by Sam | Jun 26, 2013
On Sunday, Jun 23, the Uni was part of another DOT Weekend Walk, this time on Pitkin Avenue in Brownsville, Brooklyn, at an event called Summer Plazas organized by the Pitkin Avenue Business Improvement District. This was a classic neighborhood block party, complete...
by Sam | Jun 26, 2013
On Saturday, June 22, the Uni went to Jackson Heights, Queens, to make a place for books and learning at Diversity Plaza and be part of the Jackson Heights Arts Festival organized by the arts collective Hibridos Collective in collaboration with Sukhi, a group of...
by Sam | Jun 19, 2013
This morning, I was honored to introduce the Uni to a group of distinguished librarians hailing from the Netherlands. They came to New York City on a visit organized by Eimer Wieldraaijer, Bibliotheekblad/Dutch Library Journal, which covered all three public libraries...
by Sam | Jun 17, 2013
We love what NYC Dept. of Transportation has been doing to create pedestrian plazas with local communities. On Saturday, we went to back to one of our favorites – Corona Plaza under the 7 train, in Queens. This was our 6th time setting up in this newly...
by Sam | Jun 11, 2013
On Saturday, June 8, the Uni created a place to gather, read, and learn, right in the middle of Louis Niñé Boulevard in the Crotona East area of the Bronx. The street was closed to traffic that day thanks to the Women’s Housing and Economic Development...
