A cloud of dust caught my eye from two blocks away on Wednesday, so I rode the bike to the corner of Fourth Avenue and Calapooia Street. There was dust because a man on a big machine was beginning to excavate the corner lot.
At 4th and Calapooia, a few more weeks…
Written May 12th, 2022 by Hasso Hering
This week it looked like the long-contested redevelopment of this downtown Albany corner could finally begin. But not quite yet.
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Tags: Calapooia Commons, downtown Albany, Fourth and Calapooia, historic districts, Mark and Tina Siegner, mixed-use zoning
Tags: Calapooia Commons, downtown Albany, Fourth and Calapooia, historic districts, Mark and Tina Siegner, mixed-use zoning
Fourth and Calapooia: Ignore the old signs
Written December 19th, 2021 by Hasso Hering
The two signs on the northeast corner of Fourth and Calapooia in Albany don’t mean anything. The signs were still there Sunday. But the public hearing they advertise was held months ago, and as of last week the corner lot showed no sign of pending development.
Request: Angled parking on one block of Fourth
Written September 19th, 2021 by Hasso Hering
The last we heard about a plan to build eight apartments on Fourth Avenue at Calapooia Street was in May, when the Land Use Board of Appeals ruled in an appeal to block the project. Now the builders are back with a request to make this one block of Fourth one-way west, with angled parking […]
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Tags: angled parking, apartments, Downtown housing, Fourth and Calapooia, Friends of Historic Albany, housing, LUBA, Siegners
Tags: angled parking, apartments, Downtown housing, Fourth and Calapooia, Friends of Historic Albany, housing, LUBA, Siegners
Landmarks says project is just too big
Written May 19th, 2020 by Hasso Hering
Two years ago the Albany Landmarks Commission refused to allow the demolition of three dilapidated old houses at Fourth Avenue and Calapooia Street. On the Tuesday night the same commission turned down a plan for two new buildings on the site as too massive and tall.
Landmarks dispute: It’s not over yet
Written May 6th, 2020 by Hasso Hering
Through occasional static, electronic echoes and screeching feedback, the Albany Landmarks Commission Wednesday heard arguments for and against plans for two buildings at Fourth and Calapooia, in the downtown commercial zone of the Monteith Historic District.
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Now you can see the footprint of this project
In case you were wondering about the long-planned development at Fourth and Calapooia in Albany, another step is now being taken. The foundations for two apartment houses at the corner are being built.
Tags: apartments, building permit., commerce, Fourth and Calapooia, housing, Siegner