The buildings, which will collectively serve about 2,000 children, often stand out as bright additions to otherwise unchanged neighborhoods. It means a great deal for them to have someplace worthwhile to be. They're also a sign of the city's recent transition to using green design in all of its public projects. With the publication of its High Performance Guidelines in 1999, the city adopted a set of suggested practices to make all of New York's public buildings more sustainable and efficient. We're offering these kids some great places to be kids.
Kids learn by osmosis.
They care about what we teach them. At Blanche Community Progress One, such things are making a difference. This new facility is full of light, and when we first showed it to the kids, they lit up too. The new Blanche Community Progress One Day Care Center in Queens proves that New York's city buildings are departing from their traditionally grim municipal style. To find out more, try the Department of Design and Construction or the city's Agency for Childhood Development .