What’s new on the Albany riverfront since yesterday? Well, not much, but the 11-step stairway on the Dave Clark Path now is open for the public to climb up or step down.
The Linn County Clerk’s Office is making its long-awaited move to the Wheelhouse Building on the Albany Riverfront. On a bike ride Wednesday afternoon, I stopped in and saw that the office is already in operation there.
If you have business with the Linn County clerk this fall, regarding either elections or records, you’ll have to go to the Wheelhouse Building on the Albany riverfront instead of the courthouse downtown.
On bike rides along the Albany riverfront, now and then I see something special. Like, for instance, this classic car that was parked near the north end of Oak Street Friday.
For the last few months a tattered American flag was flying over the Albany building owned by the Fraternal Order of Eagles at 127 Broadalbin St. N.W. On Sunday the flag was gone, and so was the pole on which it had hung.
Since 2013, the City of Albany has owned nearly one acre of former railroad land near the Willamette riverfront. Off and on since then, city officials have talked about what to do with the vacant lot. Now they’d like to hear from the public.

We interrupt this bike ride to say …
Here you find me on one of the Willamette River piers in Albany, where I stopped for a few remarks on my afternoon bike ride on Christmas Eve:
Tags: Albany riverfront, Willamette River