Saturday was their deadline for leaving, and by the afternoon people seemed to be getting ready to move their improvised shelters from the state property near the Ninth Avenue off-ramp on Pacific Boulevard.
Friday found the bike and me pretty much in the middle of Albany’s retail commercial center, enjoying the new asphalt pavement on Clay Street and 14th Avenue.
Last Sunday I paid another visit to the Willamette River viewpoint at the foot of Broadalbin Street on Albany’s waterfront. Here’s what I found.
One or more of three city-owned parking lots on Albany’s Water Avenue may be sold for construction of apartments or other multi-unit buildings, but it will be some time before anything is actually built.
When lightning last month smashed a blue spruce, one of the tallest trees in Riverside Cemetery in Albany, it also dealt a financial blow.
In case you missed the memo, get ready for construction to start on Monday (Sept. 9) on a downtown section of Washington Street in Albany.
Just in time to watch another train
It has been a few weeks since you last saw a train on this site. So let’s make up for lost time.
Tags: Albany wye, Madison Steet crossing, Railroads, trains, Union Pacific, UP No. 7160