The Uni generally runs without electricity, but we made a special exception for an exceptional New Yorker and Queens resident, Louis Armstrong. We created a special cube, our first with audio, in partnership with the We debuted the cube on Corona Plaza yesterday, just...
The Uni went to Corona today, and we had blast. We transformed a part of Corona Plaza near the 7 train’s 103rd St station into a reading room all day. We were invited here by the Queens Museum of Art to support the New York City Department of Transportation and other...
Great day in East New York. A few weeks ago, we wrote about why we like East New York for the Uni: we want to go where people are actively trying to improve public space in their neighborhood. Here in East New York, people have been doing it for decades, often on...
The Uni will go to East NY, Brooklyn and Corona Plaza, Queens this weekend. Great neighborhoods where people are working to improve public space—this is exactly where we want to be. We’re also excited that the first collaboration with library systems began with...
We were truly disappointed to postpone deployment of the Uni in Brooklyn and Queens today and tomorrow, and I’d like to offer an explanation. We’re a small nonprofit, and Leslie and I do this work alongside a wonderful volunteer team that scales up when we...
On July 5, a new Uni went into service in Almaty, Kazakhstan. We never expected the Uni Project to go so far, so fast, and we’re thrilled that our kit of cubes, benches, and covers shipped out safely, and is now a roving, outdoor reading room in Panfilov...
You can now volunteer with the Uni in NYC! Check out new opportunities here. We need program volunteers, installation crew, and library interns. Spanish language skills are in high demand. First installation coming up soon on July 21–Join us !
