Participatory Budgeting

Technical Assistance

Participatory Budgeting

If You Can Make It Here...

Urban Investigations

If You Can Make It Here...

Making the Grade

Urban Investigations

Making the Grade

Shine a Light on Your Utility Rights

Making Policy Public

Shine a Light on Your Utility Rights

Power Trip

Urban Investigations

Power Trip

Shifty Business

Public Access Design

Shifty Business

2014

news

Friday, December 19, 2014 2:02PM

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open call

Monday, December 15, 2014 10AM

CUP is seeking a graphic design team or studio to collaborate in developing the third in our series of hands-on, popular education workshop tools. Each toolkit is made up of a soft-cover, illustrated guidebook; physical components that help convey information about workshop ... more

talk

Saturday, December 6, 2014 9AM

CUP’s Executive Director, Christine Gaspar, will be speaking on a panel for the 40th anniversary of the Smart Museum of Art at the University of Chicago. As part of the How to Make a Smart Museum series, the discussion will explore the way in which art can be ... more

news

Thursday, November 20, 2014 1:36PM

CUP is a partner in the project, Curb Your Litter: Greenpoint, that is a finalist to receive funding support from the Greenpoint Community Environmental Fund. Want to see a CUP youth education project about garbage infrastructure in Greenpoint?

open call

Monday, November 17, 2014 10AM

CUP is seeking a full-time Program Director to manage our Youth Education programs. The Program Director will oversee our Urban Investigations and City Studies programs, as well as our professional development programs for educators, and development of curricula.  

open call

Monday, November 10, 2014 10AM

CUP is seeking a full-time Youth Education Program Assistant to provide general project and organizational support on our Youth Education programs.

open call

Monday, November 3, 2014 10AM

CUP is seeking a full-time Program Assistant to provide general project, organizational, and administrative support on our Youth Education and Community Education programs.

news

Tuesday, October 28, 2014 12:51PM

Last year, Pittsburgh’s Urban Redevelopment Authority asked CUP to show them how they could create their own version of our Urban Investigations program. This year, they launched Urban Matters with their first project in which local high school students ... more

open call

Monday, October 20, 2014 10AM

We’re looking for a teaching artist to lead an Urban Investigation project for high school students in the Spring of 2015.

Party

Thursday, October 16, 2014 7:30PM

Thanks to everyone who came to our annual benefit on October 16th, and helped to make it such a success. A big thanks to all our Sponsors of the event. Over 300 community advocates, artists, designers, and other urban enthusiasts came together to celebrate ... more
  • The Green Building
    452 Union Street, Brooklyn
    F/G to Carroll Street; R to Union Street

news, award

Thursday, September 18, 2014 1:54PM

CUP is excited to announce that our illustrated guidebook, What Is Zoning?, received a 50 Books award from Design Observer. The book was a collaboration of CUP and designers Jeff Lai and Andrew Sloat.

news, award

We’re excited and honored to announce that CUP received a Sappi Ideas that Matter grant! This support will help us create a Rent Regulation Rights Spanish-language poster and an accompanying citywide subway campaign. Look for the poster on ... more

Puff Puff Passed

Urban Investigations

Puff Puff Passed

Store Stories

City Studies

Store Stories

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Public Access Design

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Rumbo A Su Tarjeta Verde

Public Access Design

Rumbo A Su Tarjeta Verde

From Shelter to Apartment

Making Policy Public

From Shelter to Apartment

Know Your Lines

Making Policy Public

Know Your Lines

Shine a Light on Your Utility Rights

Making Policy Public

Shine a Light on Your Utility Rights

Zoning It In...

Urban Investigations

Zoning It In...