Some 522 tons of rocks and boulders have put a stop — for now at least — to a longstanding problem: Squatters camping under the Pacific Boulevard viaduct in Albany where Jackson Street and Seventh Avenue meet.
Trains blocked by sewer work? Not really
Written October 24th, 2019 by Hasso Hering
For weeks the Portland & Western’s Water Avenue rail line has been blocked by equipment to build a sewer pump station, and you may have thought this has crippled railroad operations. But apparently it hasn’t, because the track is opened up again every night.
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Tags: old Oregon Electric track. Pacific Excavation, Portland & Western, Sewer construction, Water Avenue rail line
Tags: old Oregon Electric track. Pacific Excavation, Portland & Western, Sewer construction, Water Avenue rail line
Next year, expect to see green lanes here
Written October 23rd, 2019 by Hasso Hering
We’re looking north on Madison Street in Albany from the intersection of Fourth Avenue. It’s one of several points on Madison where green paint is intended to make for fewer crashes involving bicycles and cars.
How to solve the street repair dilemma
Written October 21st, 2019 by Hasso Hering
Fir Oaks Drive winds through a posh neighborhood in southwest Albany that is less than 45 years old, and its crumbling pavement illustrates a dilemma that property owners and city officials face: When the street was built, nobody thought of the future and set aside money to keep it in good shape.
St. Francis comes up at city meeting
Written October 19th, 2019 by Hasso Hering
The former St. Francis Hotel, a downtown landmark for more than a century, was mentioned twice at last week’s meeting of the Albany Revitalization Agency. That’s the city council when it acts as the agency governing CARA, the Central Albany Revitalization Area.
On Water Avenue, rail history gives way
Written October 18th, 2019 by Hasso Hering
No more swerving to keep your bike tires from catching in the rails on this part of Water Avenue on Albany’s riverfront. The spur that used to slice across the street is gone.
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Trees come down at National Energy Lab
The leafy campus of the National Energy Technology Laboratory in Albany is a bit less so after a large poplar was cut down Friday afternoon.
Tags: Dougls fir, NETL, poplar, tree cutting, urban logging