Albany city officials have received a couple of competing proposals for what to do with the former Wells Fargo Bank downtown, and they are looking for more.
Bike path lines: An idea worth copying
Written April 16th, 2019 by Hasso Hering
Here’s a helpful little detail Albany might want to copy on couple blind curves on the riverside Dave Clark Bike Path: A center line intended to keep cyclists and others from possibly running into each other. I happened to notice such a line on ODOT’s Bikeway along Highway 34. The painted stripe goes down the […]
Hwy. 34 and bike path: Checking things out
Written April 14th, 2019 by Hasso Hering
Expect possible delays on Highway 34 east of Corvallis starting Monday. ODOT says it will have to close the right lanes to make repairs after last week’s flood.
Revival of the east side: Another step
Written April 13th, 2019 by Hasso Hering
The Schultz Building at 212 First Ave. S.E. has seen various uses since being built in 1910. Now it may become a restaurant, according to a grant request being considered by the Albany urban renewal district.
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Tags: Albany revival, CARA, Homegrown Oregon Foods, Schultz Building, Shawna Turkins, urban renewal
Tags: Albany revival, CARA, Homegrown Oregon Foods, Schultz Building, Shawna Turkins, urban renewal
Another memory of this April flood
Written April 12th, 2019 by Hasso Hering
By now we’ve probably all had our fill of high-water photos. So here’s what should be the last installment on this site, a glimpse of navigation on Albany’s Bryant Park.
State faults Albany council on old houses
Written April 12th, 2019 by Hasso Hering
What happens now, now that LUBA has faulted the Albany City Council for how it decided to allow the planned demolition of three old houses? The main upshot seems to be that the houses, at Fourth and Calapooia, are not likely to be demolished any time soon.
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Tags: Fourth and Calapooia, historic houses, Monteith Historic District, Niederer, Siegner
Tags: Fourth and Calapooia, historic houses, Monteith Historic District, Niederer, Siegner
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The threat of surveillance: Does it work?
When I saw those warnings posted on the Periwinkle Creek Path earlier this month, no trash or graffiti were in sight, making it look as though the threat of being surveilled had stayed the vandals’ hand. Another look today showed that, alas, the defilers of public spaces are not so easily deterred. The parks department […]
Tags: Albany parks, camera surveillance, Periwinkle Creek Path, security cameras, vandalism