Building Oregon

Oakway Cinema (Eugene, Oregon)

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.