This building on First Avenue in downtown Albany has been closed since part of its façade collapsed during attempted repairs more than a year ago. But now the owner has submitted repair plans for the city’s review.
Downtown Dig is taking longer
Written October 18th, 2017 by Hasso Hering
As busy as the crews working on Albany’s $8 million downtown “streetscape” project have been, they’re not going to get it all done this year as city officials had originally hoped.
Downtown ‘parklets’ in 2nd year
Written July 23rd, 2017 by Hasso Hering
In case you haven’t noticed — and I hadn’t before Saturday — the downtown Albany “parklets” are back for the second summer in a row.
Street work: Help on where to walk
Written June 7th, 2017 by Hasso Hering
At first glance this detour looked contradictory, but on second glance I saw the little pedestrian on the yellow sign. Looks like the city and the contractor are making sure walkers can find their way through the street construction in downtown Albany this summer.
St. Francis: Another study coming
Written September 14th, 2016 by Hasso Hering
What are the chances of a successful hotel being developed in downtown Albany? Conventional wisdom says zero to none. But maybe the conventional wisdom is wrong. And come winter, business students at the University of Oregon will try to answer the question in a systematic way.
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Tags: Albany downtown, CARA, St. Francis, U of O Sustainable Cities Year
Tags: Albany downtown, CARA, St. Francis, U of O Sustainable Cities Year
What about that ‘east anchor’?
Written August 17th, 2016 by Hasso Hering
Five years ago, an update of Albany’s downtown plan called for two “anchors” to help revitalize the central area. On the west end, there would be the Albany Carousel, now under construction. On the opposite end, there would be an unspecified “east anchor” on the south side of Water Avenue between the Willamette River bridges. […]
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A sidewalk anomaly explained
Monday was kind of a slow day, which may explain why I first noticed and then wondered about the shape of the new sidewalk on Second Avenue downtown.
Tags: Albany downtown, Downtown streetscape, SEcond Avenue