The gate in the fence was open and no heavy machinery was moving around on Friday at Monteith Riverpark, giving me an opportunity to walk in and look around the construction site.
Well, that was quick — the sale, that is, of the former Wells Fargo Bank property in downtown Albany.
An evening bike ride through downtown Albany does not usually offer much in the way of attractions other than the general lack of traffic on the streets.
If you’ve wandered around downtown Albany, as I was last week, you may have noticed that things are happening with the old city hall at Second Avenue and Broadalbin Street.
It would be interesting to know who has made offers to buy and develop the lot at 300 West First Ave. in Albany, the site of the former and now demolished downtown branch of Wells Fargo Bank.
It was just before 5 p.m. on Labor Day, and Eileen Hinckle was hard at work on her mural in downtown Albany. I passed by on my bike and stopped to take a look.
In 1932, this had ‘the pleasant atmosphere’
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.
Tags: 129 West First, downtown, foreclosure, historic builing, McAlpin's confectionery and pool hall