Mean Streets

City Studies

Mean Streets

Is There A Pattern?

Urban Investigations

Is There A Pattern?

Shine a Light on Your Utility Rights

Making Policy Public

Shine a Light on Your Utility Rights

Air it Out

City Studies

Air it Out

Welcome to Health Care!

Making Policy Public

Welcome to Health Care!

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.

Pinned Down? Rise Up!

Making Policy Public

Pinned Down? Rise Up!

What Up With DAT?

Technical Assistance

From Shelter to Apartment

Making Policy Public

From Shelter to Apartment

Power Trip

Urban Investigations

Power Trip

It's Not Just Personal

Making Policy Public

It's Not Just Personal

Are You Ready for a Ruckus?

Urban Investigations

Are You Ready for a Ruckus?

Bottled Up

City Studies

Bottled Up

Child Support?!

Making Policy Public

Child Support?!