Hasso Hering

Riverfront beat: Wheelhouse update

Written September 21st, 2015 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 5 responses.

On the riverfront beat, there’s an encouraging update from the Wheelhouse, which became an instant landmark on the Willamette River when it was completed in 2010. Much of the four-story building sat vacant in the years since then, but now it is filling up.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Albany riverfront, Janet M. Johnson, Wheelhouse

Art dilemma dogs Albany council

Written September 21st, 2015 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 18 responses.

The Albany City Council has a dilemma concerning “public art.” It was unable to resolve this problem Monday and will try again when it meets at 7:15 Wednesday night. If the issue is not resolved soon, it may hold up the design of the city’s new police headquarters and main fire station.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: 1 percent for art, Albany City Council, Albany fire station 11, Albany police station, public art

Sanders and his 12-point plan

Written September 19th, 2015 by Hasso Hering

Comments: one response.

The Bernie Sanders presidential campaign in Albany is pretty small: One guy at a table covered with handbills half a block away from the Farmers Market on Fourth Avenue. But even that is more visible than any effort on behalf of other candidates.

Posted in: Commentary
Tags: Albany campaign, Bernie Sanders, election 2016, presidential campaign

My town bike’s milestone, sort of

Written September 18th, 2015 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 8 responses.

As far as milestones go, this isn’t all that big. Still, allow me to pause and depart from the regular fare on this site to report that the computer on my town bike hit 13,000 miles this week.

Posted in: Commentary
Tags: bicycling, cycling, town and country riding

CARA: Out with fancy names

Written September 18th, 2015 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 21 responses.

Albany’s downtown urban renewal agency wants people to stop snickering and complaining about spending money on frou-frou-sounding projects like a “promenade” or an “esplanade.” So it has changed their names.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Albany downtown, Broadalbin Street, canal esplanades, CARA, urban renewal

Where teen burglars were stopped

Written September 17th, 2015 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 2 responses.

This is the tranquil street in North Albany, the 1700 block of Whitecliff Drive N.W., where things started unraveling this week for what appears to be a gang of teenage burglars. Make that alleged burglars.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Albany crime, Albany Police Department, burglary arrests, North Albany burglaries

Lost downtown? Help is coming

Written September 16th, 2015 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 27 responses.

If people have gotten lost and turned up missing in search for the sights of downtown Albany, I’m not aware of it. But just in case, the downtown urban renewal program is going to put up “wayfinding” signs.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Albany urban renewal, Ambrosini Design, CARA, downtown Albany, wayfinding signs