On May 30, the Uni Project wrapped up three days of open air reading rooms in Tompkins Square Park and Washington Square Park. Middle school-aged boys from day one or day two.)
We could never have created the Uni Project without a partnership with our friends Meejin Yoon, Eric Höweler and the team at HY Architecture. They’ve designed all our infrastructure, responding patiently and gracefully to our crazy requests, including the first...
On May 29, the Uni Project continued a three day run of reading rooms in Tompkins Square Park and Washington Square Park. Middle school-aged boys from day one or day three.)
On May 28, the Uni Project began a three day run creating open-air reading rooms in Tompkins Square Park and Washington Square Park. Both places have played an important role in the history of ideas and expression in the city, and we’re proud to help continue...
Truth be told, Sam and I, who founded and run the Uni, are in our forties. And most of our wonderful volunteers are over the age of 25. Yet many of our patrons are kids under 10. Last week’s deployments on the Lower East Side and at Four Freedoms Park marked the start...
By now we’ve set up Uni reading rooms on sidewalks, streets, plazas, and parks across New York City. Most of the time, our challenge is to create an oasis—a place to pause, reflect and engage the mind—in what is otherwise a dense environment designed for quick...
Something special happens when you make a place for reading on a stretch of sidewalk for a week. You become a conversation-starter, a neighborhood meeting place. Life histories are told. Long-time or newly budding interests are revealed—say in ships, or photography....
Today, we began a week-long residency on the Lower East Side, transforming a stretch of sidewalk into an outdoor reading room on a beautiful sunny day. Walking by the Uni, one teen was overhead to remark to his headphone-wearing friends, “Books!” The Uni...
The Uni reading room landed at Hester St Fair to celebrate the conclusion of special collection from MAS’s Greenacre Reference Library. Thanks to MAS staff for a terrific collaboration. Thanks also to Uni Volunteers Xavier Williams and Kelleen Maluski for a fast...
