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