If you’re a regular on Albany’s Cox Creek Path, you may have already seen this sign. If not but are planning to go that way on Monday, note that the trail will be closed.
The trouble with people: the mess they leave
Written July 2nd, 2020 by Hasso Hering
That bundle of crumpled black plastic you see in my left fist is a dozen or more dog waste bags the Albany Parks Department was kind enough to supply and somebody then threw away or carelessly dropped on the Cox Creek Path.
Discovering Albany: the Cox Creek Path
Written June 6th, 2020 by Hasso Hering
From the Cox Creek Path, you don’t see the creek for which it is named, especially not late in the spring when the vegetation runs wild.
Cleaned up for now; surveillance next?
Written May 17th, 2018 by Hasso Hering
This was the Cox Creek Path railroad underpass on Thursday afternoon, and as you can see, the walls have once again been repainted to look clean. This spot on the Albany park system is tagged so often that I think it would be a promising candidate for camera surveillance.
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Tags: Albany parks, Cox Creek path, Cox Creek underpass, vandalism and graffifit
Tags: Albany parks, Cox Creek path, Cox Creek underpass, vandalism and graffifit
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
The risk is pretty small; however …
Written October 29th, 2016 by Hasso Hering
In the Age of the Lawsuit, maybe this was the inevitable result of a couple of trees on Albany’s Cox Creek coming down in a windstorm two weekends ago. On Saturday these signs had appeared at the western entrance of the Cox Creek Path.
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Tags: Albany parks, Cox Creek path, hazardous trees, hazardoustrees, wind damage
Tags: Albany parks, Cox Creek path, hazardous trees, hazardoustrees, wind damage
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Big tree down on Cox Creek Path
There is often something to see on Albany’s Cox Creek Path. On Sunday afternoon it was this dead tree that had crashed across the path.
Tags: Cox Creek path, Talking Water Gardens, tree down