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Article: Concepts for new city hall praised.(Government)(The council is urged to move ahead with plans for the present site)
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- The Register Guard (Eugene, OR)
- Article date:
- February 26, 2004
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Byline: Edward Russo The Register-Guard
Eugene Mayor Jim Torrey on Wednesday urged the City Council to move ahead with planning for a new city hall and police station.
Torrey and councilors discussed replacing Eugene's aging City Hall after receiving a report by 75 community volunteers, including architects, city officials and residents, who analyzed a variety of downtown sites for a new city hall and police headquarters.
The group's consensus: build a new city hall on its present Eighth Avenue block. A police station could either be built across the street from the City Hall on what is now a city-owned parking lot, or east of High Street, ...