Maybe it’s not too early to start thinking about what will take its place when and if the former Wells Fargo Bank branch downtown is razed.
A year and a half ago, the City of Albany took out nine trees on Second Avenue behind the Oregon Department of Human Services building, just east of Lyon Street, and planned to replace them.
Plans to renovate or restore three downtown landmarks — well, two landmarks and one other building — can go ahead now that the Albany Landmarks Commission has given its approval.
The Birds have arrived in Albany. The electric scooters, that is, that the California-based Bird company is making available for rent.
Who is that man? That dapper looking figure keeping an eye out from the window looking out over Albany’s Broadalbin Street below?
The pace of demolition: Keeping track
In case you’re keeping track, this is how far the demolition of the former bank building at First and Broadalbin in downtown Albany had progressed by Friday afternoon.
Tags: demolition, downtown, urban renewal, Wells Fargo branch