Seeking Sanctuary

Urban Investigations

Seeking Sanctuary

Zoning It In...

Urban Investigations

Zoning It In...

Innocent Until Proven Risky

Making Policy Public

Innocent Until Proven Risky

A Fair Chance

Making Policy Public

A Fair Chance

Your School, Your Choice!

Making Policy Public

Your School, Your Choice!

Show Up

Public Access Design

Show Up

Print Making Change

How do you change a public space, like a street? What does it take? Where do you start?

In the Spring of 2015, CUP teaching artist Douglas Paulson worked with students from the Municipal Art Society’s youth program Designing Change to investigate how to create change in Brooklyn’s Brownsville neighborhood on Belmont Avenue, a four-block commercial strip with lots of storefronts. Students explored where to gather information, who to communicate an idea to, and how to work with city organizations and building or property owners.

Students interviewed elected officials, city agencies, and business owners on how to change public spaces in Brownsville or elsewhere in New York City. Students created silhouettes, drawings, and designed a poster that demonstrates the step by step process to make change to a public space.

Making Change debuted at the Paul Cooper Center, where students presented the poster and discussed their creative process.

Bronx Be Well

Urban Investigations

Bronx Be Well

Puff Puff Passed

Urban Investigations

Puff Puff Passed

Air it Out

City Studies

Air it Out

Figuring Out FEMA

Public Access Design

Figuring Out FEMA

Get Money

City Studies

Get Money

It's Not Just Personal

Making Policy Public

It's Not Just Personal

Store Stories

City Studies

Store Stories

Don't Bank On It

Making Policy Public

Don't Bank On It