Why Is Eugene's Architecture So Ugly?

"Poticha blames the ugliness of Eugene on a lack of wealthy citizens willing to invest in architecture...Grant Seder, an architect in Eugene for the past 50 years, says Eugene still has a frontier mentality when it comes to architecture...Councilor Kelly blames urban renewal in the 1970s for destroying much of the attractive historic architecture downtown...Today, architecture is ugly by design, according to Teresa Bishow, a senior planner with the city...Bishow says the city's updated land use code should help...Bettman favors a 'new urbanism' design of mixed-use neighborhoods...Seder says architecture is an art that's hard to regulate."

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan