On a stroll in downtown Albany the other evening, the buildings on this corner caught my eye. They show off the efforts of downtown owners to upgrade their buildings with the help of urban renewal.
[youtube video=”CS0WDFsYuXc”] When things get slow, go to the beach and check on the level of the ocean. That’s my motto. One of them, anyway.
No idea for how much longer you’ll be able to get plastic bags like this at the Albany Fred Meyer, but its parent company says it will stop giving them out in no more than seven years.
What can you do with three old houses that the city of Albany condemned as uninhabitable, and making them livable again would cost more than a million dollars? One answer is to tear them down so new dwellings can be built on the site.
Riding past the Albany airport the other day, I wondered about the status of the project to restore and display three vintage warplanes. Turns out that one-third of this volunteer effort may be completed this year, but there’s uncertainty about the rest.
Love’s Travel Stop in Millersburg has been open for a week, and I finally made my way there to take a look.
New start for a site with a sad story
Seven years after Albany officials forced the demolition of an old house kitty-corner from Swanson Park, new owners have applied to build a home there.
Tags: 337 Sixth Avenue SW, Dick Draper, Landmarks Advisory, Moreno