HASSO HERING

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Piecing together a special Albany playground

Written October 25th, 2024 by Hasso Hering

Exactly a year ago, the Albany City Council approved the purchase of a special kind of playground for installation at Lehigh Park. Now the city’s park maintenance crew is bolting the pieces together.


South’s field is getting there

Written August 26th, 2014 by Hasso Hering

In case you’re keeping track of the installation of artificial turf on the football field of South Albany High School — and who isn’t? — here’s what it looked like on Monday.


Plastic turf and other school ideas

Written August 12th, 2014 by Hasso Hering

Here’s what the new artificial turf for South Albany’s football field looks like up close. It looks the way it feels: artificial. Chances are it will appear more like a natural surface once tons of sand have been spread in between the blades of plastic grass.


At South Albany, rebuilding the field

Written July 31st, 2014 by Hasso Hering

As you can see and hear in the video, workers have been laying the groundwork for installing artificial turf on the football field at South Albany High School. They hope to be finished by the time the field will be needed, and I hope they make it.


 
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