As designers, conveners, strategists, and storytellers, we leverage urban design and planning to be more responsive to local issues and calls for place-based equity.
Grayscale Collaborative was founded in 2015 as a 100% minority-owned urban design and planning firm to work with public and private clients in diverse cultural and political environments as they address equity challenges, build relationships, and advance more inclusive communities.
Our cross-disciplinary team supports a range of project goals, including technical design work as well as collaborative programs and strategies that shape the spaces and places we share. At Grayscale, we work with a range of partners to imagine and create more inclusive communities, infrastructures, and plans by leveraging urban design and planning processes toward more equitably distributed resources, opportunities, and power.
We approach every project as a new opportunity to build partnerships between cities, institutions, and communities, often working with clients who want to do things differently.
<b>Stephen F. Gray (He/Him)</b><br/>Principal and Founder
<b>Anne Ning Lin (She/Her)</b><br/>Director of Planning and Narrative Strategy
<b>Yona Chung (She/Her)</b><br/>Associate Urban Designer
<b>Supriya Ambwani (She/Her)</b><br/>Urban Planning & Design Project Manager
<b>Graham Moitoso (They/Them)</b><br/>Urban Planning Intern
<b>Whitney Thomas (She/Her)</b><br/>Urban Planning Intern
Our Clients & Collaborators
Public & Government Clients
City of Boston - Boston Planning and Development Agency
City of Boston - Boston Transportation Department
City of Boston - Parks and Recreation
City of Burlington - Department of Public Works
City of Burlington - Racial Equity, Inclusion & Belonging
City of Cambridge - Community Development Department
City of Somerville
Massachusetts Port Authority
Nonprofit Clients
Atlanta BeltLine Inc.
Emerald Necklace Conservancy
High Line Network
Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition (MIRA)
Cincinnati Uptown Consortium
Institutions of Higher Education Clients
Harvard University
Harvard Allston Land Company
MITIMCo
Northeastern University
University of Pittsburgh
Collaborators
Agency Landscape + Planning
All Aces Inc.
Civic Designers
Consult LeLa
Gamble Associates
Garrison Trotter Neighborhood Association
Greater Mattapan Neighborhood Council
Grove Hall Main Streets
Mattapan Food and Fitness Coalition
Mattapan Main Streets
Powerful Pathways
Real Talk For Change
Reed Hilderbrand
Sasaki
Toole Design Group
Urban Institute