As expected, it didn’t take long for vandals to start undoing the volunteer work of Albany’s “graffiti chasers” on the Periwinkle Bikepath behind Lowe’s, near Ninth Avenue.
As expected, it didn’t take long for vandals to start undoing the volunteer work of Albany’s “graffiti chasers” on the Periwinkle Bikepath behind Lowe’s, near Ninth Avenue.
The reconstruction of Water Avenue in Albany is moving along, and the shape of a new traffic pattern has become obvious at the street’s western end.
Driving up I-5 toward Albany the other day, I saw banners in the fields on the right with the word “Solar.” At freeway speed, I could not make out the rest. But whatever happened to the proposal to build the “Muddy Creek Energy Park” in that vicinity?
A vacant former shop building on Southwest Pacific Boulevard in Albany is likely to be gone soon, and a new convenience store and gas station will take up the space.
For the last week I have been away, sometimes riding a bike around Jacksonville in Southern Oregon but mainly taking it easy. So here are are few photos from around Albany over the last month.
A bike ride last week brought me to what has to be the busiest bus stop of the Albany Transit System. And as you can see, buses stopping there take up pretty much the entire bike lane on that side of the street.
Hub City Experience: Queen Ave. suspense
Waiting at the Queen Avenue railroad crossing is part of life in Albany. It’s an essential element, you might say, of the Hub City Experience.
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