Uni returns to Tompkins Square Park

Uni returns to Tompkins Square Park

On May 30, the Uni Project wrapped up three days of open air reading rooms in Tompkins Square Park and Washington Square Park. Middle school-aged boys from George Jackson Academy read aloud their own poems and short essays for the public. Boys from The Boys’...
Meejin Yoon, Uni designer, appointed head of MIT Architecture

Meejin Yoon, Uni designer, appointed head of MIT Architecture

We could never have created the Uni Project without a partnership with our friends Meejin Yoon, Eric Höweler and the team at HY Architecture. They’ve designed all our infrastructure, responding patiently and gracefully to our crazy requests, including the first...
A Uni reading room in Washington Square Park

A Uni reading room in Washington Square Park

On May 29, the Uni Project continued a three day run of reading rooms in Tompkins Square Park and Washington Square Park. Middle school-aged boys from George Jackson Academy are reading aloud their own poems and short essays for the public. Boys from The Boys’...
Boys take over the Uni in Tompkins Square Park

Boys take over the Uni in Tompkins Square Park

On May 28, the Uni Project began a three day run creating open-air reading rooms in Tompkins Square Park and Washington Square Park. Both places have played an important role in the history of ideas and expression in the city, and we’re proud to...
Uni Project partners with boys from George Jackson Academy

Uni Project partners with boys from George Jackson Academy

Truth be told, Sam and I, who founded and run the Uni, are in our forties. And most of our wonderful volunteers are over the age of 25. Yet many of our patrons are kids under 10. Last week’s deployments on the Lower East Side and at Four Freedoms Park marked the start...