布朗克斯河联盟得到一个新的绿色住所，它正对布朗克斯河沿岸防护林荫道。建筑师Kiss + Cathcart将这个滨水区的房屋设计成包括办公空间、自然教室、船仓和多用途社区用房的场所。6325平方英尺的设施将安置在海滨星光公园北边的狩猎点。
       “知道这件事是非常激动人心的，我们将能够正对着布朗克斯河，位于布朗克斯河绿道的核心，” 集团的执行董事琳达·考克斯对《纽约每日新闻》说，“正好便于我们社区对河流开展工作。”
       目前，布朗克斯河联盟正从布朗克斯河公园部和娱乐部租借场地。新的建筑不仅为该组织提供更多所需的空间，有加热、冷却的地热系统和太阳能电池板供电，还有覆盖遮阴的绿色植物。雨水也会收集到建筑内帮助冲洗厕所、浇灌葡萄藤、冲洗独木舟。项目中1500万美元的大多数公园部门已经付清，其中的50万美元是国家的资助。行政人员预计项目在今年春天破土动工，2016年底完成建设。
       译者：筑龙网 饭团小组
       The Bronx River Alliance is getting some new green digs right along the Bronx River Greenway it defends. The Kiss + Cathcart Architects-designed River House will include office space, a nature classroom, boat storage and a multi-purpose community room. The 6,325-square-foot facility will be situated on the waterfront in Starlight Park, north of Hunts Point.
      “It’s very exciting to know that we will be able to be located right on the Bronx River, right along the heart of the Bronx River Greenway,” Linda Cox, the group’s executive director, said to the NY Daily News. “It’s one more way for [the community] to connect with the work we’re doing on the river.”
       Currently, the non-profit operates out of space borrowed from the Department of Parks & Recreation‘s Bronx offices. The new building will give the organization much-needed space, and will be heated and cooled by a geothermal system, powered with solar panels, and covered with a blanket of shading greenery. Rainwater will also be collected on the premises to help flush toilets, feed the vines, and wash canoes.
       Most of the $15 million project has already been paid off by the Parks Department and a $500,000 contribution from the state. Officials expect to break ground this spring, and construction should be completed by late 2016.