Updates about our work
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
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.
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
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
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...
Uni in Brownsville, Brooklyn with Brooklyn Public Library
On June 22, the Uni returned to Pitkin Avenue in Brownsville Brooklyn for the second of three planned deployments in 2014. This event was made possible in part by funds granted by the Charles H. Revson Foundation through the Neighborhood Plaza Partnership.
Making a reading room at a hip hop concert in Bronx
On a summer evening in the Bronx, the Uni Project made a place for books and learning at a community hip hop concert and dance party. The concert honored Bronx living legend/hip hop founding father, DJ Kool Herc, and later in the evening Kool Herc himself took over...
Uni reading room on the street in Brownsville Brooklyn
On June 15, the Uni returned to Pitkin Avenue in Brownsville Brooklyn for the first of three planned deployments in 2014. This event was made possible in part by funds granted by the Charles H. Revson Foundation through the Neighborhood Plaza Partnership. ...
Creating a reading room in a Flatbush playground
On Saturday, June 14 the Uni made a place to gather around books in Nostrand Playground, in Flatbush, Brooklyn. Our host was the multi-service nonprofit organization CAMBA, which invited us to this location adjacent to the Beacon Community Center at PS 269. Our mini...