It was five years ago that Albany installed an art arrangement of sculptures near a busy highway. If no one talks about it much, or at all, it’s because the thing is kind of hard to see.
Bit by bit, Albany’s new plaza street is taking its final shape as the city’s contractor is getting close to winding up three years of construction on the Albany Waterfront Project.
Three city-owned parking lots along the Albany riverfront might some day hold residential high rises because of a partial tax exemption Mayor Alex Johnson II and three council members enacted on Wednesday.
Tuesday was election day in Linn County. What reminded me was that workers in the clerk’s office were processing ballots in full view of people passing by outside on the Dave Clark Riverfront Path.
Last Saturday the bike and I found ourselves on the paved path north of Albany’s Pacific Boulevard overpass, which made me wonder what if anything was new with the old Skateway roller rink across from the path on the Eighth Avenue Canal.
Albany’s new traffic cameras on Santiam Road at Geary Street seem to be catching even more speed violations than the cameras in the school zone on North Albany Road.
Message on an autumn day: Thank you!
Every once in a while I realize how lucky I am, reporting on what I see and interests me, and having you folks reading my stuff and sending in comments from time to time.
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