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...
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...
This weekend, NYC DOT invited the Uni Project to join a new public space initiative called Shared Streets in Lower Manhattan. For several hours, pedestrians, cyclists, and cars shared the historic streets and motorists were encouraged to drive 5 mph. (This is advanced...
In July and August the Uni has visited Putnam Triangle in Clinton Hill on Wednesdays, hosted by our friends at Fulton Area Business Alliance. Today’s photos below. Thanks so much to our staff Leah, Ester, Sofia and the great folks at FAB. Make a place for...
This summer, we are once again deploying to play streets in Harlem and the Bronx. Today, I worked one of our favorites, run by Caldwell Programs in Morrisania. I hung out, and took some photos, let the kids take photos, and gathered feedback for our new...
We’re in the middle of a string of visits to Hunts Point Playground in the Bronx. Our weekly deployments are made possible by Leaves of Grass Fund and are part of a partnership with NYC Parks to support the Community Parks Initiative. Photos below. Almost every...
On July 16th, the Uni transformed a block of 12th Avenue under the viaduct at a festival called “Under the Viaduct” organized by Savona Bailey-McClain and her West Harlem Art Fund. Check out the moss below!
Through the end of the month, the Uni reading room will appear every Friday at Sean’s Place in Astoria, Queens. Our work here is in partnership with NYC Parks in support of the Community Parks Initiative. We’re reaching some of the city’s parks that...
Friends of Stryker Park is committed to transforming the north side of 97th St between Columbus and Amsterdam into a greener, safer public space. The Uni Project teamed up with NYC DOT to help create a One Day Plaza to help demonstrate and build support for this...
