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History clouds vision for future.

Publication: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
Publication Date: 30-AUG-07 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: History clouds vision for future.(Government)(Value of old buildings enters downtown debate)

Article Excerpt
Byline: Edward Russo The Register-Guard

The Shawmed and Taco Time buildings in downtown Eugene are far from their original state. Both have been remodeled multiple times since they were built.

The building that houses the Taco Time restaurant at Willamette Street and Broadway today is covered in gray stucco and sports red, white, green and blue awnings with the restaurant's trademark cactus. Vertical slabs have been added around upper floor windows.

The Shawmed building at Broadway and Charnelton Street, also clad in stucco, resembles a one-story brown box.

But some local residents say the buildings' historic value makes them worth preserving. Some of this group are opposed to the city's tentative plans to redevelop West Broadway and say the buildings should not be razed as part of the redevelopment.

"We believe that the historic buildings should be reclaimed and refurbished, given that we have lost virtually all the historical buildings through previous urban renewal redevelopments," said David Monk. Monk is president of Citizens for Public Accountability but said he is...

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