SEcond Avenue

Ideas to fix traffic tieups on Hwy. 20

Written January 8th, 2024 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 8 responses.

A study of Highway 20 in downtown Albany has come up with ideas on how congestion during the peak traffic period between 4 and 6 p.m. might be fixed, or if not fixed then at least made less severe.

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Tags: Ellsworth, First Avenue, Highway 20 study, Lyon, SEcond Avenue, traffic congestion

Downtown beat: Another restoration’s complete

Written September 14th, 2023 by Hasso Hering

Comments: one response.

It was four years ago that “1st Hand Seconds,” a downtown women’s second-hand clothing shop with a mission, moved from one historic Albany address on First Avenue to another, on Second. Now it’s ready to celebrate the remodeling of its 1929 building with a Saturday open house.

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Tags: 1st Hand Seconds, cheese grater, downtown Albany, Historic buildings, remodeling, SEcond Avenue, wedding gowns

Street trees on Second: Here’s an update

Written February 15th, 2023 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 5 responses.

How do you keep street trees from damaging the sidewalk? You plant them in pots.

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Tags: Albany, crepe myrtle, potted trees, SEcond Avenue, street trees, streets

Finished mural: Casting light in the dark

Written November 29th, 2022 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 10 responses.

Now that Eileen Hinckle has finished her new mural in Albany, it’s time to take another look at the completed work.

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Tags: Albany murals, Eileen Hinckle, murals, Oregon Arts Commission, SEcond Avenue, wall art

Second Avenue mural: Here’s the artist

Written November 9th, 2022 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 8 responses.

With the general election mercifully over, let’s meet Eileen Hinckle, the Corvallis artist, as she continues working on her mural on Second Avenue in Albany.

Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: Albany murals, dry weather, Eileen Hinckle, mural, paint, SEcond Avenue, wall art

On Second Avenue, blank wall now has art

Written November 1st, 2022 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 6 responses.

For the past few days I had been been hoping to catch up with the artist who created a new mural on Second Avenue in Albany. And late on Tuesday I did.

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Tags: Eileen Hinckle, Hinckle, mural, public art, SEcond Avenue

What will replace trees on 2nd Avenue?

Written September 7th, 2022 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 9 responses.

A year and a half ago, the City of Albany took out nine trees on Second Avenue behind the Oregon Department of Human Services building, just east of Lyon Street, and planned to replace them.

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Tags: downtown, potted trees, SEcond Avenue, shade trees, street trees