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Not just another day on Albany paths

Written December 12th, 2025 by Hasso Hering

Friday’s bike ride along the Albany riverfront was totally routine except for one brief interruption. On the Dave Clark Path, someone had left what you see in the photo above. This made me stop and dig out my phone for this: The “guys” I mentioned in the video turned out to be three ladies out […]


Why carts can’t be retrieved, or aren’t

Written November 25th, 2025 by Hasso Hering

Three shopping carts discarded on Albany’s Dave Clark Riverfront Path illustrate why it’s so hard to deal with the plague of stolen and then abandoned carts.


A new access point on riverfront path

Written October 2nd, 2025 by Hasso Hering

Just east of the Lyon Street Bridge, contractors on Albany’s Waterfront Project this week began building a new access to the Dave Clark Path.


On riverfront path, the count is on

Written August 4th, 2025 by Hasso Hering

Chances are you have been counted if you walked or biked along the length of Albany’s Dave Clark Path in the last few days.


On the ‘riverwalk’ and looking around

Written August 2nd, 2025 by Hasso Hering

The wooden “riverwalk” under the Ellsworth Street Bridge is as good a place as any on Albany’s Dave Clark Path to stop the bike and look around. So that’s what I did for a few minutes on Saturday night. Here’s the result: What else is there to say about the Clark Path, where the bike […]


Where (not) to take an old mattress

Written June 24th, 2025 by Hasso Hering

What are you supposed to do with a used old mattress you no longer want? Leaving it on Albany’s Dave Clark Riverfront Path is not recommended.


Not really news: A widening gap in Clark Path

Written December 1st, 2024 by Hasso Hering

Riding my bike along the Albany riverfront, I’m on the Dave Clark Path several times a week. And lately I’ve noticed that west of the Wheelhouse Building a new gap in the path has opened up.


 
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