by Sam | Aug 15, 2013
As part of a run of ten Play Street deployments in partnership with Transportation Alternatives, the Uni returned for a second time to Lyman Place in the Bronx. There are fewer children passing through Lyman Place compared to some of our other locations, but we noted...
by Sam | Jul 26, 2013
On July 25, the Uni wrapped up three deployments in a row in an East Harlem farmers’ market and play street hosted by our partner Harvest Home. Uni volunteers Amelia Carver and Emily Jacobson were joined by Chris and Kasey, interns at Aurora Anaya Cerda’s...
by Sam | Jul 14, 2013
Corona continues to be one of the most successful locations for an open-air reading room that we’ve encountered in New York City. Corona kids approach the Uni before the books are even unpacked, and families stay for hours, reading together. By all measures—and...
by Sam | Jun 26, 2013
On Sunday, Jun 23, the Uni was part of another DOT Weekend Walk, this time on Pitkin Avenue in Brownsville, Brooklyn, at an event called Summer Plazas organized by the Pitkin Avenue Business Improvement District. This was a classic neighborhood block party, complete...
by Sam | Jun 26, 2013
On Saturday, June 22, the Uni went to Jackson Heights, Queens, to make a place for books and learning at Diversity Plaza and be part of the Jackson Heights Arts Festival organized by the arts collective Hibridos Collective in collaboration with Sukhi, a group of...
by Sam | Jun 17, 2013
We love what NYC Dept. of Transportation has been doing to create pedestrian plazas with local communities. On Saturday, we went to back to one of our favorites – Corona Plaza under the 7 train, in Queens. This was our 6th time setting up in this newly...
