Dry, sunny and warm. What a combination! For months on end we had not had such a day as Monday. The bike and I made use of the conditions for a springtime tour of Albany’s Talking Water Gardens.
On Saturday I leaned the bike against the stop-sign post at the northwest corner of Geary Street and Salem Avenue in Albany. Why would I do that?
The first numbers have become available from Albany’s expanded venture of catching speed and red-light violations with cameras. Whether the report signals a trend, only time and more numbers will tell.
Next week the Albany City Council will again be asked to consider disposing of four city-owned vacant lots, three of them near the Helping Hands homeless shelter and one close to the riverfront.
The heavy rains of the last few days had the usual results in Albany. Bryant Park was closed, and so was a section of Bryant Way near the city limits.
On an empty lot southeast of the Queen and Geary intersection in Albany, between Mega Storage and the Periwinkle Creek Apartments, somebody seems to have started an improvised dump.
Old forgotten rails: When history fades
For many years, a remnant of a long unused railroad spur has been visible on the west end of Water Avenue at Washington Street. Before this artifact of Albany’s history disappears forever, I tried to find out where it led back in the day.
Tags: "plaza street", Albany history, old rails, Railroad history, railroad spur, Washington Street, Water Avenue, Waterfront Project