Unlike some other big old trees, Albany’s so-called “messenger oak” at Heritage Mall seems to have survived the ice storm this month without visible damage.
To fix the lights on those steel flowers
Written February 23rd, 2021 by Hasso Hering
Changing colored lights are a significant nighttime feature of the four steel sculptures in the grassy area near the Pacific Boulevard off-ramp to Lyon Street in downtown Albany. But lately they’ve not come on.
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Tags: Albany public art, Lyon and Pacific off-ramp, public art, steel wildflowers
Tags: Albany public art, Lyon and Pacific off-ramp, public art, steel wildflowers
Albany fee decision set for next month
Written February 22nd, 2021 by Hasso Hering
If you pay Albany water and sewer bills, you may prepare yourself to start paying an additional monthly fee to support the functions and services of the municipal government.
On Second Avenue, nine trees will fall
Written February 22nd, 2021 by Hasso Hering
A block of Second Avenue in downtown Albany will look kind of bare pretty soon. Nine street trees there have become too big, and the city is cutting them down.
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Tags: Albany street trees, Albany urban forestry, downtown Albany, old Sears building, Second Avenue trees
Tags: Albany street trees, Albany urban forestry, downtown Albany, old Sears building, Second Avenue trees
Could Madison become a ‘bike boulevard’?
Written February 19th, 2021 by Hasso Hering
Every once in a while I find myself on Madison, one of the streets in old Albany where the pavement makes your teeth chatter, especially if you’re on a bike. So an item on the agenda of the city’s bike and pedestrian commission caught my eye.
Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: Albany Bike and Pedestrian Advisory Commission, Albany bike boulevard, bicycle transportation, Madison Street, ODOT safety grant
Tags: Albany Bike and Pedestrian Advisory Commission, Albany bike boulevard, bicycle transportation, Madison Street, ODOT safety grant
Storm debris at Bryant; other parks worse
Written February 18th, 2021 by Hasso Hering
Bryant Park in Albany has been closed to motor traffic for weeks, so there was no need for hurry in clearing away the wreckage left by the ice storm of Saturday last.
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The St. Francis project: Taking a look
From the fourth floor of the old St. Francis Hotel, you have a fine view of downtown Albany and beyond. You could see even farther from the roof.
Tags: CARA, downtown Albany, downtown revival, Flinn Block, Historic buildings, historic hotels, Marc Manley, St. Francis, urban renewal