Bodega Down Bronx at Foodprints
02/27/10
CUP Teaching Artist Jonathan Bogarín will be talking about his experience working on Bodega Down Bronx as part of “Foodprints” a series of talks on urban food systems. Jonathan will be participating in the “Culinary Cartography” panel.
Foodprints
Saturday, Feb 27, 1 pm to 5:30 pm
Culinary Cartography panel is at 2 pm
Studio–X
180 Varick St., Suite 1610
Free and open to the public
http://www.foodprintproject.com/
Affordable Housing Toolkit launch
02/25/10
On Thursday, February 25, join CUP at our pop-up workshop space on the Lower East Side and get to know the Affordable Housing Toolkit. The launch party will feature a thrilling demonstration of our interactive felt chart, a video screening, a mini-store replete with CUP’s latest and greatest, and celebratory drinks. Beth Sorce from the Urban Homesteading Assistance Board and tenant organizer Dave Powell, who has worked with Tenants & Neighbors, Fifth Avenue Committee, and Met Council on Housing, will also be on hand to share how they’ve put the Toolkit to good use.
The Affordable Housing Toolkit is the first of the Envisioning Development Toolkits, a series that demystifies the most important, controversial, and confusing concepts in land use and development in New York City. CUP developed the Affordable Housing Toolkit to expand and improve public participation in conversations about affordable housing. In addition to the launch party, we’ll be using the space to train housing organizations, community boards, and developers to use the Toolkit. Want to find out if this tool could help you in your work? Email john@anothercupdevelopment to sign up for a workshop. Curious yet unaffiliated individuals are welcome to come, too!
AFFORDABLE HOUSING TOOLKIT LAUNCH PARTY
Thursday, February 25, 6 – 8 pm
COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS
Wednesday, February 24 and Friday, February 26 at 10 am, 1 pm, and 4 pm
Email john (at) anothercupdevelopment (dot) org to sign up
OPEN HOUSE AND PUBLIC DEMONSTRATION
Open house: Saturday, February 27 from 12 – 5 pm
Public demonstration for those who can’t make the weekday workshops: Saturday, February 27 at 3 pm
All events will be held at our pop-up workshop space:
61 Delancey (on the corner of Allen Street)
New York, NY
B/D to Grand Street, F/J/M/Z to Essex Street – Delancey Street
The Affordable Housing Toolkit Launch is co-sponsored by our partners at Asian Americans for Equality, Fifth Avenue Committee, GOLES, the Municipal Arts Society, Tenants & Neighbors, and the Urban Homesteading Assistance Board. Thanks!
Talk at the Museum of Art and Design
02/11/10
Glen Cummings, who helped develop and design the Affordable Housing Toolkit and the Predatory Equity Survival Guide, will be giving a talk on collaboration at the Museum Art and Design. CUP will be on hand to talk about our role in the collaborative process. The talk, organized by AIGA/NY, is part of a series called “Collaboration.”
http://www.madmuseum.org/DO/Calendar/201002/AIGA_NY.aspx
An Atlas in Zurich
01/15/10
Posters from CUP’s Garbage Problems project are on display at An Atlas of Radical Cartography, an exhibit curated by Lize Mogel and Alexis Bhagat. The show is currently stationed in Zurich. Drop in if you’re in the area.
Whitespace Gallery
Militarstrasse 76, Zurich
January 15 to February 9, 2010
http://www.whitespace.ch/
Opening reception:
Friday, January 15th, 7pm
Who Makes the Rent?
01/12/10
Rent – it’s something most of us deal with every month. But where are those numbers really coming from? It turns out that about a third of the City’s rent increases are decided by a nine-headed beast that presides over some of the rowdiest public hearings in all of NYC. To hear the full tale, come to the debut presentation of the Rent Guidelines Board storybook, the product of CUP’s latest Urban Investigation.
This semester, CUP Teaching Artist Marisa Jahn and eleven teens from the College Now program at Brooklyn College investigated how rent levels are set for the one million rent-regulated apartments in New York City. They interviewed lobbyists, tenant advocates, and members of the Rent Guidelines Board, and created a storybook to be used by Tenants and Neighbors in their workshops. Join us next Tuesday to meet the creative team, draw your very own Rent Guidelines Board beasts, and get the inside scoop on future rent legislation.
Seating is limited! RSVP to info@anothercupdevelopment.org
Tuesday, January 12, 7 pm
New York Immigration Coalition
137 West 25th Street, 12th Floor
New York, NY