The Albany City Council welcomed its newest member Monday. He is Alex Johnson II, who won the 2018 election in council Ward 2A.
Albany ADUs can be mobile homes
Written January 6th, 2019 by Hasso Hering
The Albany City Council gets another chance this week to pass a code change to allow detached “accessory dwelling units” — essentially small second houses –on all single-family residential lots in line with a state mandate.
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Tags: accessory dwelling units, ADUs, Albany and ADUs, Albany council, Albany Planning Commission, tiny houses as ADUs
Tags: accessory dwelling units, ADUs, Albany and ADUs, Albany council, Albany Planning Commission, tiny houses as ADUs
The case of the vanished Albany street
Written January 4th, 2019 by Hasso Hering
Meandering around West Albany on foot, you might come across “Cottage Street.” It says so on the concrete curb. But the street sign says Takena. What’s the story here?
Posted in: Commentary
Tags: Albany street names, Cottage Street, old directories, Takena Street, walking Albany
Tags: Albany street names, Cottage Street, old directories, Takena Street, walking Albany
‘Cheese grater’? That project’s off
Written January 3rd, 2019 by Hasso Hering
The fabled “cheese grater” on Albany’s First Avenue — a sign of progress in the 1960s and now considered an architectural atrocity — is staying up there, at least for now.
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Tags: 415 W. First Avenue, CARA, cheese grater, downtown Albany, Mercy House
Tags: 415 W. First Avenue, CARA, cheese grater, downtown Albany, Mercy House
Red tape unwound: The shed can go
Written January 2nd, 2019 by Hasso Hering
The shed you see here may be leveled and replaced with a 528-square-foot garage, the Albany Landmarks Advisory Commission voted Wednesday. But it took two public hearings and a month’s delay to reach that conclusion.
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Tags: 626 Third Ave. S.E., historic Albany, Landmarks Advisory Commission
Tags: 626 Third Ave. S.E., historic Albany, Landmarks Advisory Commission
Thinking of bike tax on a New Year’s ride
Written January 1st, 2019 by Hasso Hering
Riding along the Oregon coast at the beginning of 2019, the old idea of bike taxation kept turning in my head despite the sunny brilliance of the day.
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Change the rules on historic review
On Dec. 5 the Albany Landmarks Advisory Commission held a public hearing and approved the installation of a bakery’s exterior vent. Why a hearing and all the bureaucracy that goes with it for such a routine item? That’s a question the city council might want to ponder and then do something about.
Tags: Albany Landmarks, historic review, Sprinkles