Block Party

City Studies

Block Party

Rent Regulation Rights - San Francisco Edition

Making Policy Public

Rent Regulation Rights - San Francisco Edition

Reclaim Your Worker Rights

Making Policy Public

Reclaim Your Worker Rights

Don't Trash NYC!

Public Access Design

Don't Trash NYC!

Figuring Out FEMA

Public Access Design

Figuring Out FEMA

Figuring Out FEMA

Public Access Design

Figuring Out FEMA

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.

Is There A Pattern?

Urban Investigations

Is There A Pattern?

Vendor Power!

Making Policy Public

Vendor Power!

$ Breakdown

Urban Investigations

$ Breakdown

Get Support in Housing Court

Making Policy Public

Get Support in Housing Court

Swipe Out

Urban Investigations

Swipe Out

Show Me the Money!

City Studies

Show Me the Money!

From Cellblock to Your Block

Urban Investigations

From Cellblock to Your Block

The Good, Bad, & Unknown

Urban Investigations

The Good, Bad, & Unknown