Uni Tower on Governors Island, 2014

Uni Tower on Governors Island, 2014

Photos Archive: Governors Island, New York Harbor. Summer 2014 For the second year in a row, the Uni Project partnered with the Brooklyn Public Library, the Queens Library, and the New York Public Library to offer an open-air reading room on Governors Island....
Uni at play streets. Booyah!

Uni at play streets. Booyah!

This summer, we created regular pop-up reading rooms at six different play streets in Harlem, the Bronx, and Brooklyn. Play streets are just what they sound like—streets closed to traffic so kids can play and get physical exercise. In NYC, the Uni Project is...
The Uni’s first Artist-in-Residence

The Uni’s first Artist-in-Residence

This summer, illustrator and Parsons student Tiffany Lin was our artist-in-residence. We first met Tiffany as part of a class that created handmade books for the Uni on Governors’ Island. Tiffany made a scrolling book called LOOK UP! that told the story of a girl...
How the Uni reading room helps close the achievement gap

How the Uni reading room helps close the achievement gap

The Uni reading room helps close achievement gaps by positively impacting the following factors identified by the National Education Association: access to a learning environment that can support youth development outside of school; access to books; time kids spent...