Field Guide to Federalism

City Studies

Field Guide to Federalism

Are You Ready for a Ruckus?

Urban Investigations

Are You Ready for a Ruckus?

We Care!

Making Policy Public

We Care!

Power Trip

Urban Investigations

Power Trip

Know Your Lines

Making Policy Public

Know Your Lines

I Heart East New York

Urban Investigations

I Heart East New York

 

Thursday, October 17, 2013 7PM

Save the date! Our benefit will be on October 17th. To see photos from last year, go here.
  • The Green Building
    452 Union Street, Brooklyn
    F/G to Carroll Street; R to Union Street

call for collaborators

Friday, July 12, 2013 11PM

Making Policy Public is CUP’s series of 6- to 10-month long collaborations of CUP staff, a designer, and a group advocating for community change. Through an intensive collaboration, the program leads to the creation of fold-out posters that use graphic design to ... more

workshop

Thursday, June 27, 2013 6:30PM

CUP is developing a tablet-based app for educators interested in using methodology and activities from our Urban Investigations in their own work. Join us on June 27th for a feedback session on the first chapter in this series.
  • CUP office
    232 Third Street
    Brooklyn

launch event

Wednesday, June 19, 2013 7PM

Every restaurant in New York has a grade. Lots of people decide where to eat based on those grades but what do they really mean? Where do they come from? Students from Lyons Community School worked with CUP teaching artist Leigh Davis to go behind the letters. They ... more
  • Colors Restaurant
    417 Lafayette Street
    New York, NY
    N/R to 8th St-NYU, 6 to Astor Pl

call for collaborators

Monday, June 10, 2013 10PM

CUP is looking for designers to join our Public Access Design program as 2013-2014 Design Fellows. We’re looking for NYC-based visual thinkers working in print, motion graphics, animation, information design, and interaction design who are interested in bringing ... more

call for collaborators

Monday, June 3, 2013 5PM

New! Two Calls for teaching artist for fall Urban Investigations We’re looking for teaching artists to design and implement Urban Investigation projects for high school students in the fall of 2013.

call for collaborators

Monday, May 6, 2013 6PM

CUP is looking for advocacy partners for Public Access Design, our series of multimedia organizing tools. Public Access Design projects are short, intensive collaborations of CUP, an artist or designer, and a community organization or advocacy group that is working to ... more

call for collaborators

Wednesday, May 1, 2013 5PM

CUP is seeking a teaching artist to lead an Urban Investigation this summer. For this project, the teaching artist will work with public high school students from the Bronx to investigate how school closings work.

news

Thursday, April 25, 2013 5PM

ULURP may sound like a monster (and some people think it is), but it stands for Uniform Land Use Review Procedure and it’s the process by which major land use changes get reviewed and approved in New York City. It’s long, complicated, and involves lots of ... more
  • Open Plans
    148 Lafayette St, 12th floor
    New York, NY

call for collaborators

Monday, April 22, 2013 5PM

CUP is seeking a teaching artist to lead an Urban Investigation in the summer of 2013. For this project the teaching artist will work at Dia:Beacon with high school students from the surrounding community to investigate the role of a museum in the city. CUP’s ... more

news

Thursday, April 11, 2013 2:30PM

CUP fans and friends joined us in Chicago for a workshop and panel discussion about affordable housing in Chicago. CUP partnered with Converge:Exchange, Chicago Community Loan Fund, and Archeworks to host “Community Tools for Affordable Housing” on Thursday, ... more
  • Archeworks
    625 North Kingsbury Street
    Chicago, IL 60654

launch event

Thursday, April 4, 2013 7PM

From the days of Tammany to the era of TiVo, New Yorkers always had to make do with cramped living conditions. Many see micro-apartments as a way to fix to New York’s housing crunch. However, others worry that these snug accommodations serve only a narrow group. ... more
  • Tenement Museum
    103 Orchard St, 2nd fl
    New York, NY
    F/J/M/Z to Delancey-Essex St, B/D to Grand St

Share, Where?

Urban Investigations

Share, Where?

Es Tu Dinero, Decides Tu

Making Policy Public

Es Tu Dinero, Decides Tu

Share, Where?

Urban Investigations

Share, Where?

The Water Underground

Urban Investigations

The Water Underground

What Is Affordable Housing?

Envisioning Development

What Is Affordable Housing?

The Newtown Creek BOA

Technical Assistance

The Newtown Creek BOA

The Internet is Serious Business

Urban Investigations

The Internet is Serious Business

Are You Ready for a Ruckus?

Urban Investigations

Are You Ready for a Ruckus?