What's Going On In The Neighborhood?

Envisioning Development

What's Going On In The Neighborhood?

Record It. Report It!

Public Access Design

Record It. Report It!

Bottled Up

City Studies

Bottled Up

Bail's Set... What's Next?

Public Access Design

Bail's Set... What's Next?

Your Truth, Your Rights

Public Access Design

Your Truth, Your Rights

Pay Up!

City Studies

Pay Up!

Print Bottled Up

People all over New York City are pushing shopping carts full of bottles, but why? Where are they going with all those cans?

In the Fall of 2015, CUP collaborated with teaching artist Leon Anthony James and Sean Haberman’s Global History Regents Prep class at the Academy of Urban Planning in Bushwick, Brooklyn to find out more about the New York State Returnable Container Act, a.k.a. the Bottle Bill. This law was created to reduce litter and to encourage recycling, but how does it impace our communities?

To investigate, students created screenplays about the people known as “canners” who redeem 5 cents per bottle collected, then interviewed the co-founder and former canner of the Bushwick recycling center Sure We Can. They created this printed postcard to share what they discovered about the life of a bottle in their neighborhood.

Making the Grade

Urban Investigations

Making the Grade

Innocent Until Proven Risky

Making Policy Public

Innocent Until Proven Risky

Are You Ready for a Ruckus?

Urban Investigations

Are You Ready for a Ruckus?

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Public Access Design

Record It. Report It!

Grand Army Plaza

Urban Investigations

Grand Army Plaza

Pass It On!

Making Policy Public

Pass It On!

Ready, Set, Apply!

Technical Assistance

Ready, Set, Apply!

Puff Puff Passed

Urban Investigations

Puff Puff Passed