With a new season starting Sunday, I could not resist the temptation of calling attention to the fact, even though the weather didn’t exactly shout “Springtime!”
Riverfront project: Check the final design
Written March 5th, 2021 by Hasso Hering
The city of Albany and its consultants, Walker Macy, have published the final designs of the proposed riverfront redevelopment project. They ask people to take a look at the details online.
Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Albany Revitalization Area, CARA, Dave Clark Path, Monteith Riverpark, riverfront project, Walker/Macy, Water Avenue
Tags: Albany Revitalization Area, CARA, Dave Clark Path, Monteith Riverpark, riverfront project, Walker/Macy, Water Avenue
Rail bridge reaches its century mark
Written January 19th, 2021 by Hasso Hering
Watching a freight train crossing the river on the “Toledo District Willamette Bridge” on Tuesday made me realize something: This is a big anniversary year for that steel structure spanning the river at Albany. It was built 100 years ago, in 1921.
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Tags: 100 years, Albany railroad bridge, Dave Clark Path, Portland & Western, rail bridge anniversary, Southern Pacific, Union Pacific
Tags: 100 years, Albany railroad bridge, Dave Clark Path, Portland & Western, rail bridge anniversary, Southern Pacific, Union Pacific
Sewer project has first real test: It works!
Written December 23rd, 2020 by Hasso Hering
In case you missed it, unlikely as that is, last weekend we had our first episode of heavy rain this winter. And guess what: Albany’s Riverfront Interceptor, a big sewer main that drains most of the central part of town, did NOT overflow.
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Tags: Albany riverfront, Dave Clark Path, lift station, Riverfront Interceptor
Tags: Albany riverfront, Dave Clark Path, lift station, Riverfront Interceptor
Why there’s steam erupting off Clark Path
Written September 30th, 2020 by Hasso Hering
Once again Albany’s Dave Clark Riverfront Path has been temporarily blocked by sewer work. It’s an interesting project marked by geyser-like eruptions of — steam!
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Tags: Dave Clark Path, DEQ, Insituform Technologies, Riverfront Interceptor
Tags: Dave Clark Path, DEQ, Insituform Technologies, Riverfront Interceptor
A concrete mystery: What was this?
Written August 8th, 2020 by Hasso Hering
For years, three or four times a week, I have passed this concrete ruin by the side of Albany’s Dave Clark Riverfront Path without thinking anything about it. The other day I finally wondered what it was a ruin of.
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Riverfront path gets a short fence for safety
A short section of Albany’s riverfront Dave Clark Park is getting a new fence to keep people, especially kids, from tumbling down the bank.
Tags: Albany riverfront, Dave Clark Path, Willamette riverbank