Skip to content

Eugene Weekly

We've got issues.

  • News
  • Arts
  • Culture
  • Calendar
  • Support
  • Advertise in Eugene Weekly
  • News
  • Arts
  • Culture
  • Music
  • Opinion
    • Slant
    • Letters
  • EW Newsletters
  • MORE
    • Calendar
      • Submit An Event
        • Calendar Guidelines & FAQ
    • Visual Arts
    • Photo Galleries
    • Performing Arts
    • Film
    • Chow
    • Drink
    • Cannabis
    • Outdoors
    • Classifieds
    • Obituary
    • What’s Happening Podcast
  • Facebook
  • Mastodon
  • Instagram
  • Contact Us
Design Matters

A Town Square Critique

Time to seize the opportunity downtown

Viewpoint 6 years ago

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 →

A Town Square Critique

Time to seize the opportunity downtown

Viewpoint 6 years ago

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

Viewpoint 6 years ago

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

Viewpoint 7 years ago

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 →

Considerate Design

Design needs to incorporate mindful intent for these Lane Community College artists and instructors

Culture 7 years ago

For sculptor and Lane Community College instructor Lee Imonen, design balances interaction and identity. “There’s no distinction between design and fine art, but if there … Continue reading →

Eugene Design: The Good and the Awful

Eugene Weekly's staff picks our favorite and not-so-favorite examples of the city's built landscape

Culture 7 years ago

The Eugene Public Library High vaulted ceilings, natural light streaming through subtle stained glass, and an awe-inspiring rotunda capped with a skylight mark the remarkable … Continue reading →

Land Swap

Ask Eugene Skinner?

Viewpoint 7 years ago

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

Viewpoint 8 years ago

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

Opinion 8 years ago

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 →

You Have to Serve Somebody

Rename Kesey Square

Viewpoint 8 years ago

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 →

Posts navigation

1 of 3
Next →
Current Issue
Current Issue
Find a Paper Read this Issue
  • Facebook
  • Mastodon
  • Instagram
  • YouTube
  • Find A Paper
  • Advertise with Eugene Weekly
  • Submit An Event
  • Promotions
  • Masthead
  • Contact
  • Support Eugene Weekly
  • We Are Hiring

© Eugene Weekly, 2025