Main Street News

Main Street News

September, 2016

wbur The ARTery
The New Children's Zoo Invites Kids to Play Like The Animals
by Arts Reporter Greg Cook
September 16, 2016

September, 2016

Playing all the Way
Franklin Park Zoo Opens Its New Children's Zoo
September 9, 2016

May, 2016

We are delighted to announce the opening of Trails for People at Bear Mountain State Park in Rockland County, New York. This unique interpretive adventure play experience celebrates the pleasures of hiking and the art and craft of trail design and construction. Located directly on the...

August, 2015

Main Street is pleased to announce the completion and installation of its interpretive graphics package for Massachusetts’ newest state park, Farnham & Connolly Memorial Park, in Canton, Massachusetts.

May, 2015

Main Street Design, with Studio Hanson|Roberts and Science North, has been selected to design the Assiniboine Park Zoo’s new Kids’ Discovery Zone, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

March, 2015

Continuing a longstanding partnership with the John Hancock division of the Canadian financial services corporation Manulife, Main Street Design has begun work on three new branding and environmental graphics projects for the company’s offices in Boston's Back Bay and Seaport District.

March, 2015

Main Street Design and Zoo Advisors have been selected to provide interpretive master planning for Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo, working in collaboration with the NewKnowledge Organization to develop innovative and effective strategies for integrating conservation action and environmental stewardship...

January, 2015

Main Street’s President, Michael Mercadante, has been elected Treasurer of the Executive Committee of the International Board of the Themed Entertainment Association (TEA).

June, 2014

Main Street Design, with Zoo Advisors and GLMV Architects, has begun work on conceptual planning for a comprehensive makeover of guest experiences at the Maymont Foundation’s Robins Nature Center, in Richmond, Virginia. We’re excited to be developing interpretive experiences within a context of...

April, 2014

The Akron Zoo's Grizzly Ridge exhibit has received LEED Silver Certification. Main Street provided interpretive planning and design for this project.

February, 2014

Congratulations to the Akron Zoo on their receipt of the Cleveland Engineering Society and Construction Award for Grizzly Ridge, their new North American habitats exhibit. Main Street provided interpretive planning and design for this project.

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