The scope of Albany’s planned waterfront redevelopment remains unsettled after the advisory board of the city’s urban renewal district, CARA, this week could not agree on the details and a decision was put off.
Why a photo of this old bike? Because…
Written September 16th, 2020 by Hasso Hering
Being stuck inside because of wildfire smoke that once again reached the “hazardous” category on Wednesday, I was looking at this old bike hanging in the garage. Then I hauled it out and leaned it against a sequoia for a portrait.
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St. Francis project cost stuns CARA board
Written September 16th, 2020 by Hasso Hering
Architect Bill Ryals’ concept of the restored St. Francis Hotel with a roof-top restaurant and diagonal parking on Ferry Street.Renovating the former St. Francis Hotel in downtown Albany would cost $10-11 million, and when it’s done it would be worth $4-5 million. This means that for the project to go ahead, the CARA urban renewal […]
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Tags: CARA, downown Albany, St. Francis, St. Francis-Rhodes, urban renewal
Tags: CARA, downown Albany, St. Francis, St. Francis-Rhodes, urban renewal
DMV: Our air is too bad for work
Written September 14th, 2020 by Hasso Hering
The Oregon DMV announced that nearly all its offices, including Albany and Lebanon, would be closed again Tuesday, as they were on Monday, because of “hazardous indoor air quality.” But why would the air inside the DMV be worse than anywhere else?
A somber topic: Where corona victims die
Written September 13th, 2020 by Hasso Hering
While we’re supposed to stay indoors to escape the Albany air made hazardous by wildfire smoke, let’s consider a question concerning the Oregon deaths caused by Covid-19.
Water Ave.: A future ‘plaza street’ in the smoke
Written September 12th, 2020 by Hasso Hering
Here we’re looking at the west end of Albany’s Water Avenue, shrouded in wildfire smoke on Saturday afternoon. Now try to imagine this as a “plaza street” where traffic can be blocked for street fairs, the farmers’ market, or other public events. This — the plaza street idea — may survive as the only part […]
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Sherman Street lot cleared of tents and stuff
As ordered by the Albany City Council last month, a contractor now has cleared the lot at 610 Sherman Street of a set of improvised shelters that apparently housed a number of people where a small house once stood.