by Sam | Jul 30, 2012
The Uni generally runs without electricity, but we made a special exception for an exceptional New Yorker and Queens resident, Louis Armstrong. We created a special cube, our first with audio, in partnership with the Louis Armstrong House Museum. It includes books,...
by Sam | Jul 29, 2012
The Uni went to Corona today, and we had blast. We transformed a part of Corona Plaza near the 7 train’s 103rd St station into a reading room all day. We were invited here by the Queens Museum of Art to support the New York City Department of Transportation and other...
by Sam | Jul 28, 2012
Great day in East New York. A few weeks ago, we wrote about why we like East New York for the Uni: we want to go where people are actively trying to improve public space in their neighborhood. Here in East New York, people have been doing it for decades, often on...
by Sam | Jul 26, 2012
The Uni will go to East NY, Brooklyn and Corona Plaza, Queens this weekend. Great neighborhoods where people are working to improve public space—this is exactly where we want to be. We’re also excited that the Queens Library will join us on Sunday in Corona. The...
by Sam | Jul 21, 2012
We were truly disappointed to postpone deployment of the Uni in Brooklyn and Queens today and tomorrow, and I’d like to offer an explanation. We’re a small nonprofit, and Leslie and I do this work alongside a wonderful volunteer team that scales up when we...
