Metro Drugs on West 14th St., the neighboorhood’s best source of cheap cleaning supplies, has closed. Oh, well!
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
A jewelry store called The Missing Link will take half the space formerly occupied by Spice at University and 10th.
Click here
http://www.interiordesign.net/idtv/detail/768/
to see a video about the transformation of the parking garage at 12 East 13th St.
The Union Square Partnership (which is our business improvement district) has come up with a sweeping five-point plan to help the neighborhood bounce back after COVID. Check it out.
HGLArt, now open on our 13th St. block next to the equally new Lucky Louie Cafe, is a very fancy preschool.
Check it out.
