Union Way

Union Way
Union Way in 2016
Interactive map of the Union Way area
General information
Location	Portland, Oregon, United States
Coordinates	45°31′21″N 122°40′54″W / 45.5226°N 122.6817°W / 45.5226; -122.6817

Union Way is a corridor and retail gallery in Portland, Oregon, United States.¹ Located along West Burnside Street in the West End district of downtown Portland,²³ it is inspired by Paris's glass-roofed retail arcades, according to Condé Nast Traveler.⁴

Union Way has concrete floors, wood walls, and windows in the ceiling.⁴ The corridor connects the Ace Hotel to Powell's Books.⁵ It was designed by Lever Architecture, which is based in Portland.² Union was converted from an early 20th-century brick garage⁶ and replaced two nightclubs:⁷ Aura and Red Cap Garage.⁸ Union opened in 2013.⁹

Vendors have included All Good,¹⁰ Danner, Spruce Apothecary, Steven Alan,⁴ and Unless Collective,¹¹ Self Edge, and Will Leather Goods.¹² Shops have sold products ranging from candy to Japanese denim. Previously, the restaurant Boxer Ramen operated at Union Way's southern end.¹³ The ramen restaurant Ikimono later operated in the same space.⁵ Swee2o Drinks and Desserts has no seating and operates via take-out only.¹⁴ Wailua Shave Ice operates in Union Way.²

Chris Onstad of the Portland Mercury called Union Way "precious" in 2014.¹⁵ In 2016, Ben Barna of Nylon wrote, "This very impressive feat of urban development takes the traditional, turn-of-the-century European concept of a shopping arcade, and updates it with some very chic, very minimalist Scandinavian design."¹² Carrie Brownstein has said, "It's almost meta, but Union Way both comments on and embodies all of Portland's lifestyle and aesthetic aspirations."⁷ Jen Stevenson of Condé Nast Traveler described Union Way as a "beautiful skylight-illuminated, succulent-lined, blonde wood breezeway" and "Portland's answer to Diagon Alley".¹⁶