HASSO HERING

A perspective from Oregon’s mid-Willamette Valley

Making room for a manufactured home

Written December 19th, 2023 by Hasso Hering

A small old house at the corner of First Avenue and Columbus Street in Albany was vacant for five years. This week it was torn down so a manufactured house can be placed on the lot.


Linn County completes Wheelhouse purchase

Written December 18th, 2023 by Hasso Hering

Linn County now owns the Wheelhouse, the four-story office building whose tenants on the north side have a commanding view of the Willamette River.


Discovering Albany: Look at that dam

Written December 17th, 2023 by Hasso Hering

Once again on Saturday, as sometimes happens, an aimless bike ride around Albany brought me to a place I had never been.


UP to replace trestle on Periwinkle Creek

Written December 15th, 2023 by Hasso Hering

Here’s a railroad bridge construction project in Albany that likely won’t affect anyone other than, perhaps, the immediate neighbors.


Scenes from the Clark and Periwinkle trails

Written December 9th, 2023 by Hasso Hering

Conditions on Albany’s trails range from nice and picked up to messy, as my bike rides along the Dave Clark Path and the Periwinkle Bikepath showed this past week.


No, that’s not a fountain in Waverly Lake

Written December 8th, 2023 by Hasso Hering

Just in case you were wondering whether Albany’s Waverly Lake now has a fountain, the answer is no, not yet.


Spotlight on parks: Here’s Lexington

Written December 6th, 2023 by Hasso Hering

Time for another snapshot of an Albany park. This one is Lexington in the southeast part of town. The bike and I ended up there for a few minutes on the afternoon of Nov. 17.


 
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