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mail (alissa.h.hansen@ci.eugene.or.us) ‘Threads’ Display at The Gallery At The Airport Opens December 19 The Gallery At The Airport, located at the Eugene Airport, showcases a collection of fiber art from the Pacific Northwest. The show opens December 19 and will run through March 16, 2006. Fiber art is created using many materials: thread, cloth, paper, and plastics; even animal, vegetable and mineral! The exhibit can be viewed by airport passengers or by appointment. The Gallery At the Airport is sponsored by Eugene Airport to present three showings each year. The Lane Arts Council coordinates the exhibits using funds provided by the airport. For more information about the exhibits, call Dena E. Brown at 744-0909. Riffle by Sally Metcalf (waxed linen, maple bark, copper, acorns) For more information about the Eugene Airport and its sponsorship of the gallery, contact Airport Manager Bob Noble at 682-5430. Eugene’s Newest Street Set to Open December 12 A street rich in local history, connecting Lincoln and Pearl streets on the north side of the railroad tracks in downtown Eugene, is scheduled to reopen on Monday, December 12, as a fully improved roadway. The badly deteriorated east-west route, known informally rdrd as the 3-4th connector because it runs from 3 th Avenue and Lincoln Street on the west to 4 Avenue and Pearl Street on the east, has been closed to through traffic for almost four months to allow the City and its project contractor, Delta Construction Co., to upgrade the street to create safer traveling conditions for bicyclists, pedestrians and motorists. The $1.8 million Public Works project also realigned the intersections at each end of the connector to further improve traveling safety. The finished project includes a 32-foot wide concrete Project Manager Steve Gallup and Sue Parmer-Boyd of Delta roadway with two travel lanes, landscaped medians, Construction discuss final project details. bicycle lanes, curb and gutter, sidewalks, colored and stamped concrete median tips, street lights, street trees, traffic calming, and wastewater and stormwater drainage systems. The Whiteaker Area Refinement Plan provided guidelines for the street project, including a recommendation that the street name recognize the historical significance of the area. Eugene’s newest street is also one of the city’s oldest routes. Photos from 1890 show an access path serving the granaries and lumber yards next to the railroad tracks. The growth of the railroad, the opening of a new train depot in 1908 and the construction of the Oregon Electric Passenger Station and Freight Depot in 1925 added vigor to the north downtown area and the street that served the properties on the north side of the tracks. As businesses flourished on the north side of the tracks, the dirt lane evolved into a narrow paved roadway. However, over the years, the street and the surrounding area fell into disrepair. Now the area is being renovated, and the improved street leads to the future as much as the past. “Today, the revitalized street provides a safer route for all those who use it,” said City Engineer Mark Schoening. “In the years to come, it will also play an important role in connecting the newly renovated depot, the restored Shelton-McMurphey-Johnson House, Skinner Butte, and other neighborhood landmarks.” For more information, contact Project Manager Steve Gallup at 541-682-8460. Parks and Open Space Division Assists University Oak Savanna Research EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 2 December 8, 2005