—Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra
If you find yourself strolling the Underpassage, you will immerse in an animated world. Today, this world: A fenced dog park zone along Jefferson Street between 5th & 6th in Eugene. A profusion of larger than life murals completed this year by Esteban Camacho Steffensen @ecomurals.
Underpassage. As I’ve name-coded the zone covered by the Washington-Jefferson bridge lifting and conveying vehicles over the Willamette River via I-105 terminating at 7th street. The covered zone ranges from 1st Street to 7th.
Shelters dogs and their human-walkers. A variety transients in random encampment. Temporary food serving tables. City Park staff. Skateboarders. Graffiti writers. Concrete bridge pillars bearing pleas, accusations, unsanctioned expressions, erasures. Public-art sculpture-artifacts. Posters and stickers. Sanctioned and official murals.
Animating the hope and glory of urban aspiration.
