On a bike ride last week, the narrow shape of two houses under construction on Marion Street in southeast Albany caught my eye.
At the risk of overdoing the railroad theme on this blog, here’s yet another train episode.
In Oregon’s quest for more affordable housing, building on vacant or underused land inside cities makes far more sense that expanding urban growth boundaries to gobble up farmland.
If you’re stuck at Albany Station waiting for a train, you may be glad that there’s a place with excellent food service just a few steps away.
Following up on Sunday’s story about the old Southern Pacific dome car, the car has been taken to a shop in Independence, where the owner will rebuild the classic railcar so passengers can ride in it once again.
After a year and a half of construction, the southern section of Albany Station’s new train platform is nearly complete and about to be reopened for public use.
A crash into canal; no effect on city water
On Tuesday the end of the Santiam Canal at Third Avenue bore the signs of a car crash into the canal. I stopped the bike to take a look, but details of the accident remain scarce.
Tags: car crash, hydropower, Santiam Canal, Superbowl weekend, surviving crash, water treatment