Mayor Martin J. Walsh helps launch Uni for Boston

Mayor Martin J. Walsh helps launch Uni for Boston

On Saturday, July 19, we were honored to launch a Uni portable reading room for Boston with help from Mayor Martin J. Walsh. The location was downtown’s Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway, where this Uni will remain, popping up at different locations along the...
Boston Public Library in the Uni

Boston Public Library in the Uni

The Boston Public Library is a key partner in helping us make a place to gather around books on Boston’s Rose F. Kennedy Greenway this summer. The library contributed a great selection of children’s picture books, young adult books, and books for teens to read on-site...
ICA Boston contributes collection of art books for Boston Uni

ICA Boston contributes collection of art books for Boston Uni

Coinciding with the launch of a Uni portable reading room for Boston on the Rose F. Kennedy Greenway, Boston’s Institute of Contemporary Art put together a wonderful collection of 17 books that will remain on the Uni’s shelves for all of Boston to enjoy. Among the...
Neighborhood Explorers Collection in the Uni

Neighborhood Explorers Collection in the Uni

More often than not, the way we move through the world each day falls into familiar patterns. This can be comforting, but it can also put us on a kind of mental auto-pilot. When we disrupt these patterns—say, when we travel to a different place or experience an...
Two Uni Towers for Seattle Public Library

Two Uni Towers for Seattle Public Library

In early summer 2014, we created two Uni Towers for the Seattle Public Library. As of July 2014, the library is already using them in Seattle neighborhoods! You can follow SPL and their Uni on SPL Facebook.
Mayor Martin J. Walsh helps launch Uni for Boston

Uni portable reading room for Boston

In June, 2014, the Uni Project was a winner of Boston’s first-ever Public Space Invitational, a competition organized by Mayor Martin J. Walsh’s Office of New Urban Mechanics. For the competition, we proposed a portable reading room that would...
Uni reading room, Fowler Plaza, Brooklyn

Uni reading room, Fowler Plaza, Brooklyn

Photos from deployment of the Uni reading room in Ft. Greene, Brooklyn on July 11, 2014. Our host and partner was the Fulton Area Business Alliance. Made possible in part by a grant from Tribeca Pediatrics’ We Care for Your Kids Foundation.    ...
Uni brings reading room to Corona

Uni brings reading room to Corona

On June 28, the Uni created an open-air reading room on Corona Plaza—our second visit this year. In 2014, we continue our longstanding partnership with Queens Museum as they bring community-oriented programs to this emerging public space. Our work on this plaza is...
Uni reading room in Brownsville again with Brooklyn Public Library

Uni reading room in Brownsville again with Brooklyn Public Library

On June 27, the Uni returned to Pitkin Avenue in Brownsville Brooklyn for a third time this year. BPL outreach librarian Leigh Hurwitz (also a longtime Uni volunteer and site manager!) distributed BPL Summer Reading info and signed people up for BPL library cards into...