Traffic into downtown Albany across the Ellsworth Street Bridge may flow a little easier a few years from now because of planned changes that ODOT has tentatively approved.
Repairs were under way Monday at Third Avenue and Lyon Street in downtown Albany following a traffic crash on Sunday evening that sheared off a signal mast.
Someone asked what Linn County was building on Lyon Street south of the Armory Building in downtown Albany. The answer is: A 23-space parking lot complete with landscaping and wiring for five future electric-vehicle charging stations.
The saga of 300 West First Avenue in Albany continues. That’s where years ago the First National Bank and later Wells Fargo had its downtown branch.
The sad-looking but historic downtown building at 129 W. First Ave. in Albany has been empty for a long time. Now it has a new owner and probably won’t be empty and unused for long.
For a few weeks now drivers heading east on Highway 20 on their way downtown have passed a new sign before getting to the Spring Hill signal and the Ellsworth Street bridge.
Briggs Building project is coming along
On a bike ride Tuesday I had a chance to check in on the ambitious project to restore and enlarge what is said to be the oldest surviving wood-framed commercial building in downtown Albany.
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