TGNC-NYC

Public Access Design

TGNC-NYC

The Good, Bad, & Unknown

Urban Investigations

The Good, Bad, & Unknown

Block Party

City Studies

Block Party

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Public Access Design

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Share, Where?

Urban Investigations

Share, Where?

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.

Swept Up

Urban Investigations

Swept Up

Grand Army Plaza

Urban Investigations

Grand Army Plaza

Tenants' Rights to Repairs

Making Policy Public

Tenants' Rights to Repairs

Keep Your Family's Home

Public Access Design

Keep Your Family's Home

What the Cell?

Urban Investigations

What the Cell?

Swipe Out

Urban Investigations

Swipe Out

What's Going On In The Neighborhood?

Envisioning Development

What's Going On In The Neighborhood?

Rent, Rights, and Repairs

Public Access Design

Rent, Rights, and Repairs