Albany’s Waverly Lake is a picturesque feature of the cityscape, especially in winter when the water is clear. And city officials have not forgotten about the project to keep it more or less clear of algae year-round.
At the risk of seeming repetitive, here’s another look from Albany’s Periwinkle Park toward Periwinkle Elementary School, taken Sunday.
For no particular reason, my bike ride along the Albany riverfront Saturday took me to Bowman Park, where the only thing to see was the rain-swollen Willamette River.
The huge puddle behind Perwinkle Elementary School in Albany was being drained today, the city parks department reports.
On social media I read about a great big puddle behind Albany’s Periwinkle Elementary School. On Wednesday the bike took me there so I could see it for myself.
Albany’s newest neighborhood park, Meadow Ridge, is getting a massive new set of climbing rocks. Bad weather held up the installation, but with any luck the pieces may be hoisted into place Saturday morning, Jan. 20.
At Sunrise Park, discovering a ‘wetland’
On Sunday the bike and I made a detour through Sunrise Park off Southeast Thurston Street. The visit reminded me of the flap over “wetlands” that delayed the reconstruction of this park several years ago.
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