William Pitt Children's Center

Location

195 Hillandale Avenue, Stamford, CT

Client

City of Stamford

Program

Adaptive re-use of 29,000 s.f. former Board of Education building. The Center will provide affordable day care to 350 preschoolers and offer adult training programs, health services and counseling.

Cost

$3.3 million

Funding

Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Connecticut Dept. of Education, Connecticut Dept. of Social Services, School Readiness and Child Day Care Grant Program.

Status

Construction completed in Fall 1998.

Role of Becker + Becker Associates

Programming, planning, design, construction documents, and bidding.

Unique Aspects of Project

Prototype for state-wide School Readiness Program. The initiative is designed to comprehensively meet Stamford's day care needs in a non-institutional setting. The Center is divided into 6 clusters, each offering a specialty: arts, cooking, environmental science, music, woodworking and reading.

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