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
Boating news, and Millersburg fire deal
Written April 25th, 2018 by Hasso Hering
In other riverfront news, Albany-area boaters are still waiting for the new floating dock at Takena Landing, but the ramp at Bowman Park is once again clear of woody debris and OK for putting boats in and taking them out.
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Tags: Bowman Park, Millersburg fire contract, riverfront, Takena Landing
Tags: Bowman Park, Millersburg fire contract, riverfront, Takena Landing
Our riverside parks: A little more water
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.
Tags: Bowman Park, Bryant Park, Calapooia River, Willamette River