HASSO HERING

A perspective from Oregon’s mid-Willamette Valley

Bikman Building’s penthouse has new roof

Written October 11th, 2022 by Hasso Hering

I parked my bike at the foot of the Ellsworth Street Bridge in Albany, ignored the decades-old “closed” sign you see down there, and walked up the eastern sidewalk, high enough to look back at a new sight.


The Bikman penthouse: a closer look

Written February 23rd, 2017 by Hasso Hering

For decades, the penthouse atop the Bikman Building has intrigued people who glimpse it from afar as they come into downtown Albany on the Ellsworth Street Bridge. This week I finally got a closer look.


 
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