Government in Plain Sight

City Studies

Government in Plain Sight

It's Not Just Personal

Making Policy Public

It's Not Just Personal

Voters Rule

City Studies

Voters Rule

¡No me han pagado!

Public Access Design

¡No me han pagado!

Engage to Change

Technical Assistance

Engage to Change

Block Party

City Studies

Block Party

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.

Are You Ready for a Ruckus?

Urban Investigations

Are You Ready for a Ruckus?

Es Tu Dinero, Decides Tú

Making Policy Public

Es Tu Dinero, Decides Tú

Is Your Neighborhood Getting Too Expensive?

Technical Assistance

Is Your Neighborhood Getting Too Expensive?

TGNC-NYC

Public Access Design

TGNC-NYC

Engage to Change

Technical Assistance

Engage to Change

A Bet on Debt

City Studies

A Bet on Debt

Talking Trash: Throwing Out the Big Apple

Urban Investigations

Talking Trash: Throwing Out the Big Apple

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

Urban Investigations

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