The huge puddle behind Perwinkle Elementary School in Albany was being drained today, the city parks department reports.
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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.
After being closed to through traffic since June 20, all of Albany’s Queen Avenue between the west city limit and Pacific Boulevard is once again open for traffic — and on brand-new pavement.
It’s been a long tradition in Albany schools that the grounds be open to the public when classes are not in session, like during the summer. Lately at least two school yards were locked down tight instead, but now the district says they’ll be open again.
The fate of Albany’s historic Central School appears unsettled once again now that the school board has received new estimates of what it would cost to make improvements.
Mirror pond still reflects Periwinkle School
At the risk of seeming repetitive, here’s another look from Albany’s Periwinkle Park toward Periwinkle Elementary School, taken Sunday.
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