Mean Streets

City Studies

Mean Streets

Puff Puff Passed

Urban Investigations

Puff Puff Passed

Talking Trash: Throwing Out the Big Apple

Urban Investigations

Talking Trash: Throwing Out the Big Apple

En El Campo De Los Impuestos

Making Policy Public

En El Campo De Los Impuestos

The Public School Avengers

Urban Investigations

The Public School Avengers

Show Me the Money!

City Studies

Show Me the Money!

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.

Your School, Your Choice!

Making Policy Public

Your School, Your Choice!

Who Makes Bail?

Urban Investigations

Who Makes Bail?

From Shelter to Apartment

Making Policy Public

From Shelter to Apartment

Safe Space?

City Studies

Safe Space?

Are You Ready for a Ruckus?

Urban Investigations

Are You Ready for a Ruckus?

Tenants' Rights to Repairs

Making Policy Public

Tenants' Rights to Repairs

Tenants' Rights to Repairs

Making Policy Public

Tenants' Rights to Repairs

Know Your Lines

Making Policy Public

Know Your Lines