A section of the Dave Clark Path, deserted on the afternoon of Dec. 28, 2023.
The Dave Clark Path on Albany’s riverfront is never crowded, but Thursday it was even less so. Which caused me to whip out the camera phone to observe:
It’s not that absolutely no one was around. In the video, you may have noticed two pedestrians off in the distance at the start. And no sooner had I put the phone away that someone walked past with a little dog.
I’m aware that the week between Christmas and New Year’s is usually quiet because lots of people take time off.
I had a couple of questions about stories I planned to write, but I needed information. And the people with the information were nowhere to be found.
So, what else to do but to get on the bike and head for my usual riverside ride? As you noticed, there was nothing going on there either.
The last time I’m aware of that anything happened on the riverside path was on Dec. 20. That’s when a city officer posted an official notice on the improvised wheeled shelter that had been parked on the path for several weeks.
Talk about a “tiny house.”
The notice, normally intended for abandoned cars, said to remove the “vehicle” by the 21st or it would be towed unless the owner requested an administrative hearing.
I don’t know who moved it, but by the 22nd it was gone. (hh)
The improvised little shelter with its city notice attached on Dec. 20.
Hasso, thanks for the update and the video. When you catch up with someone at the city who is involved in the specifics of the Riverfront project, ask them if they are going to fix the piers or not. Who knows, the “brick pavers” and new railroad crossings may have eaten up all the money for the piers.
Hasso wrote about the piers in his July 24 post.
Marilyn, I know that, and remember his post of last summer. What in heck does that have to do with his current posting? Last summer, the city told him they would be “working on the piers” and were already doing so. That work has all stopped.
It is so nice for Albany and other cities to just have a break in the activities at this time; a slow pace and bare trees, as we look forward to more light and tree leaves welcoming into Spring!
And….CARA is gonna spend How Much on this down trodden pig??!! Just what we really needed were paving stones on the R/R tracks further East.
Nice to know that Albany can afford to spend on the new downtown walking path where you recently visited. Meanwhile the bike path in numerous areas of south Albany remains in a very deteriorated condition as evident from the crumbling concrete and ill-kept surrounding landscape. . A recent stroll in the area between 21st Street and the intersection of Geary/Queen revealed an unsightly display of abandoned transient living sites, a multitude of left-behind trash/discarded food items, and run-off landscape materials freely flowing into Periwinkle Creek from an adjacent large apartment complex. This area frequently floods after passing rain storms and then all
of this trash, etc. will be swept into the creek which not too long ago was subject to improvement – a sad testimony to Albany’s desired image.
I see Hasso Hering article, I click.
I love your objective reporting!