by Sam | Nov 11, 2012
The Uni spent the day in Red Hook, Brooklyn, to serve a waterfront community still struggling after the storm. We set up between FEMA and the food trucks, across the street from a mobile clinic. And we went in partnership with the Brooklyn Public Library—BPL staff did...
by Sam | Nov 8, 2012
Now that the Uni office is up and running after a week-long blackout, we’re ready to put the Uni into service for other New Yorkers hit by the storm. The Uni was not created primarily for disaster relief and rebuilding, but it sure was built to be ready for it....
by Sam | Jul 26, 2012
The Uni will go to East NY, Brooklyn and Corona Plaza, Queens this weekend. Great neighborhoods where people are working to improve public space—this is exactly where we want to be. We’re also excited that the Queens Library will join us on Sunday in Corona. The...
by Sam | Jul 21, 2012
We were truly disappointed to postpone deployment of the Uni in Brooklyn and Queens today and tomorrow, and I’d like to offer an explanation. We’re a small nonprofit, and Leslie and I do this work alongside a wonderful volunteer team that scales up when we...
by Sam | May 23, 2012
The Uni has just been covered in this very thorough article in Places Journal surveying the recent wave of “little libraries” and tactical urbanism. Quoted in the article, Sam cites Project for Public Spaces’ “lighter, quicker, cheaper”...
by Sam | May 14, 2012
After nearly three months, I’m due to come off the road next week, and this will be my last post on tour. I’m grateful to everyone back home, especially Leslie and our partners who have been hard at work on the fabrication of the second Uni structure. Thanks also to...
