Landscape Resource Survey : Emerald Axis (s)
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Date
2007
Authors
Welch, Dustin
Schaible, Daniel
Planning Office, University of Oregon
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University of Oregon
Abstract
The Emerald Axis, which was Emerald Street right up to the end of the Mid-Century Era, was converted to a pedestrian corridor around 1972. Some of the trees along the Axis date back to the construction of Earl Hall, but changes to the Hall along the Axis and the construction of the Living Learning Center has dramatically altered the space. One of the most interesting trees in the Axis is the Deodar cedar (the Sarah Findly memorial tree) across from Carson Hall, and is a remnant of the residential neighborhood that once existed here. The casual, rolling nature of the EMU east lawn adjacent to the Axis is a hallmark of the late Mid-Century Era of design.
Description
10 pages
Keywords
history, architecture, campus heritage landscape plan