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IN TOUCH
HISTORY
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Chi fraternity house was directly across the avenue
from lire Lemon O. 1 he original Sigma ( hi hi nice
was htnlt in 1910 and was replaced hy the larger
house in 1929.
Two sororities were also built on East 1 Ith dur
ing he 1920s. Alpha Xi l Vita was liKatcd where
7-Eleven is now and the Phi Mu house was also
built. The Phi Mu building was sold and became
The Excelsior ( ate in 1971
1 Xiring the 1920s, it upper classmen on East I uh
didn’t like a freshmans attitude, they dunked him
in a big barrel ot water that w as in front of the ( oh
lege Side Inn. University students walked the
avenue wearing sandwich boards adv ertising cam
pus events and held doughnut sales on l ast I 5th
to raise money.
In the lute 1800$, East 13th
was nothing more than a /xith
between two parcels of land.
options were discussed, but the tr.illK remained
the rn.itn problem on East 1 hh
The l%Os and early |970s marked the greatest
period of change for the avenue Some of the last
changes to the village of shops and bars west of the
University took place during that time
The Sigma l hi fraternity house w as torn down
in 19(s2 and was replaced hv the U S. hank About
the same time, 1 he Lemon O was leveled. A a bar
called Duffy’s was built on the old Lemon O site
in 1971. (Puffy 's name was later changed to Cut
do's.) In 1%4, 11k- College Side Inn was torn slown
and replaced by the l amersitv Ik>okstore When
7 Eleven replaced the Alpha Xi Delta house in
1971, the avenue's current makeup was basic ally
set.
By the mid 19J0s the block of hast I 5th was
basically set. Richard said.
“It started to get very busy and it started to
become more like the village it t' today," he said
Richard said the government sparked a con
troversy in the late 1950s and early 1940s with a
proposal to run Ihghwav 99 through the middle of
campus on East I 5th. The University fought the
idea and Franklin I boulevard was chosen for the
highway instead. But the traffic on hast 1 5th had
fvconve a light between the University and the city
In the 1940s, hast I ith became an extremely
busy, and traffic, which had I veil a controversy all
the way back to the 1920s, became hazardous.
“Students had to dodge logging and delivery
trucks during class breaks," Richard said.
Sept. 2b, 1946, University student IXinnaSieg
in.in was struck by a car on l ast 1 5th during a class
change. She was quoted in the Emerald as saying,
“1 waited for one car to pass before crossing the
street, then I started across. The next thing I knew
1 was flying through the air." Siegman suffered
minor injuries and was treated and released.
However, the incident revived the traffic fight
and the city started to explore its options. In the
tall of 1947 the city unsuccessfully tried to ease the
traffic problem by installing traffic lights where l ast
1 5th intersected with Kincaid and University
streets. Tile lights would go red tot 10 minutes while
students would change class. The experiment,
w Inch was tried again in the 1960s, didn't last long.
“The traffic would back all the way up to the
public library," Richard said
Throughout the 1950s and I9b0s, many other
I he most significant change to hast 1 hh took
place when the campus section of the avenue was
closed m 1970. Alter about SC years ol controver
sy over what should he done ah Hit the traffic prob
lem, University students took a stand.
During a week of anti Rt) 11 demonstrations
and numerous confrontations with police, some
students focused their anger and took over hast
1 kill April 26, 1970 Students erectevl barricades
made of bricks, mortar and bike racks on the
avenue at the intersections ot Kincaid and Uni
versity streets Signs that read "IVtinir I he I Vo
pie's Street" were pelted on each barricade.
l or three days students guarded their barric.kles
and repaired damage done by several unhappy cit
liens of Hugene who rammed the structures with
their cars 1 he students tore down the barricades
w hen the city agreed to disc uss closing the section
of hast 1 hh permanently I he city closed the sec
tion tor good later that fall
Since that time, hast I 5th has remained for the
most part unchanged Ku hard said some ol the
smaller businesses have come and gone, hut the
overall makeup of the avenue is the same
Old businesses like the kampus Barber Shop
and Taylor's (now Taylor's College Side Inn) are
joined by new businesses like the Red Dragon Tat
too Parlor to make up the current hast I )th, which
still serves as the gateway to the University,
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