Hasso Hering

While we wait, a refresher on spelling

Written February 5th, 2024 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 10 responses.

Next time you’re in traffic waiting to get across the Ellsworth Street Bridge, shoot a quick glance at the green and white road sign on your right.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Ellsworth Street bridge, Highway 20, ODOT, road sign, spelling, Spring Hill Road

Finding a railroad relic at the Albany yard

Written February 4th, 2024 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 12 responses.

I had heard about an interesting artifact in railroad history at the Albany yard of the Portland & Western. Looking for it Saturday, I found it on a track near where Ferry Street runs into the east side of the yard.

Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: Amtrak, Overland Route, Portland & Western, rail car, railcar, railroad, RPCX 3602, Shasta Daylight, Southern Pacific, SP 3602

Noticing one little tree in winter

Written February 4th, 2024 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 4 responses.

Albany’s street trees were not on my mind on Jan. 28, but then I came across this broken specimen on southwest 12th Avenue, just west of Takena Street.

Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: 12th avenue, Albany trees, ice storm, street trees, Takena School, urban forest

A question about crosswalk flashing lights

Written February 1st, 2024 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 3 responses.

“I was wondering if you could find out some information,” Pamela Tackett Woitt asked. Yes, I could. And I did.

Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: crosswalks, mid-block crosswalks, O, ODOT, rectangular rapid flashing beacons, Santiam Highway

Same old question, and the answer

Written January 31st, 2024 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 5 responses.

Every few days, somebody on Facebook or Nextdoor asks what’s happening at the Albany site of the Mega Foods supermarket that closed in 2017. These people have not been following this blog, or they forgot what they read.

Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: 2000 Queen, Lal Sidhu, Mega Foods, Mega Investments Inc., self-storage

Ziply Fiber working to hook up Albany

Written January 30th, 2024 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 19 responses.

A company named Ziply Fiber is setting up a web of fiberoptic cables in Albany. For the last couple weeks or so contractors have been working on hanging the company’s overhead lines in the neighborhood on both sides of Broadway Street.

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Why Christmas snowflakes are still up

Written January 29th, 2024 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 13 responses.

While I was sitting at a light on Third Avenue in downtown Albany Monday, my gaze turned to the lighted “snowflakes” on the poles a block away. Near the end of January, why are Christmas decorations still up?

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Christmas decorations, Christmas snowflakes, downtown Albany, Downtown Association