed-Use Center
MIT / University Park Mixed Use
Alewife Center Mixed Use Plan
Mass Gen. Hospital / North Station
Medfield Hospital Reuse Master Plan
Foxboro Hospital Reuse Master Plan
Polaroid Corp. Headquarters Plan
Glacier Drive Redevelopment Plan
Landerhaven Office Park - Ohio
Quorum Way Office Park
Germaine Lawrence School Campus
Winchester Hospital Campus Plan
Omaha NB Housing Guidelines
Union Square Master Plan
Cambridge Center Transit Plaza
Shreveport, LA Riverfront
Deadwood South Dakota
Heritage Tourism Plan

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REPRESENTATIVE CLIENT LIST (Partial List)
Ake Larson Construction Company
Albany Housing Authority (New York)
Allegheny County, PA
Allston Brighton Comm. Dev. Corp.
Al Rajhi Investment Company
Amesbury (Town of) MA
Applied Geographics Inc.
Arlington (Town of) Massachusetts
Arlington Planning Board
Beacon Companies
Belmont (Town of) MA
Blatman, Bobrowski & Mead, Attorneys
Bolton (Town of) MA
Boston Public Facilities Department
Boston Redevelopment Authority
Bowditch & Dewey, Attorneys
Brookline (Town of) MA
Burlington (Town of), Massachusetts
California State University at Long Beach
Cambridge Community Development Dept.
Cambridge Redevelopment Authority
Canton (Town of) Massachusetts
Cape Cod Commission
Cecil Group, Inc.
Chelmsford (Town of) MA
Chelsea (City of) MA
Christopher Chadbourne Associates, Inc.
Colonial Theater Boston, Inc.
Concord (City of), NH
Cuyahoga Falls (City of) OH
Daylor Consulting Group, Inc.
Deadwood (City of), South Dakota
Dedham (Town of) MA
Downtown Holyoke Inc.
Dracut (Town of) MA
Dunstable (Town of) MA
Duxbury (Town of) MA
Electronics Corp. of America (ECA)
Environmental Trust Group, Inc.
First Cambridge Realty Corporation
Foxborough (Town of) MA
Foxborough State Hospital
Garden Under Glass, Inc.
Gerald Hines Interests, Developers
Germaine-Lawrence School, Inc.
GLC Development Resources LLC
Goody Clancy & Associates, Inc.
Greater Holyoke, Inc. (GHI)
Greenfield International, LLC
Harvard (Town of) MA
HATS (Hanscom Area Towns Study)
Hingham (Town of) MA
Howard / Stein-Hudson Associates Inc.
Intell Mngt. & Investment Co. (Chicago)
JT Callahan Construction
John Brown Associates, Inc.
Larry Davis Construction Co. (Cleveland)
Larry Koff & Associates
Lawrence (City of) MA
Newburyport Waterfront
Rockford Airport Plan
“Many thanks for your wonder
- ful work on the Rockford Air-
port Land Use Study. It was a
pleasure working with you and
your team, and your insightful
recommendations are already
being implemented.”
John McNamara, Mayor
Rockford, IL
Cuyahoga Falls Riverfront
Plan
“Over the next decade we can
see this riverfront transformed
into an exciting area we can all
enjoy and return to. Bridging
the Falls to the riverfront is the
missing link. The Bluestone
proposal provides an exciting
and attainable plan that will be
systematically implemented by
this City Administration.”
John Robart, Mayor
Cuyahoga Falls, OH
New England Aquarium
Maguire Group Inc.
Massachusetts General Hospital / MGH
Massachusetts Horticultural Society (MHS)
MIT / Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Massachusetts Dept. of Capital Asset Management
Massachusetts Highway Department (MHD)
Mass Office of Commonwealth Development
Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport)
Massachusetts Turnpike Authority (MTA)
MassDevelopment
McCabe Enterprises
Medfield State Hospital
Metro Area Planning Council (MAPC) - Boston
Natchez (City of) Mississippi
New Bedford Downtown Business Association
Newburyport (City of), Massachusetts
Newburyport Harbor Commission
Newburyport Redevelopment Authority
New England Aquarium
Norwood (Town of) MA
Olin Corporation
Omaha Housing Initiative, (City of) Omaha, NB
Philadelphia Visions, Inc.
Pittsburgh, PA (City of)
Plymouth (Town of) MA
Polaroid Corporation
Providence RI Capital Center Commission
RE Dinneen Architects
Rehoboth (Town of) MA
Reynolds, Vickery, Messina & Grieffen, Inc.
Rockford, IL Airport Authority
Salisbury (Town of) MA
San Jose State College, San Jose, CA
Scituate (Town of) MA
Sharon (Town of) MA
Sherborn (Town of) MA
Shreveport (City of) LA
Shrewsbury (Town of) MA
Somerville (City of) MA
Soza & Company, International (Washington, DC)
St. Louis Redevelopment Agency
Stull and Lee Associates, Inc., Architects
Swansea (Town of) MA
Tupelo (City of) Mississippi
US Dept. of Housing & Urban Development (HUD)
VHB / Vanasse Hangen Brustlin Inc.
Wareham (Town of) MA
Wayland (Town of) MA
Wellesley (Town of) MA
West Bridgewater (Town of) MA
West Haven (City of) CT
Westwood (Town of) MA
Wilson-Cambridge Realty Trust, MA
Winchester (Town of) MA
Winchester Hospital
Worcester (City of) MA Economic Development Dept.
W.R. Grace & Company
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