Albany housing

East of Lyon: A remarkable comeback

Written January 16th, 2019 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 14 responses.

On an evening stroll through central Albany east of Lyon Street, I took a few photos of houses that impressed me as restored, repainted, fixed up, or just showing signs that the owner or somebody has been taking good care of them.

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Tags: Albany housing, east of Lyon, Hackleman District, historic districts, housing renovation, old Albany

Making new house fit old neighborhood

Written November 23rd, 2018 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 6 responses.

A ride this week took me down Fourth Avenue in Albany’s Hackleman Historic District, and I stopped to photograph a newly built house that looked close to being completed. I was struck by how nicely it fits in with the older houses on the street.

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Tags: 527 Fourth Ave. S.E., Albany housing, historic districts, infill construction, Landmarks Advisory Commission, Oregon housing, Quinstruction

Old oaks: Enjoy the view while you can

Written November 12th, 2018 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 9 responses.

On a ride this past Sunday, I stopped to get a shot of this old oak north of Dover Avenue in North Albany. You won’t get this view for much longer, for the tree is set to come down when the Pheasant Run subdivision is built.

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Tags: Albany housing, Hayden Homes, North Albany development, Pheasant Run subdivision

Why the big worry about ADUs?

Written November 8th, 2018 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 10 responses.

Once again the Albany City Council wrestled Wednesday with allowing accessory dwelling units (ADUs), which is hard to understand since the city already allows them in most areas and hardly anybody is putting them in.

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Tags: accessory dwelling units, ADUs, Albany housing

A new home for six women

Written October 9th, 2018 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 10 responses.

Albany Helping Hands is preparing to remodel a house in the Willamette Neighborhood for six women who can’t find anywhere else to live.

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Tags: Albany housing, Helping Hands, homeless, housing

N. Albany apartments: Open and planned

Written September 10th, 2018 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 6 responses.

The second apartment development to be proposed in North Albany has just won city approval, so I was wondering how things had worked out at the first.

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Tags: Albany housing, apartments, Charles Weathers, Hickory Hollow, Sunset Village

Another look at those big oaks

Written June 2nd, 2018 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 12 responses.

On a ride around North Albany the other day, I took another look at the site of the Pheasant Run subdivision the city council approved last month over the objections of neighbors who testified at a public hearing. When the subdivision proposal was announced in February, I took photos that showed the trees in winter. […]

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Tags: Albany housing, North Albany subdivision, Pheasant Run, tree preservation

Another N. Albany apartment project

Written May 4th, 2018 by Hasso Hering

Comments: no responses.

The Albany planning division has notified neighbors of a developer’s plan to build 40 apartments of “family housing” on Hickory Street in North Albany.

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Tags: Albany housing, North Albany apartments, Sunset Village

Another house closed as unsafe

Written April 16th, 2018 by Hasso Hering

Comments: no responses.

One of my regular bike routes takes me around the corner of First and Columbus in east Albany. This week a house there had been boarded up “by order of the Albany Police Department,” according to the stencils on the plywood sheets covering the windows. Kristopher Schendel, the code compliance officer in the police department, […]

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Tags: Albany code enforcement, Albany housing, boarded-up houses, dangerous buildings

The transformation of N. Albany

Written May 31st, 2014 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 3 responses.

This looks like exactly what it is, a big construction site on what used to be an undeveloped North Albany hillside. They are putting in streets and utilities for 71 single-family houses in Phase III of the Benton Woods Subdivision. So the transformation of North Albany continues. What used to be a rural residential area with fields and […]

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Tags: Albany housing, Albany transportation, City of Albany, North Albany