Geary Street

Apartment project starting near Periwinkle Creek

Written September 18th, 2023 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 6 responses.

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

South Albany gets a new gas station

Written April 14th, 2023 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 11 responses.

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

ODOT’s Albany projects: Here’s an update

Written October 26th, 2022 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 6 responses.

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?

Posted in: Commentary, News
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

Comments: 31 responses.

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.

Posted in: Uncategorized
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

Comments: one response.

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

Riverside apartments get renewed city OK

Written December 28th, 2020 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 3 responses.

The Albany city planning staff Monday approved — again — a site plan for “The Banks,” a 120-unit apartment complex just east of Bowman Park on the Willamette River.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: apartments on river, Bowman Park, Geary Street, River View Holdings, The Banks, Willamette River

Citizen gets action: A dark corner is lit

Written October 1st, 2020 by Hasso Hering

Comments: one response.

This is a story about a citizen noticing a problem, calling it to public attention, and thus launching a process that ended up getting the problem fixed.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Albany Public Works, dark corner, Geary Street, Grand Prarie, Pacific Power, Rachel La Brasseur, street lighting