The continuing renovation of the “Spruce Apartments” in downtown Albany has cleared a procedural hurdle with the approval by the city’s Landmarks Advisory Commission.
Two little requests get city hearings
Written July 7th, 2019 by Hasso Hering
You wouldn’t think that replacing four wooden steps at your back door would require a public hearing, but in Albany’s downtown historic district it does. So does replacing a rear door on another building not far from those steps.
Change the rules on historic review
Written January 8th, 2019 by Hasso Hering
On Dec. 5 the Albany Landmarks Advisory Commission held a public hearing and approved the installation of a bakery’s exterior vent. Why a hearing and all the bureaucracy that goes with it for such a routine item? That’s a question the city council might want to ponder and then do something about.
Old house fix-up OK’d, barely
Written October 6th, 2016 by Hasso Hering
The owners of a rattletrap old house in Albany’s Monteith Historic District have won approval to renovate the place, but it was a close call that threatened to get hung up on the material in new windows.
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Tags: 640 Third SW, Albany Landmarks, Historic buildings, Monteith Historic District, Ostby
Tags: 640 Third SW, Albany Landmarks, Historic buildings, Monteith Historic District, Ostby
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Historic review: Dahl’s project wins approval
Contractor Joel Dahl got support Wednesday from the Albany Landmarks Commission for his restoration of the historic Goltra House at 331 Montgomery St. S.E.
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