If you haven’t been downtown lately, you ought to go there just to see the Albany Christmas tree at the corner of Second Avenue and Ferry Street.
Tax exemption program faces a delay
Written October 23rd, 2025 by Hasso Hering
Albany is about to move ahead — but not quite yet — with a plan to encourage apartment construction in the downtown area by exempting eligible projects from property taxes for up to 10 years.
Thinking ahead to need for parking garage
Written September 22nd, 2025 by Hasso Hering
People at Albany City Hall say there may come a need for a parking structure downtown. And to prepare, they’re asking the city council for permission to apply for a state grant.
Longtime Albany bike shop is closing
Written September 6th, 2024 by Hasso Hering
Bike N’ Hike, the downtown Albany store where our family has bought bicycles and bike stuff for more than 40 years, is closing by the end of this month.
Fifteen years on, the zombie still flies
Written July 1st, 2024 by Hasso Hering
Someone must have looked up from the street on First Avenue and didn’t like what they saw. Which may explain the email I got last week.
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Tags: Albany downtown, downtown, Icarus, mural, murals, mythology, public art
Tags: Albany downtown, downtown, Icarus, mural, murals, mythology, public art
E-bike store joins downtown scene
Written November 30th, 2023 by Hasso Hering
On Tuesday this week I was riding my bicycle on First Avenue toward Lyon when four colorful bikes on the sidewalk caught my eye.
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Tags: Albany downtown, bikes, CARA, Century Building, electric bikes, Northwest Electric Bikes
Tags: Albany downtown, bikes, CARA, Century Building, electric bikes, Northwest Electric Bikes
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St. Francis shows off its tall old windows
The tall windows of the ground floor lobby of the historic St. Francis Hotel in Albany have been restored, or opened up, to their full height.
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