Updates about our work
Uni Project at work in Boston
New York is the home of the Uni Project, but Boston is in our DNA, and we stay connected. Here are a few Uni things going on up north. Making it in Boston The Uni Project sends our award-winning portable infrastructure all over the world, and much of that effort...
Uni staff and volunteers appear on NY1
The Uni Project had a visit from NY1 last week during a deployment at Sean's Place, a park in Astoria Queens (video). Our work here is in partnership with NYC Parks in support of the Community Parks Initiative, an effort to invest in neighborhood parks with...
Uni begins Bronx residency at Concrete Plant Park next to Swale, a floating farm
The Uni launched a four week residency at the newly renovated Concrete Plant Park in the Bronx today. We're here in partnership with a terrific Bronx community organization, Youth Ministries for Peace and Justice, and we're deploying next to Swale, a floating urban...
READ, DRAW, and more in Hunts Point, Bronx
We're in the middle of a string of visits to Hunts Point Playground in the Bronx. Our weekly deployments are made possible by Leaves of Grass Fund and are part of a partnership with NYC Parks to support the Community Parks Initiative. Photos below. Almost every day...
Uni goes “Under the Viaduct” in West Harlem
On July 16th, the Uni transformed a block of 12th Avenue under the viaduct at a festival called “Under the Viaduct” organized by Savona Bailey-McClain and her West Harlem Art Fund. Check out the moss below!
Uni begins a run at Sean’s Place, a park in Astoria, Queens
Through the end of the month, the Uni reading room will appear every Friday at Sean's Place in Astoria, Queens. Our work here is in partnership with NYC Parks in support of the Community Parks Initiative. We're reaching some of the city's parks that have the greatest...
The Uni at Morrison Ave Plaza in the Bronx
On three Mondays in June, the Uni transformed Morrison Ave Plaza in Soundview, the Bronx, into a place for the community to gather, read, and draw. Our host was Youth Ministries for Peace and Justice, and our partner was the nearby Clason’s Point branch of the New...
NYC Chinatown residency to extend through July
For eight weeks, a Uni has taken up residence in NYC's Chinatown, serving up reading, drawing, and learning opportunities to people of all ages in Sara D. Roosevelt Park. Thanks to new support from the Ong Family Foundation, we'll keep things rolling an extra month...
READ and DRAW come out in support of a One Day Plaza
Friends of Stryker Park is committed to transforming the north side of 97th St between Columbus and Amsterdam into a greener, safer public space. The Uni Project teamed up with NYC DOT to help create a One Day Plaza to help demonstrate and build support for this...