- The building must be of architectural interest, local importance, or historically significant.
- The building must be extant so you or I can visit it in person.
- Each building’s name will begin with a particular letter of the alphabet, and I must select one (and only one) for each of the twenty-six letters. This is easier said than done for some letters, whereas for other characters there is a surfeit of worthy candidates (so I’ll be discriminating and explain my choice in those instances).
Olive Plaza is located at 1133 Olive Street, at the intersection of Olive and 11th Avenue in downtown Eugene. The twelve-story tall building accommodates very low-income seniors and persons with physical disabilities in its 150 one-bedroom, self-contained apartments. The National Benevolent Association constructed Olive Plaza during the late 1970s as a HUD Section 202 project. It has provided eligible individuals ever since with the opportunity to live independently, but in an environment that provides support activities such as cleaning, cooking, and transportation. Christian Church Homes of Oregon is the building’s current owner, and Viridian Management is its operator. The Portland firm of Broome, Oringdulph, O’Toole, Rudolf & Associates (BOORA) was the architect.
USS West
Mahomet in "dazzle" camouflage, circa 1918 (photo from the Naval History & Heritage Command, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)
Diagram by Amanda044, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
Column reinforcement installed as part of the 2014-2016 seismic upgrade project (my photo).
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