Paul McGinley, McGinley Kalsow & Associates

Paul McGinley has a distinguished 40-year career of planning and preserving historic buildings, bridges and districts in the Boston area and across the country. He planned and administered the preservation and development of Newburyport’s Market Square Downtown Waterfront Project in the 1970’s, a pioneering preservation effort that established a national model for the revitalization of downtowns throughout the country. He developed creative plans for the preservation of historic districts and areas including the Miami Beach Art Deco District, South Norwalk and New London, Connecticut; Portland, Maine; Newport, Rhode Island; and Revere Beach; all award winners. The sensitive renovation of historic bridges, railroad structures and parkways is of keen interest to Paul, a civil engineer. He serves as the historic bridge consultant to the Alaska Railroad and developed concept plans to rehabilitate and reuse the historic Northern Avenue Bridge over Boston’s Fort Point Channel. Currently he is working on the restoration of the Esplanade along the Charles River.. He lives in a 17th century house in Ipswich, which he and his wife have restored over the past 40 years. He enjoys taking his six grandchildren for rides in his 1925 Model T touring car.