Blunt Conversations

Urban Investigations

Blunt Conversations

What Is Zoning?

Envisioning Development

What Is Zoning?

Work Forced

Public Access Design

Work Forced

Shine a Light on Your Utility Rights

Making Policy Public

Shine a Light on Your Utility Rights

A Fair Chance

Making Policy Public

A Fair Chance

Don't Bank On It

Making Policy Public

Don't Bank On It

2017

launch event

On December 20, 2017 students from the International High School for Health Sciences presented Carbon City. Sara Smithback’s 12th grade chemistry classes from the International High School for Health Sciences (IHHS) collaborated with CUP and Teaching ... more

open call

Monday, December 11, 2017 5PM

CUP is seeking a full-time Program Assistant to provide general project, organization, and administrative support for our Youth Education and Community Education programs.

open call

Monday, December 11, 2017 5PM

CUP is seeking a full-time Development & Communications Assistant to provide support with public outreach, fundraising, and social media, as well as general organizational support. 

news

Thursday, December 7, 2017 4:43PM

Click here to help CUP make more critical projects like these. Dear Friends of CUP, Early this year, our community partners at the Center for Family Life in Sunset Park called to ask if CUP could work with them on a suddenly ... more

open call

Monday, December 4, 2017 10AM

CUP is looking for three Teaching Artists to lead Urban Investigation projects in the winter and spring of 2018. Learn more about Urban Investigations here!

launch event

Saturday, November 18, 2017 11AM

CUP and Curb Your Litter: Greenpoint invite educators and organizers to a training session and launch event for our newly minted curriculum guide based on the student-made documentary, Talking Trash: Throwing Out the Big Apple!

open call

Monday, October 23, 2017 5PM

CUP is looking for designers to join our Public Access Design program as 2018 Public Access Design Fellows.

launch event

On October 17, 2017 students from Red Hook Community Justice Center presented The Public School Avengers.

news

Wednesday, October 4, 2017 3:31PM

Let’s shine a light on your utility rights! We’ve been hard at work on our 2017 Making Policy Public collaborations, and we’re getting close to being able to share four new collaborations explaining a complex policy issue. But until then, here’s ... more

Party

Wednesday, October 4, 2017 12:14PM

Thanks to everyone who came to our Annual Benefit on September 27th and helped to make it such a success! Over 250 community advocates, artists, designers, and other urban enthusiasts came together to celebrate CUP. A big thanks to all our Sponsors who made the event ... more

Party

Wednesday, September 27, 2017 7:30PM

This year’s Benefit will take place on Wednesday, September 27th, 2017 at 26 Bridge in DUMBO. Save the date to join our community of advocates, artists, designers, and other urban enthusiasts to celebrate another year of CUP! Your support of the Benefit makes our work ... more
  • 26 Bridge St, Brooklyn, NY 11201

talk

Friday, September 15, 2017 9:15AM

CUP’s Executive Director, Christine Gaspar, will be speaking at the 2017 Design Matters Conference in Chicago, IL! The Design Matters Conference is an annual meeting that seeks to bring top designers, journalists, and civic leaders into exploratory dialogue with ... more
  • Chicago, IL

From Shelter to Apartment

Making Policy Public

From Shelter to Apartment

Child Support?!

Making Policy Public

Child Support?!

Our Voice, Our Choice

Urban Investigations

Our Voice, Our Choice

Keep Your Family's Home

Public Access Design

Keep Your Family's Home

What Is Zoning?

Envisioning Development

What Is Zoning?

Grand Army Plaza

Urban Investigations

Grand Army Plaza

The Water Underground

Urban Investigations

The Water Underground

ICEbreaker

City Studies

ICEbreaker