"I can't think of another time in the city's modern history when its future felt more alive with possibility."
- Jonathan Mahler, New York Times, 6.13.2021
Explore NYC Together
connecting & creating in the city
SPRING
PROGRAMS BEGIN
FEB. 20
NOW
ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR SPRING
SUMMER &
FALL
ABOUT US
Looking for a meaningful and exciting semester experience in New York City?
The Living City Project engages New York City as a community, a studio and a classroom.
Our programs offer city-based experiences for rising college freshmen, semester-leave students, high school grads, high schoolers and adults, working with small groups of peers to creatively address urgent challenges and opportunities facing the city.
OUR APPROACH
The Living City Project:
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provides meaningful and challenging group learning experiences in the New York City landscape. Our students grow as scholars, citizens, creators and human beings, finding meaning, passion and purpose, addressing the critical question: how do we change the city and world for the better?
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employs a collaborative design studio model where students brainstorm, research, design, create and present original work to community partners, scholars, policymakers, artists, practitioners and experts.
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creates a relevant, challenging and safe
environment for learning and exploring by using the built and natural environment as an outdoor classroom to engage current issues and seize opportunities to contribute to meaningful change.
OUTCOMES
Students create and discover
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A transformative experience in which you find your passions, make lifelong friends, develop resilience, cultivate empathy, and help improve the world
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Active learning experiences that support intellectual, physical and emotional growth, personal independence, and the mastery of life skills
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A robust portfolio of projects capturing meaningful, rigorous, life-changing work that contributes to expanded college choices and lifelong pursuits
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Greater clarity over your college and life paths
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Discovering new career paths and forging relationships with potential future mentors and employers