Keep Your Family's Home

Public Access Design

Keep Your Family's Home

A Fair Chance

Making Policy Public

A Fair Chance

Displaced From This Place?

Urban Investigations

Displaced From This Place?

New School on the Block

City Studies

New School on the Block

Store Stories

City Studies

Store Stories

It's Not Just Personal

Making Policy Public

It's Not Just Personal

Print The Big Squeeze Poster

Micro-apartments are touted as both a way to live with less, and a pilot project to create housing for a squeezed city. These tiny studio apartments — smaller than what is currently allowed by NYC law — are meant to house a population explosion of single New Yorkers. However, many worry that these snug accommodations serve only a narrow group. Who’s left out of the conversation? And how much space do you really need to live?

CUP and teaching artist Chat Travieso worked with a group of public high school students from Bushwick’s Academy of Urban Planning to investigate the fascination with tiny modular living spaces. The students asked urban planners about regulatory hurdles, architects about prefabricated units, and developers about funding. They also talked to community advocates about what groups are privileged in the race for newer smaller housing stock. The crew took what they learned and with the help of graphic designer Mary Voorhees Meehan, they created The Big Squeeze, a poster that uses collage-craziness to teach others about the past, present, and future of apartments in New York City.

This display-quality poster ships rolled.

The Internet is Serious Business

Urban Investigations

The Internet is Serious Business

From Shelter to Apartment

Making Policy Public

From Shelter to Apartment

Participatory Budgeting

Technical Assistance

Participatory Budgeting

What Is Zoning?

Envisioning Development

What Is Zoning?

Work Forced

Public Access Design

Work Forced

Education Rights for Families

Technical Assistance

Education Rights for Families

Keep Your Family's Home

Public Access Design

Keep Your Family's Home

What Up With DAT?

Technical Assistance