Nov 14, 2016
Here are some snapshots from the Uni Project on the street in 2016. More photos coming soon.
Oct 27, 2016
On Thursday, Oct 20 the Uni joined a city-wide celebration of Food Day called the “Big Apple Crunch” at La Marqueta on East 116th St. Thanks to our host and partner New Harlem East Merchants’ Association, with a special shout out to...
Oct 23, 2016
When you schedule 145 outdoor deployments as we did this year, here’s the truth: sometimes it rains. Rainy day photos often get cut from the blog, but something caught my eye in these images of the Uni last weekend in Ridgewood. Despite intermittent rain and...
Oct 4, 2016
Last month, I asked for your help, via our email newsletter, to fund an extension of our season in Chinatown and Harlem. We have great staff running reading rooms in two deserving locations—why stop? You answered with a roar, and I’m pleased to announce that...
Sep 24, 2016
The Uni portable reading room landed in Fort Washington Park at a riverside festival to celebrate Manhattan’s only remaining lighthouse! Thanks to our partners NYC Department of Parks and Recreation. This deployment made possible with funding from Manhattan Borough...
Sep 24, 2016
The Uni returned to one of our favorite parks at the invitation of the Washington Square Park Conservancy, creating a small reading room in the northwest corner of the park on four separate days in September. Our collection was augmented with a loan of books from...
Sep 15, 2016
Everyone working at the Uni Project wears a basket of hats. Examples include: fundraiser, librarian, truck driver, bookkeeper. This quarter, Leslie assigned the email newsletter to me! Here are the results. You can use the same link above to subscribe to our...
Sep 10, 2016
This has been a good, busy, familiar kind of weekend. Today we created two, simultaneous outdoor reading rooms along 125th Street with terrific partners in Harlem. Tomorrow, we go to Chinatown to launch a residency with our DRAW cart. Good stuff for New Yorkers to do...
Aug 17, 2016
The Uni has been at Playground 103 in East Harlem to reach kids and families living nearby at NYCHA East River Houses. Our work here is in partnership with NYC Parks in support of the Community Parks Initiative, and tomorrow is our final...
