Goo Gone
07/07/09
CUP’s office is now located in a potential SUPERFUND SITE. Superfund is a federal program that investigates and cleans up the most complex uncontrolled or abandoned hazardous waste sites in the country. There are over 1,331 final and proposed sites on the National Priorities List (NPL), and thousands more wait for approval. Earlier this year, the Environmental Protection Agency proposed adding the Gowanus Canal to this list.
Please join the Center for Urban Pedagogy (CUP), and Urban Omnibus for a different kind of Superfund discussion. Artist Brooke Singer, advocate Anne Rabe, and historian Sarah Vogel will discuss the history of the Superfund program, the politics of designation, and the changing legal definitions of toxins, risk, and responsibility. Local experts will also give updates on the status of the Gowanus's designation.
GOO GONE
Risk, Responsibility, and Toxins in the Landscape
Tuesday, July 7, 2009, 7–9 pm
The Old American Can Factory (In the courtyard, weather permitting)
232 Third St at Third Ave
Gowanus, Brooklyn
Free and open to the public, RSVP to info (at) anothercupdevelopment (dot) org
Refreshments provided!
Red Lines Events
06/20/09
All events are at the Queens Museum unless otherwise noted
Wednesday, July 8, 7-9 pm
Thank You Housing Activists!
An an appreciation party featuring Kenneth Jackson and the Panorama or the City of New York.
Saturday, July 18, 4-7 pm
Architectures of Crisis, Architectures of Resistance
Teddy Cruz in conversation with Damon Rich
Sculpture Center
44-19 Purves Street
Long Island City, Queens
Credit Crunch Conversations
Red Lines co-hosts a series of neighborhood meetings with community organizations in foreclosure affected areas. Short presentations by policymakers, historian, activitists, and affected community members will be followed by an open forum, concerns, and ideas.
Sunday, July 26, 2-4:30 pm
Credit Crunch Conversation #1 with NYC Council Member Leroy Comrie.
Queens Borough Public Library Main Branch, Auditorium
89-11 Merrick Boulevard
Jamaica, Queens
Thursday, August 6, 6-9 pm
Credit Crunch Conversation #2 with NY State Assemblyman Jeffrion L. Aubry
First Baptist Church
100-10 Astoria Boulevard
East Elmhurst, Queens
Thursday, September 17, 7-9 pm
Red Lines Report: Buildings and Money
Damon Rich and Larissa Harris
Studio X
180 Varick Street, Suite 1610
New York, NY
Making Policy Public: Call for Advocates
06/02/09
Attention advocates, organizers, educators, policy wonks, organizers, researchers, students, etc:
Do you have a complicated issue that you’d like to see visualized? A complicated policy that you’d like to educate your constituency about? Are you interested in a deep collaboration with a designer or visual artist?
CUP is seeking proposals for the next issues of Making Policy Public, our series of foldout posters that use graphic and information design to explore and explain complex public policy issues. Advocates chosen through the juried submission process will receive 1000 copies of the color publication to distribute directly to their constituents and an honorarium of $1000.
Applications are due on June 26th.
Click the link below to download the guidelines:
http://tinyurl.com/making-policy-public
Visit www.makingpolicypublic.net to see past issues and read more about the series.
Email us at john@anothercupdevelopment.org if you have any questions.
Global Polis Exhibition
05/15/09
Several CUP works will be on display at The Global Polis: Interactive Infrastructures, an exhibition of contemporary experiments in planning, architecture, and design, highlighting the role that communication, participation, and the sharing of knowledge can play in informing our understanding of the urban fabric. Works include the first four issues of Making Policy Public, CUP's ongoing series of collaborative publications, and the interactive Affordable Housing poster, part of CUP's Envisioning Development toolkit. The exhibition is curated by Nader Vossoughian and designed by our friends at Project Projects.
Exhibition Opening
Friday, May 15, 6 – 8 pm
Center for Architecture
536 LaGuardia Place
New York, NY 10012
The Center for Architecture is open
9 am – 8 pm Monday – Friday and 11 – 5 pm on Saturdays. Admission is free
Two New Issues of Making Policy Public
04/09/09
The third and fourth issues of CUP’s Making Policy Public series of fold-out posters are hitting the streets. Vendor Power! decodes the City’s overcomplicated vending regulations so that NYC’s street vendors can know their rights and avoid costly tickets. Predatory Equity: The Survival Guide explains predatory equity, how to stop it, and how to save buildings now on the brink of foreclosure. To take a closer look or to buy your copies, visit: www.makingpolicypublic.net