CLARISSA ROWE, Principal
Brown, Richardson & Rowe, Inc.
Landscape Architects and Planners
Landscape Architect, Mass. Reg. #675
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Parks
- Falls Outlook Greenway, Lowell, MA, for Earth Tech, Inc., for the National Park Service
- Nathan Tufts Park, Somerville, MA, for the City of Somerville
- Halls Pond Sanctuary Restoration Project, Town of Brookline, MA
- Cape Cod National Seashore General Management Plan, for the National Park Service
- Alewife Brook and Mystic Valley Park Lands, Cambridge-Somerville-Medford, MA, for the MDC
- Terminal Street Park, South Boston, MA
- Soule Playground, Brookline, MA, for the Town of Brookline
- Shipyard Park, Phase III, Charlestown Navy Yard, Charlestown, MA, for the Boston Redevelopment Authority
Historic Landscapes
- Chestnut Hill Waterworks Redevelopment, Boston, MA, for JV Diamond & Co. and E.O. Fish
- Corson Block, New Bedford, MA, for the National Park Service, 2004
- Upper Pawtucket Canalway, Lowell, MA, for Earth Tech, Inc., for the National Park Service
- Boston Common Visitors Center, Boston, MA, for The MacPherson Partnership – Architects, for the City of Boston Public Facilities Department
- Snowflake Hill Landscape Management Plan, Forest Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, MA
- Winthrop Park, Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA, for the Program on Public Space Partnerships, City of Cambridge Community Development, and the Winthrop Park Trust
Transportation, Urban Design and Streetscape
- Charles St./MGH MBTA Station Replacement, Boston, MA, for Elkus Manfredi Architects, Ltd./HDR joint venture, for the MBTA
- I-93 Viaducts and Ramps North of Charles River (D019B), Boston, MA, a Central Artery/Third Harbor Tunnel Project for the Massachusetts Highway Department.
- Massachusetts Avenue Interchange (D012A), Boston, MA, a Central Artery/Third Harbor Tunnel Project for the Massachusetts Highway Department
Campus and Institutional
- Simmons College Library Replacement, Boston, MA, for FHCM-Stofel Architects
- Lab School of Washington, Washington, DC
Corporate and Commercial
- Wall, Inc.'s, Coordinated Street Furniture Program, Boston, MA, for the BRA
- Boott Mills Canalway Project, Lowell, MA, for Congress Group Properties
Housing
- 100 Cambridge Street/Leverett Saltonstall Building Renovation, Boston, MA
- St. Paul Housing, Brookline, MA, for Raymond Property Company
Land Reclamation
- Spectacle Island in Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, for the Joint Venture of Weston & Sampson/ Century Engineering, for the Massachusetts Highway Department. A sanitary landfill/public park project using compost in manufactured topsoil
- Jack Kerouac Park, Lowell National Historical Park, Lowell, MA, for Lowell Historic Preservation Commission and the National Park Service - presence of old concrete building foundation
- Carmody Court Playground, Old Colony Housing Project, South End, Boston, Massachusetts, for the Boston Parks and Recreation Department, 1990-91 - engine oil
- Manchester Riverfront Park System Master Plan, Printworks Park, Gateway Park, and Arms Park Promenade and Steps, all in Manchester, NH, for the City’s Parks and Recreation Department - anthrax
EDUCATION
- Conway School of Landscape Design, Conway, Massachusetts, Graduate, 1974
- Bryn Mawr College, Bachelor of Arts, 1970.
AWARDS
- Massachusetts Historical Commission 2004 Preservation Award for the Restoration of Nathan Tufts Park in Somerville, Massachusetts
- Brookline Preservation Commission Award in October 2004 for Hall’s Pond Sanctuary Restoration in Brookline, Massachusetts
- Boston Society of Landscape Architects Honor Award in January 2000 for the work on Spectacle Island, Boston Harbor, Massachusetts
- Federal Design Achievement Award in 1995 for the Lowell Performance Pavilion in Boarding House Park in Lowell, Massachusetts
- 1995 "Technical Excellence for Volunteer Actions" Award by the North American Lake Management Society for Menotomy Rocks Park, Arlington, Massachusetts
- "Excellence on the Waterfront" award in 1992 for Lowell Canalway, Lowell, Massachusetts
- Boston Society of Landscape Architects Honor Award in 1988 for Winthrop Park, Harvard Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts
MEMBERSHIPS AND AFFILIATIONS
- Chair, Community Preservation Coalition, Boston, Massachusetts
- Former Chair, Preservation Mass (formerly Historic Massachusetts, Inc.), Boston, Massachusetts
- Trustee, Winthrop Park Trust, Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Town Meeting Member, Town of Arlington, Massachusetts
- Boston Society of Landscape Architects
- American Society of Landscape Architects
- Green Seal Award from the Executive Office of Environmental Affairs, 2002
- Founder and President, Friends of Menotomy Rocks Park, Arlington, Massachusetts
- Founder, President, Arlington Land Trust, Inc., Arlington, Massachusetts
PUBLICATIONS
- Rowe, C. and Stuart, E. (Ed.) Restoring Urban Wetland - Pond Systems, in Handbook of Water Sensitive Planning and Design, CRC Press LLC, 2002.
- Management of Exotic Species, Hall's Pond, Brookline, MA, Report to The Town of Brookline Conservation Commission, May 1998.
- MDC Parkway Restoration: A Master Plan for Segments of the Alewife Brook and Mystic Valley Parkways, for the Metropolitan District Commission, 1995.
- Cape Cod National Seashore Summary Management Plan, for the National Park Service, North Atlantic Region, 1995.
- Special Events on the Boston Common: Budgeting for Landscape Mitigation, for the Friends of the Boston Common and Public Garden, 1995.
- Soil Specifications and Installation and Composting Plan for Spectacle Island, a report on D021A, Materials Disposal System Project, for Century/Weston & Sampson Joint Venture, 1992.
- Manchester Riverfront Park System, prepared for the City of Manchester Parks and Recreation Department, by Brown and Rowe, November 1981.
- Kuwait Waterfront Project Master Plan, a study for the Municipality of Kuwait, prepared by Sasaki Associates, Inc. with Ghazi Sultan and Kuwaiti Engineers Office, 1978.