This is a blog largely about what I happen to see around Albany, and this week it was hard to miss that a bit of flooding had returned to Bryant Park, and Bowman too.
Our Willamette River at Christmas time
Written December 24th, 2019 by Hasso Hering
This image of the Willamette River struck me about right for the Christmas season — a little green from the grass on the bank, a flash of red from refraction in the lens, and shimmering light supplied by our home star itself.
What’s up with ‘The Banks’? It’s not clear
Written December 19th, 2019 by Hasso Hering
On July 1, 2019, the Albany Planning Commission approved a site plan for 96 apartments and nine townhouses covering a 6-acre site on the Willamette River near Bowman Park. I wonder how the plans are coming every time I pass the acreage on my bike.
Planning board OKs riverside apartments
Written July 1st, 2019 by Hasso Hering
The site plan for The Banks, a 105-unit housing complex on the Willamette River near Bowman Park, cleared the Albany Planning Commission on Monday night.
Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Albany Planning Commission, Bowman Park, River View Holdings LLC, The Banks
Tags: Albany Planning Commission, Bowman Park, River View Holdings LLC, The Banks
Plan for apartments will have public hearing
Written June 17th, 2019 by Hasso Hering
While the Albany city planning staff has approved the site plan for The Banks, a 105-unit apartment complex on the Willamette River east of Bowman Park, it’s the planning commission that will decide the case after a public hearing.
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Tags: Albany Planning Commission, Bowman Park, Geary Street, riverside apartments, The Banks
Tags: Albany Planning Commission, Bowman Park, Geary Street, riverside apartments, The Banks
No big deal: Noted on the riverfront
Written May 7th, 2018 by Hasso Hering
Some days there is nothing to see on my riverfront beat. But sometimes there is, even if it’s nothing big. Three items caught my attention Monday afternoon.
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Tags: Albany riverfront, Bowman Park, C&L Water Solutions, Cox Creek path, Dave Clark Path
Tags: Albany riverfront, Bowman Park, C&L Water Solutions, Cox Creek path, Dave Clark Path
Increase proposed in plan for apartments
Developers of The Banks, a proposed riverfront apartment complex near Bowman Park, have asked for approval of a change in their site plan. They’d like to build 120 units, up from 105 the Albany Planning Commission approved last July. The city planning division has posted a notice of the application from Salem-based Willamette River View […]
Tags: apartments, Bowman Park, The Banks, Willamette River View Holdings II