Well, what do you know. After more than a year, the left-side, back-in, angled parking on Second Avenue in Albany may no longer be an issue
Left angled backing in, still too weird?
Written April 9th, 2018 by Hasso Hering
Still not completely catching on, is it, this required back-in parking on the left side of one-way Second Avenue on the south side of the post office.
Headway on church move and PO
Written July 24th, 2017 by Hasso Hering
The mayor’s work group on historic Albany properties is making headway on its two projects: moving and restoring the former Cumberland Presbyterian Church and contacting the Postal Service about finding another site for its downtown post office.
It’s back! Postal convenience!
Written July 7th, 2017 by Hasso Hering
This is not the kind of breaking news that in the old days might have stopped the press, but from the standpoint of convenience it’s a big deal: The drive-up drop box outside the Albany Post Office on First Avenue has been restored.
Albany postmaster: Move? Why?
Written May 15th, 2017 by Hasso Hering
Albany’s new postmaster has been hearing about the idea that the post office should move. But she has a question: “Why should we move when we own this building?”
Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Albany Carousel, Albany Post Office, Albany postmaster, post office moving
Tags: Albany Carousel, Albany Post Office, Albany postmaster, post office moving
Moving old church: The latest
Written April 24th, 2017 by Hasso Hering
Now that an Albany work group has recommended where the old Main Street church should be moved and partially restored, the hard part of this venture begins: Designing the new site and coming up with the money.
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Tags: Albany Post Office, cumberland church, Main Street church, mayor's work group
Tags: Albany Post Office, cumberland church, Main Street church, mayor's work group
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Contract post office closes; reopening uncertain
There had been a satellite post office in the Carriage House Plaza, the strip mall in Albany’s Willamette Neighborhood, for 40-some years. Now it is closed. It’s an open question whether a new one will reopen there, somewhere else, or not at all.
Tags: Albany Post Office, Carriage House Plaza, contract postal units, post office, United States Postal Service