Good Cops? Bad Cops? More Cops? No Cops?

Urban Investigations

Good Cops? Bad Cops? More Cops? No Cops?

Grand Army Plaza

Urban Investigations

Grand Army Plaza

What Do Incarcerated Parents Need to Know About ACS?

Technical Assistance

What Do Incarcerated Parents Need to Know About ACS?

Mean Streets

City Studies

Mean Streets

Immigrants & NY

Making Policy Public

Immigrants & NY

From Shelter to Apartment

Making Policy Public

From Shelter to Apartment

open call

Friday, May 16, 2014 5PM

CUP is seeking a full-time Program Manager to work on our Community Education projects. The Program Manager will oversee our Public Access Design program and collaborate on other Community Education programs, including Making Policy Public and Envisioning Development Toolkits. 

open call

Thursday, May 15, 2014 5PM

CUP is looking for a group of enthusiastic middle and high school educators to help steer the development of our newest curriculum tool. We are working on the next installment of our Do-It-Yourself Guide to Urban Investigations and we need your help! Each chapter ... more

talk

On May 7th, 2014, CUP’s Executive Director, Christine Gaspar, spoke at Design for Urban Disaster at Harvard University. Christine was part of the “Response” series of panels and spoke on the role of graphical communication in helping ... more

launch event

¡No me han pagado!, our new Public Access Design project, made its debut last week in a booklet launch celebration.

talk

On June 19th, 2014, Christine Gaspar, CUP’s Executive Director, spoke on a #ArtsEdTech panel at the Apple store in Soho. The talk was moderated by Jessica Wilt, Founder of the ArtsEdTechNYC Meetup group, and featured short films on the work of CUP, the ... more

talk

On April 30th, 2014, Christine Gaspar, CUP’s Executive Director, spoke at NYU’s Department of Social and Cultural Analysis’ series Picturing Place. In the talk, Christine spoke about the work of CUP and how design and art can be used as democratic ... more

workshop

Monday, April 28, 2014 6:30PM

In case you have not attended one of our What Is Zoning? workshops yet, here is your chance because we are doing two this week!

open call

Sunday, April 27, 2014 10PM

CUP seeks a teaching artist to lead a City Studies project for high school students in the fall of 2014.

talk

On April 24th, 2014, Christine Gaspar, CUP’s Executive Director, participated in “Who Owns the Digital City?” at UCLA’s Luskin School of Public Affairs. The conference explored how information and communications technologies are changing the ... more

news

Friday, April 18, 2014 2:38PM

This Earth Day learn about NYC’s water infrastructure with this two-for-one special toolkit. Dive in to The Water Underground, our 33-minute, youth-led film that explores where our water comes from, where it goes, and who is involved in the process. Discover ... more

news

Thursday, April 17, 2014 4:54PM

Check out this short video on our Public Access Design program. The video highlights Rent, Rights, and Repairs, a Public Access Design project created through a collaboration of CUP staff, designer Jenny Kutnow, and the Red Hook Community Justice Center.

launch event

Thursday, April 10, 2014 10AM

On April 10th, 2014, Teachers Unite and CUP staff presented Schools Are Us, our new Making Policy Public poster, at a Chancellor’s Parent Advisory Council (CPAC) meeting at the Historic Tweed Courthouse, the Department of Education headquarters. The poster ... more

¡El poder de prepararse!

Public Access Design

¡El poder de prepararse!

The Internet is Serious Business

Urban Investigations

The Internet is Serious Business

The Water Underground

Urban Investigations

The Water Underground

Block Party

City Studies

Block Party

Trouble With Your Water Bill?

Public Access Design

Trouble With Your Water Bill?

Rent, Rights, and Repairs

Public Access Design

Rent, Rights, and Repairs

Rent Regulation Rights - San Francisco Edition

Making Policy Public

Rent Regulation Rights - San Francisco Edition

It's Not Just in Our Heads

Urban Investigations

It's Not Just in Our Heads