Thursday, June 12, 2014 7PM
Did you know that over 400,000 New Yorkers live in public housing?The New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) is the largest public housing authority in North America. Operating since the 1930’s, the buildings are getting old and need repairs. In the past, NYCHA ...
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Friday, April 18, 2014 2:38PM
This Earth Day learn about NYC’s water infrastructure with this two-for-one special toolkit.
Dive in to The Water Underground, our 33-minute, youth-led film that explores where our water comes from, where it goes, and who is involved in the process. Discover ...
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Thursday, April 17, 2014 4:54PM
Check out this short video on our Public Access Design program.
The video highlights Rent, Rights, and Repairs, a Public Access Design project created through a collaboration of CUP staff, designer Jenny Kutnow, and the Red Hook Community Justice Center.
CUP’s Vendor Power project was featured in Make_Shift City: Renegotiating the Urban Commons, an English/German book that examines new urban design strategies.
CUP’s Executive Director, Christine Gaspar, sat down with the online architecture and urbanism publication Urban Omnibus to talk about our What Is Zoning? zoning toolkit and the NYC zoning code.
CUP receives Core 77 Design Awards
We’re excited and honored to announce that CUP has received three Core 77 Design Awards!
Wednesday, January 22, 2014 7PM
With a new mayor in office are you feeling inspired to participate in city government? Want to get involved in your community but don’t know how?
You may have heard of community boards—New York City’s most local form of government—but might be a ...
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- Anthology Film Archives
32 2nd Avenue (at Second Street)
New York, NY
F to 2nd Avenue
Friday, January 10, 2014 4PM
How can students have a say in New York City’s public schools? Who makes the big decisions? How do you get access to them?
Learn more about the Department of Education’s moving parents with Voice Recognition, a new Urban Investigation created by students from ...
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Wednesday, October 23, 2013 7PM
Jeff Maki, one of the CUP teaching artists who worked on Fast Tracked, our Urban Investigation on the extension of the 7 line, was part of a panel looking at how transportation decisions are made.
The panel examined ...
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- The Old Stone House
Washington Park,
Fifth Avenue btwn 3rd & 4th streets
Park Slope, Brooklyn
We’re excited and honored to announce that CUP has received a Sappi Ideas that Matter grant to help fund the printing of materials for our forethcoming Zoning Toolkit.
CUP’s Making Policy Public series is a finalist for Fast Company’s “Innovation By Design” Award.
We were excited and honored to be part of one of the ten teams selected to participate in HUD’s Rebuild By Design program. CUP was part of an interdisciplinary team lead by Interboro Partners, which created proposals to address Sandy recovery. Find out more at: ...
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