Engage to Change

Technical Assistance

Engage to Change

We Own It

Making Policy Public

We Own It

Vendor Power!

Making Policy Public

Vendor Power!

Now Boarding

Urban Investigations

Now Boarding

Power Trip

Urban Investigations

Power Trip

Free For All?

City Studies

Free For All?

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.

Es Tu Dinero, Decides Tú

Making Policy Public

Es Tu Dinero, Decides Tú

Is Your Neighborhood Getting Too Expensive?

Technical Assistance

Is Your Neighborhood Getting Too Expensive?

Draw the line!

Technical Assistance

Draw the line!

Pay Up!

City Studies

Pay Up!

Get It Back!

Public Access Design

Get It Back!

Don't Bank On It

Making Policy Public

Don't Bank On It

Prison Profits: Who Pays The Price

City Studies

Prison Profits: Who Pays The Price

¡El poder de prepararse!

Public Access Design

¡El poder de prepararse!