Thursday, August 11, 2011 10AM
The Rockefeller Foundation has selected CUP as one of the recipients of this year’s Cultural Innovation Fund Grants! The grant will allow CUP to develop a new program that helps communitiy organizations access design services to demystify complex policy and planning ...
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Tuesday, July 12, 2011 6PM
Two years and two billion dollars from now, New York will get its first new subway stop in 22 years. Who decides where new subway stops go? And which comes first – the subway or the people?
- The Lot under the High Line at West 30th Street and 10th Avenue
Sunday, May 8, 2011 6:30PM
CUP hosted an evening of videos about the inner workings of some of NYC’s hidden systems. Ever wonder where your garbage goes when you’re done with it? Why you shouldn’t go swimming after a heavy rainfall? Who owns the Internet? Three of CUP’s ...
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- Anthology Film Archives
32 Second Avenue (at 2nd Street)
Saturday, May 7, 2011 3PM
The debut presentation of Store Stories, a look into 99-cent stores, barbershops, and gift shops across three Brooklyn neighborhoods was held at the Brooklyn College Art Lab on May 7, 2011. CUP teaching artist Mads Lynnerup and students in the Brooklyn College Community ...
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- Brooklyn College Art Lab
301 Roosevelt Hall
2900 Bedford Avenue
Brooklyn, New York
Thursday, April 21, 2011 7PM
Money. Dinero. Cash Money. We use it every day. But how much does really it cost? And does everyone pay the same price for it? April 21 marked the world debut presentation of $ Breakdown, inside the former Deutsche Bank vault on Wall Street.
- The Vault at 14 Wall Street
14 Wall Street between New Street and Nassau Street
New York, NY
Friday, March 25, 2011 3:30PM
CUP presented our What is Affordable Housing? workshop at the “Structures for Inclusion” Conference in Chicago. The conference examined design processes that consider the broader social and economic well-being of communities and cities.
Saturday, February 26, 2011 6PM
After we screened an excerpt from Frederick Wiseman’s “Welfare” (1974) in January, we got a whole bunch of requests to screen this incredible documentary in its entirety. And so, by popular demand, it was our pleasure to host a screening at the CUP ...
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- the CUP Office
232 Third St. #D201
Brooklyn, NY
Monday, January 31, 2011 7PM
We showed two films about the world of welfare: Warren Wallace’s seldom-screened Superfluous People (1962), and an excerpt from Frederick Wiseman’s Welfare (1975). Wallace’s award-winning film turns an eye on overlooked urbanites – from ...
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- Anthology Film Archives
32 Second Avenue (@ 2nd Street)
New York, NY 10003
Thursday, October 21, 2010 7PM
CUP hosted a workshop with the new zoning toolkit, part of the What Is Affordable Housing? MPP. Attendees played with legos and developed activities on FAR, land use, and more!
- The New Museum
235 Bowery
New York, NY
Wednesday, October 6, 2010 10AM
CUP was featured in the New Museum’s exhibit, The Last Newspaper. During the exhibit, in which participants were encouraged to actively use the space, CUP’s John Mangin led several public workshops using our toolkits, What Is Affordable Housing? and What Is Zoning?
- The New Museum
235 Bowery
New York, NY
Thursday, September 30, 2010 7PM
Friends and supporters joined CUP for our annual benefit. It was a great evening of conversation, cocktails, and CUP projects!
- The Old American Can Factory
232 Third Street
Brooklyn, NY
Wednesday, September 22, 2010 3:30PM
Architects, activists, and developers all agree, affordable housing is complicated.
