New School on the Block

City Studies

New School on the Block

Tenants' Rights to Repairs

Making Policy Public

Tenants' Rights to Repairs

Figuring Out Health Insurance

Making Policy Public

Figuring Out Health Insurance

Language Rights are Civil Rights!

Public Access Design

Language Rights are Civil Rights!

Trouble With Your Water Bill?

Public Access Design

Trouble With Your Water Bill?

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.

Stand Clear of the Rising Fares

Urban Investigations

Stand Clear of the Rising Fares

In the Streets!

Urban Investigations

In the Streets!

Meet the Gun Laws

City Studies

Meet the Gun Laws

Rumbo A Su Tarjeta Verde

Public Access Design

Rumbo A Su Tarjeta Verde

Now Boarding

Urban Investigations

Now Boarding

It's Not Just in Our Heads

Urban Investigations

It's Not Just in Our Heads

Voters Rule

City Studies

Voters Rule

Don't Bank On It

Making Policy Public

Don't Bank On It