Oakway Cinema (Eugene, Oregon)

Title: Oakway Cinema (Eugene, Oregon)
LC Subject: Architecture, American Architecture--United States
Description: This image is included in Building Oregon: Architecture of Oregon and the Pacific Northwest, a digital collection which provides documentation about the architectural heritage of the Pacific Northwest.
View: exterior
Provenance: University of Oregon Libraries
Temporal: 1960-1969
Work Type: architecture (object genre) built works views (visual works) exterior views playhouses (buildings) theaters, motion picture
Location: Eugene >> Lane County >> Oregon >> United States Lane County >> Oregon >> United States Oregon >> United States United States
Date: 1967
View Date: 1968
Identifier: pna_20417.jpg
Rights: In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
Source: Visual Resources Collection, Design Library, University of Oregon Libraries
Type: Image
Format: image/jpeg
Set: Building Oregon
Primary Set: Building Oregon
Is Part Of: Oakway Center (Eugene, Oregon)
Institution: University of Oregon
Citation: Eugene Register-Guard, 27 November 1967, p. 1B Register-Guard, 3 March 1987
Note: The 12,800 square foot Oakway Cinema opened on November 30, 1967 with one of the largest screens on the West Coast. It closed in the spring of 1987. The film Personal Best (Warner Brothers, 1982) premiered at Oakway Cinema on February 17, 1982, according to Bowerman and the Men of Oregon: the story of Oregon's legendary coach and Nike's cofounder, Rodale, 2006, p. 326.