A Town Square Critique
Time to seize the opportunity downtown
This is a really big deal for downtown Eugene. After being buried under a parking garage for 50 years, what we once knew as our Northwest … Continue reading
Jerry Diethelm
Jerry Diethelm is an architect, landscape architect and planning and design consultant. He is an emeritus professor of the University of Oregon’s College of Design where he taught planning and design for 35 years.
Author: Jerry Diethelm
A Town Square Critique
Time to seize the opportunity downtown
This is a really big deal for downtown Eugene. After being buried under a parking garage for 50 years, what we once knew as our Northwest … Continue reading
Urban Design
Making Eugene great again
Suddenly it’s springtime in Eugene for city design with new projects popping up all over. We have new murals, a reborn Civic Alliance Park for … Continue reading
Eugene, We Can Do Better
Design Review: Riverfront Park Concept Plans
Like you, I’m looking forward to having a great new park on our downtown riverfront. I think we have a very talented team assembled to help … Continue reading
Land Swap
Ask Eugene Skinner?
The small in statue but large in stature bronzed man who sits on the log outside the Eugene Public Library was a generous man. He and … Continue reading
Unbranding Kesey Square
No one spent $1 million to call it Kesey Square
Let’s see, what should we call Kesey Square? Last week the Eugene City Council voted 4-3 to form a committee to explore other names for … Continue reading
The Turning Point Downtown?
The Park Blocks and Kesey Square
When people come to Eugene for the 2021 World Track and Field Championships, they will, like all tourists, spend a large majority of their time … Continue reading
City Hall
'Rosie Scenario' Weighs in on City Hall, EWEB and Downtown
So, I asked my friend Rosie Scenario: I know you just sold your prediction business for a big loss after the last election, but what … Continue reading
You Have to Serve Somebody
Rename Kesey Square
You have to ask yourself: Why such extreme prudence by our Eugene City Council when it comes to the official renaming of what everyone now … Continue reading
Look Homeward City Hall
City Hall can be a win if we are ready to think anew, act anew
Big changes are shaping up that could turn a faltering Eugene City Hall process into a real win for downtown. Perhaps it will yet turn out to be a good thing that the old City Hall was torn down prematurely before there was a solid master plan for the city’s block or a true and reliable estimate for what a City Hall replacement was going to cost. Continue reading