For the last several weeks there has been a Republic Services dumpster sitting on the west side of Geary Street as you come out of Bowman Park. How much longer will it stay there?
Apartment project starting near Periwinkle Creek
Written September 18th, 2023 by Hasso Hering
The first signs appeared last week that 107 apartments planned off Geary Street near Queen Avenue are now going to get built.
Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Albany apartments, Creekside Meadows, Geary Street, Paradigm Albany LLC, Periwinkle Creek
Tags: Albany apartments, Creekside Meadows, Geary Street, Paradigm Albany LLC, Periwinkle Creek
South Albany gets a new gas station
Written April 14th, 2023 by Hasso Hering
A bike ride around Albany took me past the corner of Geary Street and Grand Prairie Road on Thursday. Two years ago the city rezoned the southeast corner there to allow a gas station to be built, and now the station looks close to being finished. Drawings submitted for the land use application in 2021 […]
Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: Albany stations, combustion engines, gasoline, Geary Street, Grand Prairie Road, motor fuel, South Albany, Space Age Fuel
Tags: Albany stations, combustion engines, gasoline, Geary Street, Grand Prairie Road, motor fuel, South Albany, Space Age Fuel
ODOT’s Albany projects: Here’s an update
Written October 26th, 2022 by Hasso Hering
No doubt you have been wondering about ODOT’s safety projects on Pacific Boulevard and Santiam Highway in Albany. Are they ever going to get finished?
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Tags: Airport Road, Geary Street, ODOT. Albany projects, Oregon 99E, Pacific Boulevard, U.S. 20, Waverly Drive
Tags: Airport Road, Geary Street, ODOT. Albany projects, Oregon 99E, Pacific Boulevard, U.S. 20, Waverly Drive
Incomplete: Another sign of supply problems
Written July 30th, 2022 by Hasso Hering
If you’re wondering why the extension of the Periwinkle Bikepath along Queen Avenue in Albany is still unfinished, there’s an explanation. And like so much else these days, it has to do with a shortage of supplies and the time it takes to get things you want or need.
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Tags: concrete, Geary Street, Queen Avemue path, Queen Avenue bikeway, shortages, supply chain
Tags: concrete, Geary Street, Queen Avemue path, Queen Avenue bikeway, shortages, supply chain
Periwinkle Path gets ‘multi-use’ extension
Written July 4th, 2022 by Hasso Hering
From the Periwinkle Bikepath to Geary Street, the sidewalk on the north side of Queen Avenue is torn up for the construction of a wider walkway that will double as an extension of the bikeway too.
Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: Bikepath extension, Geary Street, Periwinkle Bikepath, Queen Avenue, Safe Routes to School, Sunrise School
Tags: Bikepath extension, Geary Street, Periwinkle Bikepath, Queen Avenue, Safe Routes to School, Sunrise School
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New apartments rise above Periwinkle Creek
Since last September, construction has been under way on three apartment buildings between Periwinkle Creek and Geary Street in Albany, at 1755 Geary St. S.E.
Tags: 1755 Geary S.E., Albany apartments, Creekside Meadows, Geary Street, heat wave of 2017, housing