Updates about our work

We've made lots of progress on multiple fronts here at the Uni. We'll keep it brief and break it down by category: Kickstarter Two weeks in and two weeks to go on Kickstarter. We're up to $12,000 and growing steadily, especially in the small donation range. During...

We wrote most of this post before recent events in Oslo, and then suspended our fundraising outreach for a time while our thoughts were with Norwegian friends. We're returning to work, but we are not turning the page. All cities rely on a special kind of public trust...

Our Kickstarter drive is underway, and things are going great. Today, being our first weekday, we began ramping up the outreach, making connections with like-minded individuals, blogs, and sites. It's terrific to be connecting with new friends and old friends on...

We're live at Kickstarter where a 30-day fundraising drive is underway. We need to raise $20,000 by August 15 to construct the first Uni, which will be launched in New York City, Fall 2011. Check out our special Kickstarter Rewards, which will feature the work of our...

For those of you on the bleeding edge of the Uni, here's a preview of our Kickstarter video. We launch tomorrow morning, which is actually just a few hours away. You saw it here first! It's exciting to be going public with this project after working so hard on it for...

Before we begin outreach for the Uni, we've been taking a moment to reflect on what brought us here. Why the cube? On one hand, the Uni is a practical effort to pack the Storefront Library into a box and take it places where people already gather: parks, plazas,...

This post inaugurates a new web site and marks a transition for Boston Street Lab. Since 2006, we've worked on a range of small-scale projects to bring opportunities for culture, community, and learning to public space in downtown Boston. In 2009, we incorporated as a...