Coyote Collections Wooden Toys from Deadwood!! I also remember the toys made by this man! 2:32. WOW! Zoo Zoo Cafe, Everybody’s records & Tapes, Eugene in the 1970’s was so unique! It was a great place to grow up within. I’m thankful I experienced it and my kids got to as well.
Saturday Market was the backbone of Eugene’s Quality of Life, Love, Music and Joy. In 1975 it was my life blood to community. In 1980, I sold T-Shirts and Fired Raku pottery live at the Market. It’s Real people, Real Art, 🌈💛 PURE Love & Light. ~JD.Moore
Blast from the past! My mother supported the family by selling tie-dyed shirts and baby clothes at the market in the mid to late seventies and I made a few bucks, as well, when I was 12-14 years old, walking around downtown wearing the Saturday Market canvas sandwich board to drum up business. Bonus pay was a food voucher. Great childhood memories.
This video is so wonderful! Getting insight into the creation and history of the market is so so valuable. This will be my fourth market season and I love it so much. I can't express how grateful I am to be a part of the market and after seeing this film I feel so much more grateful. Being a member of the market has brought so much joy to my life and I've made so many wonderful connections and friendships over the years. Thank you to everyone involved in the Saturday Market, from day one until now. It is such a wonderful place and I can't wait until we can all be together downtown again!
And so many still do! Nonprofits are regularly featured at the market, and community is built every week. Although we are staying safe at present, Saturday Market is hoping to return to the Park Blocks as soon as we can.
One of the odd problems of being on a parking lot was that those early booth constructions tended to leave used nails behind...which all had to be picked up. And of course, in rain, rivers would run to the center...as we can see, shade was also something that had to be figured out. The trees around the lot back then offered some nice greenery but did cut off visibility from the street. People tended to gather in the two entrances to do things not allowed by the Market...such as giving away pets. There were many recurrent problems with free animals for the first decade or so. Political booths were allowed when there was space, but as it got crowded with crafters and farmers, those got pushed to the margins as well, and things could get heated. So many community organizations used the market in the 1970s to establish their communities, and gather every week.
The first year 1970 the Market quickly outgrew the alley by the Overpark where it had been located to help revitalize downtown within the new Downtown Mall. After Christmas Lotte and the Committee went back to their original vision and requested use of the Park Blocks from the County...there was a lot of citywide discussion and support for it, and finally on June 19th 1971 the Market was allowed to set up on the Courthouse Plaza. In August the Commissioners tried to pull the plug...but popular demand wouldn't let the Market die. Other sites were offered, including one in Coburg, and the Market agreed to move to the Butterfly lot even though there were lots of problems with it, such as the slanted surface, the hidden aspects, and the need for it to be a parking lot during the week. The Market was there until fall of 1982, when the City had taken ownership of the two southern Park Blocks and agreed to let the Market move there.
We were living and working in Puerto Vallarta visiting Native Markets in Mexico and Guatemala. In 1969 we decided to move back to the states and try to get a market going on a central plaza somewhere like the Native Markets where we spent so much time... We tried Mill Valley, too big too spendy... We remembered a small university town we passed through in Oregon that we thought would be a nice place to try... I was a metal sculptor my partner was a weaver. We found a little market in an alleyway and set up shop... We were on the committee and helped lobby the county commissioners for a market on the courthouse plaza... The city said “no sales” on the Park Blocks... I’ll post a picture of the first official Saturday Market on the courthouse plaza... We knew in 1969 that a market on a central plaza would be an big draw for the city of Eugene .....
Does anyone recall a person who sold imaginative clay creations s/figures here in the ‘70’s and possibly ‘80’s named Edna John? I have a bunch of cool little clay creations with googly-eyes from back then with the name Edna John on them. Can’t seem to find any info about her anywhere though!
I lived in Eugen in the 60's and 70's this is 2024 is Eugene still like that now?. I live in Ga. now. My Brother lives in Bend/Sisters Or. and he went back there and said there are yet it grown bigger. I been living In ga. for 42 years now. God open my eyes. when i was living in darkness just to see darkness all around me living in Ga. you know what I mean.
Lotte was such a beautiful soul and an amazing artist.
Coyote Collections Wooden Toys from Deadwood!! I also remember the toys made by this man! 2:32. WOW! Zoo Zoo Cafe, Everybody’s records & Tapes, Eugene in the 1970’s was so unique! It was a great place to grow up within. I’m thankful I experienced it and my kids got to as well.
Saturday Market was the backbone of Eugene’s Quality of Life, Love, Music and Joy. In 1975 it was my life blood to community. In 1980, I sold T-Shirts and Fired Raku pottery live at the Market. It’s Real people, Real Art, 🌈💛 PURE Love & Light. ~JD.Moore
The butterfly parking lot! My mom sold pottery here I remember running around all the booths and watching dance and magicians in the covered parking.
Ritas Burritos Toby's Tofu Tia Grandma Eddie's Beads--so much great music. People watching. Spent every Saturday it was open of my Eugene life there.
Eugene's soul. Glad to have experienced it. Loved Rittas burritos.
Blast from the past! My mother supported the family by selling tie-dyed shirts and baby clothes at the market in the mid to late seventies and I made a few bucks, as well, when I was 12-14 years old, walking around downtown wearing the Saturday Market canvas sandwich board to drum up business. Bonus pay was a food voucher. Great childhood memories.
This video is so wonderful! Getting insight into the creation and history of the market is so so valuable. This will be my fourth market season and I love it so much. I can't express how grateful I am to be a part of the market and after seeing this film I feel so much more grateful. Being a member of the market has brought so much joy to my life and I've made so many wonderful connections and friendships over the years. Thank you to everyone involved in the Saturday Market, from day one until now. It is such a wonderful place and I can't wait until we can all be together downtown again!
And so many still do! Nonprofits are regularly featured at the market, and community is built every week. Although we are staying safe at present, Saturday Market is hoping to return to the Park Blocks as soon as we can.
One of the odd problems of being on a parking lot was that those early booth constructions tended to leave used nails behind...which all had to be picked up. And of course, in rain, rivers would run to the center...as we can see, shade was also something that had to be figured out. The trees around the lot back then offered some nice greenery but did cut off visibility from the street. People tended to gather in the two entrances to do things not allowed by the Market...such as giving away pets. There were many recurrent problems with free animals for the first decade or so. Political booths were allowed when there was space, but as it got crowded with crafters and farmers, those got pushed to the margins as well, and things could get heated. So many community organizations used the market in the 1970s to establish their communities, and gather every week.
The first year 1970 the Market quickly outgrew the alley by the Overpark where it had been located to help revitalize downtown within the new Downtown Mall. After Christmas Lotte and the Committee went back to their original vision and requested use of the Park Blocks from the County...there was a lot of citywide discussion and support for it, and finally on June 19th 1971 the Market was allowed to set up on the Courthouse Plaza. In August the Commissioners tried to pull the plug...but popular demand wouldn't let the Market die. Other sites were offered, including one in Coburg, and the Market agreed to move to the Butterfly lot even though there were lots of problems with it, such as the slanted surface, the hidden aspects, and the need for it to be a parking lot during the week. The Market was there until fall of 1982, when the City had taken ownership of the two southern Park Blocks and agreed to let the Market move there.
Thanks Diane!
Does anyone please remember the Koobdooga Bookstore from 69-70? Or the Oddysy Coffee Shop downtown?
We were living and working in Puerto Vallarta
visiting Native Markets in Mexico and Guatemala.
In 1969 we decided to move back to the states and try to get a market going on a central plaza somewhere like the Native Markets
where we spent so much time...
We tried Mill Valley, too big too spendy...
We remembered a small university town
we passed through in Oregon that we thought would be a nice place to try...
I was a metal sculptor my partner was a weaver.
We found a little market in an alleyway
and set up shop...
We were on the committee and helped lobby
the county commissioners for a market on the courthouse plaza...
The city said “no sales” on the Park Blocks...
I’ll post a picture of the first official
Saturday Market on the courthouse plaza...
We knew in 1969 that a market on a central plaza would be an big draw for the city of Eugene .....
Does anyone recall a person who sold imaginative clay creations s/figures here in the ‘70’s and possibly ‘80’s named Edna John? I have a bunch of cool little clay creations with googly-eyes from back then with the name Edna John on them. Can’t seem to find any info about her anywhere though!
No but do you remember the Rainbow Family gathering near Cottage Grove complete with music and Teepees?
I lived in Eugen in the 60's and 70's this is 2024 is Eugene still like that now?. I live in Ga. now. My Brother lives in Bend/Sisters Or. and he went back there and said there are yet it grown bigger. I been living In ga. for 42 years now. God open my eyes. when i was living in darkness just to see darkness all around me living in Ga. you know what I mean.