Pay Dirt
City Studies
What the Cell?
Urban Investigations
Tenants' Rights to Repairs
Making Policy Public
What Is Zoning?
Envisioning Development
What Is Zoning?
Envisioning Development
Pay Up!
City Studies
2011
‘Policy for People poster-style’
Public Policy Lab
November, 10, 2011
The poster speaks to the audience for whom the information is most important — those who are under 18!
‘Where Does Your (Convenience Store) Food Come From?’
Gilt Taste
August, 31, 2011
These students take the opportunity to really explore how this little corner of the city works… and what results is one of the smartest, most nuanced, and most fun documents on the subject we’ve ever seen.
‘Who Is Shaping New York’s Subway Redevelopment?’
psfk
August, 15, 2011
The project juxtaposes the fact that such a construction project creates jobs but there is a suspicious absence of ‘the public’ in MTA’s decisions.
‘Fast-Tracked: Who Decides Where the Subway Goes?’
Urban Omnibus
August, 10, 2011
The group investigated how transportation planning works by talking to stakeholders, researching policy and financing, and pounding the pavement.
‘We Seriously Love The Internet is Serious Business’
Detroit Digital Justice Coalition zine #3
June, 30, 2011
The film is instrumental in engaging people in disenfranchised communities who have been previously intimidated by the Internet. It is understandable by ANYONE from age 8 to 80.
‘Know Your Lines’
Art Threat
May, 11, 2011
Who is drawing the lines? What does the shape of a district mean? And what does a good redistricting process look like? These are precisely the questions being tackled in Know Your Lines.
‘Visualizing the Dangers of Toxic Brownfields’
The Dirt
April, 20, 2011
Middle school students went out and mapped the empty lots and then started investigating [them].
