An Important Zoning Change Could Make the Area More… Lively?

Zoning changes around Union Square, specifically to OUR zone, C6, are designed to make it easier for a wider variiety of businesses to set up shop at the ground floor level and above. The details are here. For example,

  • Arcades

  • Axe-throwing

  • Billiards/pool halls

  • Bowling alleys

  • Escape rooms

  • Golf simulator driving range

  • Indoor go-karts

  • Indoor skateboard park

  • Interactive or virtual reality attractions

  • Laser tag

  • Miniature golf

  • Observation towers

  • Ping pong/table tennis

  • Play spaces/family fun centers

  • Wax figure exhibitions

  • Seasonally: haunted houses and similar fright attractions

  • Comedy shows

  • Concerts

  • Dancing

  • Open-mic night or poetry reading

  • 3-D printing

  • Brewery

  • Ceramic studio

  • Jewelry making

  • Wholesale and/or large-scale bakery

  • Woodworking

  • Other food and beverage producers, such as coffee roasters, ice cream makers, and shared commercial kitchen or food business incubator space

  • Other makers