by Sam | Jul 23, 2014
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...
by Leslie | Jul 22, 2014
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...
by Leslie | Jul 21, 2014
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...
by Leslie | Jul 20, 2014
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...
by Sam | Jul 13, 2014
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.
by Sam | Jul 13, 2014
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...
by Sam | Jul 12, 2014
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. ...
by Sam | Jun 30, 2014
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...
by Sam | Jun 29, 2014
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...