Space Jam

Urban Investigations

Space Jam

Block Party

City Studies

Block Party

What's in the Water?

Making Policy Public

What's in the Water?

Our Voice, Our Choice

Urban Investigations

Our Voice, Our Choice

What Is Zoning?

Envisioning Development

What Is Zoning?

Mean Streets

City Studies

Mean Streets

Meet the…

meet the…

Susana Arellano is an architect, urban planner, designer, artist and educator. She’s also the co-founder and creative director of the social impact design firm, Agenda28. This spring, Susana and teachers from the International Community High School in the Bronx will ... more

meet the…

We pulled together an all-star group of jurors to help us select our next CUP Fellow for Change in Design! This year we are joined by: Carly Ayres, Wael Morcos, and Elijah Bobo (clockwise from top left).

meet the…

Stephanie Eche is an artist, designer, consultant, podcaster, educator, and much, much more! This spring, Stephanie and students from KAPPA International High Schoolwill collaborate on an Urban Investigation on the issue of digital equity in NYC high schools. Hear more about ... more

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For our latest round of Meet the Designer, CUP’s ongoing series spotlighting our design collaborators, we sat down with designer and teaching artist Kevin Cadena!

meet the…

We’re delighted to announce our latest Public Access Design jury, who will help us select our first Public Access Design collaborations for 2021! This year we are joined by renald Louissaint, Dr. Carole Gothelf, Ting Ting Fu, and Boyeon Choi ... more

meet the…

We’re thrilled to announce our latest Public Access Design jury who will help select the 2021 Public Access Design Fellows! This year we are joined by Kitkat Pecson, Jade Broomfield, Basma Eid, and Tok Oyewole (clockwise left to right). This stellar ... more

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We’re happy to announce our latest Making Policy Public jury! This year we are joined by Zipeng Zhu, Audrey Sasson, Mohamed Attia, and Alice Chung (clockwise, from top left). Each year, CUP has a jury of two people prominent in the organizing and advocacy fields and ... more

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For our latest installment of Meet the Teaching Artist, we sat down with Marianna Olinger!

meet the…

In these uncertain times, many artists are losing sources of income and opportunities for work. We’re keeping an updated list of resources here (including grants and relief funds for artists). But we also want to shine a light on the important cultural work ... more

meet the…

We pulled together an all-star group of jurors to help us select our next CUP Fellow for Change in Design. This year we are joined by Jerome Harris (top left), Wael Morcos (top right), and Carly Ayres (bottom right)

meet the…

We’re delighted to announce our latest Public Access Design jury, who will help us select our Public Access Design collaborations for Summer 2020! This year we are joined by Jennie Encalada-Malinowski, Shannon Finnegan, Zoë Adel, and ... more

meet the…

For our latest round of Meet the Designer, CUP’s ongoing series spotlighting our design collaborators, we sat down with design studio L+L!

Engage to Change

Technical Assistance

Engage to Change

Common Cents

City Studies

Common Cents

Is There A Pattern?

Urban Investigations

Is There A Pattern?

Let's Hang Out

Urban Investigations

Let's Hang Out

Step Right Up

City Studies

Step Right Up

We Are Public Housing

Making Policy Public

We Are Public Housing

Yours to Keep

Making Policy Public

Yours to Keep

Record It. Report It!

Public Access Design

Record It. Report It!