The Children’s Library at Concourse House by MKCA

Children's Library

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MKCA was honored when a generous donor approached us to design a new children’s library for families transitioning out of homelessness. Established in 1991, Concourse House is a Bronx-based shelter that serves women with young children, and works to eliminate homelessness by providing families with safe, stable, transitional housing, coupled with a range of social services and programming to help them make successful transitions into permanent housing. The library is an important new component of the educational resources for the children at Concourse House, and is unique among the other program spaces as a place that is specifically dedicated to books and reading, and a much needed space for volunteer and staff led readings, story times, and other events organized around books. The importance of reading for the cognitive development and emotional health of children is widely recognized, and the library is designed to provide space and opportunity for exploration and imagination for children who more often than not, do not have access to their own books.

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MKCA was honored when a generous donor approached us to design a new children’s library for families transitioning out of homelessness.

Established in 1991, Concourse House is a Bronx-based shelter that serves women with young children, and works to eliminate homelessness by providing families with safe, stable, transitional housing, coupled with a range of social services and programming to help them make successful transitions into permanent housing.

The library is an important new component of the educational resources for the children at Concourse House, and is unique among the other program spaces as a place that is specifically dedicated to books and reading, and a much needed space for volunteer and staff led readings, story times, and other events organized around books. The importance of reading for the cognitive development and emotional health of children is widely recognized, and the library is designed to provide space and opportunity for exploration and imagination for children who more often than not, do not have access to their own books.