Carbon City

City Studies

Carbon City

Tenants' Rights to Repairs

Making Policy Public

Tenants' Rights to Repairs

Seeking Sanctuary

Urban Investigations

Seeking Sanctuary

Museumopolis

Urban Investigations

Museumopolis

Safe Space?

City Studies

Safe Space?

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.

The Newtown Creek BOA

Technical Assistance

The Newtown Creek BOA

A Fair Chance

Making Policy Public

A Fair Chance

Now Boarding

Urban Investigations

Now Boarding

Figuring Out Health Insurance

Making Policy Public

Figuring Out Health Insurance

Language Rights are Civil Rights!

Public Access Design

Language Rights are Civil Rights!

Figuring Out FEMA

Public Access Design

Figuring Out FEMA

Shine a Light on Your Utility Rights

Making Policy Public

Shine a Light on Your Utility Rights

Not on Our Watch!

Making Policy Public

Not on Our Watch!