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2410460 [3] Website. www .eugene-or .gov. Eugene ( / juːˈdʒiːn / yoo-JEEN) is a city in and the county seat of Lane County, Oregon, United States. It is located at the southern end of the Willamette Valley, near the confluence of the McKenzie and Willamette rivers, about 50 miles (80 km) east of the Oregon Coast. [9]
Skinner Butte. / 44.05861; -123.09306. Skinner Butte (often mistakenly called Skinner's Butte) is a prominent hill on the north edge of downtown Eugene, Oregon, near the Willamette River. A local landmark, it honors city founder Eugene Skinner and is the site of the municipal Skinner Butte Park. During the 1920s the letters "KKK" were burned ...
Delta Highway, also known as Oregon Route 132, is a short limited-access freeway in Eugene, Oregon, United States, linking downtown Eugene with Beltline Highway. Route description [ edit ] The Delta Highway begins at an interchange with Interstate 105 and Oregon Route 126 on the north bank of the Willamette River , opposite Downtown Eugene .
800 feet (240 m) History. Opened. 1950 [1] Location. The Ferry Street Bridge is a bridge that spans the Willamette River in Eugene, Oregon, United States. It is located near downtown Eugene, where the city's founder Eugene Skinner once operated a ferry service. [2] The bridge is at Willamette river mile 182.2, and is a block west of the north ...
Additional funding for Willamette Street housing project OK'd. In Wednesday's first vote, councilors approved an additional $740,000 from the city's Downtown Urban Renewal fund for the project ...
The Hult Center for the Performing Arts is a performing arts venue in Eugene, Oregon . The Hult Center is located downtown on Willamette Street between 6th & 7th Avenues, adjacent to the Graduate Eugene (previously Hilton Eugene) and Conference Center. Built using funds that were approved by voters in 1978, the Hult Center and the Hilton were ...
The main United States Post Office in Eugene, Oregon, is a 2-story Art Deco building designed by Gilbert Stanley Underwood and constructed in 1939. The front facade features blue and cream colored terracotta with black and buff colored accents, and pilasters separate multicolored window bays. The building is the only example of federal Art Deco ...
The Lane County Farmers Market is related to the first public market in Lane County, which began in 1915. [citation needed] The market location, at the corner of 8th Avenue and Oak Street, in downtown Eugene is where it began, though competition from large supermarkets and other conditions contributed to its closure in 1959.