May 17, 2015
On May 16, 2015, the Uni Project created an open-air reading room on a recently-created pedestrian plaza in Brooklyn. We visit these emerging public spaces to help activate space, give people a way to gather, and show how reading and learning can be part of the mix at...
May 2, 2015
We’re proud to announce a new partnership between the Uni Project and NYC Parks Department that will bring pop-up reading rooms to priority parks identified in the Mayor’s Community Parks Initiative addressing equity in the city. Thanks to support from Leaves of...
May 1, 2015
The Uni Project is partnering with SoHo native Yukie Ohta to create the first roving neighborhood history museum for NYC. Today starts a monthlong Kickstarter campaign by Yukie to launch the effort. Yukie is founder of the SoHo Memory Project, an archive and blog, and...
Apr 27, 2015
Long before the Uni portable reading room, New York City streets provided a rich environment for learning. New Yorkers of all ages, colors, fur, and feathers sounded out words and read together on stoops. It happened on television, but it forever changed people’s...
Apr 24, 2015
On April 23, the Uni landed in midtown Manhattan at the Times Center for the 2015 Gel Conference. In 2013, Leslie and Sam presented at 2013 Gel, and we returned this year to share a progress report. Thanks always to Gel founder Mark Hurst for inviting us to be a part...
Jan 23, 2015
Our original Uni reading room tower holds a special place in our hearts. Designed by friends at HY Architecture, funded by 250 people on Kickstarter, launched on Sep. 11, 2011 in Lower Manhattan, we still use it to create reading rooms across the city today. After...
Dec 31, 2014
Here at the Uni Project, we create open-air reading rooms in unexpected places. Our public reading rooms shake things up and bring out the best in people and communities. This year, we created 107 staffed reading rooms in New York City: on plazas and sidewalks, in...
Dec 11, 2014
At the end of each year, Leslie and I reach out and ask people to make a donation to our nonprofit, The Uni Project. I hope you’ll join us this December—we’ve got exciting plans for 2015, and I’d love to see your name on our “donor wall”...
Dec 10, 2014
At the end of each year, we send postcards from the Uni to a select list of folks. Originally conceived as a reward for our Kickstarter donors, postcards have become our tradition. The cards let us share moments from the street. And they let us reflect on the...
