HASSO HERING

A perspective from Oregon’s mid-Willamette Valley

What I learned from a food card visit

Written October 3rd, 2024 by Hasso Hering

Sandwiched between Pacific Boulevard and Seventh Avenue in Albany, there is a lot that is partially paved but usually vacant. On a recent Sunday I saw a food cart there, so I stopped the bike for a closer look.


Fifteen years on, the zombie still flies

Written July 1st, 2024 by Hasso Hering

Someone must have looked up from the street on First Avenue and didn’t like what they saw. Which may explain the email I got last week.


A week later, checking on Water Avenue

Written March 5th, 2024 by Hasso Hering

After a few days away, the bike and I returned to my Albany riverside beat on Monday and found that much had changed since the week before.


At the St. Francis, demolition inside

Written February 18th, 2024 by Hasso Hering

Every now and then, passersby get an indication that the work of saving and restoring the former St. Francis Hotel in Albany is going on inside.


What’s up with Wells Fargo lot: An update

Written January 3rd, 2024 by Hasso Hering

Some day there may be a building there, but for now the former site of Wells Fargo Bank’s downtown Albany branch is serving the need for more parking slots.


Downtown library: When the doors are closed

Written December 29th, 2023 by Hasso Hering

Normally, Thursday afternoon is one of the times that the Carnegie Library in downtown Albany is open. But not during the vacation week between Christmas and New Year’s.


In 1932, this had ‘the pleasant atmosphere’

Written November 15th, 2023 by Hasso Hering

Once again this week, on Sunday, I leaned the bike against the corner of 129 West First Ave. and wondered what if anything was happening with this old Albany structure.


 
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