Where we work
Public space, in all five boroughs of New York City.
Deployments since 2011. Larger dots indicate more visits.
We go to NYC Plazas...
...and NYC Street Festivals
...and NYC Play Streets
...and NYC Parks & Playgrounds
Since 2011, we’ve offered over 740 days of programming in 215+ public spaces across New York City. Everywhere we go is by request from local groups or city agencies and we prioritize underserved locations. To date, over 250 organizations have served as our host partners. We also partner with NYC Department of Transportation, NYC Department of Parks and Recreation, and The Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice, aligning our work with citywide initiatives focused on resource equity, parks, plazas, community safety, and educational achievement gaps.
Deployments by Year
Explore deployments on our blog:
Pop-up West Harlem!
Today, we launch a special series of pop-up installations serving West Harlem. First stop: Sheltering Arms Pool, where our BUILD NYC program (interactive building stations, playful materials, design challenges) will land every Friday through...
DRAW NYC pops up on 8th Street in the Village
Our pop-up drawing studio landed on 8th St in the Village for a NYC DOT Weekend Walk hosted by Village Alliance DMA. Thanks to our partner NYC DOT and Blick Art Materials. DRAW NYC is made possible at Weekend Walks in part with generous support from Lisa...
An open-air reading room and more for Union Square Park
On Sat, June 2, the Uni Project created a special, pop-up reading room for Union Square Park. We put together a collection focused on sustainability and urban nature, and we also deployed our EXPLORE program, inviting people to learn more about urban birds...
Coretta Scott King Book Awards Donation Grant
We're happy to announce that the Uni Project is a recipient of a 2018 Coretta Scott King Book Awards Donation Grant. Four large boxes of outstanding books just arrived to our office and will become part of pop-up reading rooms that we create across...
Uni open-air reading room to return to Washington Square Park in 2018
The Uni Project has been selected as a 2018 recipient of a Community Arts Grant from the Washington Square Park Conservancy, which will allow us to curate a special reading room for the park this summer and fall. Thanks to the Conservancy for partnering...
New program BUILD NYC deploys to Mott St in Chinatown
BUILD NYC is our new program that offers the public a way to build together and explore challenges in architecture, design, engineering and construction. On May 20, we brought BUILD to Chinatown for the Asian Pacific American Weekend Walk hosted by...