On Sunday night I was surprised to see an elaborate inscription on the Albany railroad bridge. The center pier had acquired a word of some kind, a vertical string of graffiti that poses a number of questions.
Could anything at all prevent graffiti?
Written June 30th, 2023 by Hasso Hering
Painting a whimsical mural on a wall in Albany evidently does not protect it from the spray paint brigade, those knuckleheads who leave their ugly scrawls wherever they can.
Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Albany Skatepark, graffiti, murals, Periwinkle Bikepath, video monitoring
Tags: Albany Skatepark, graffiti, murals, Periwinkle Bikepath, video monitoring
Where the need to clean up never ends
Written May 27th, 2023 by Hasso Hering
Riding the bike on the Periwinkle Bikepath extension behind Lowe’s was easy Saturday because for once, nobody was camped on the path itself.
Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: graffiti, graffiti cleanup, Lowe's, Periwinkle Bikepath, vandalism
Tags: graffiti, graffiti cleanup, Lowe's, Periwinkle Bikepath, vandalism
A chance to learn something, destroyed!
Written December 7th, 2022 by Hasso Hering
For eight years people ambling along the Crox Creek Path in Albany have been able to read about the history of the area and the creekside land restoration project there. Until now.
Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary
Tags: Calapooia Watershed Council, Cox Creek, graffiti, informtional signs, public property, vandalism
Tags: Calapooia Watershed Council, Cox Creek, graffiti, informtional signs, public property, vandalism
Once again, this path attracts vandals
Written November 10th, 2022 by Hasso Hering
Every few weeks a bike ride takes me along the paved path behind Lowe’s in Albany, between the store property and the heavily wooded channel containing Periwinkle Creek.
Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary
Tags: Albany parks, graffiti, Lowe's, Ninth Avenue, Perwinkle Path, vagrant, vandalism
Tags: Albany parks, graffiti, Lowe's, Ninth Avenue, Perwinkle Path, vagrant, vandalism
If you build a wall, somebody will spray it
Written June 27th, 2022 by Hasso Hering
The south leg of the walking and bike path between Albany Station and Swanson Park was built in 2015. Ever since then, the concrete blocks of the path’s retaining wall have proved irresistible to vandals with their spray cans.
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Scenes from the Clark and Periwinkle trails
Conditions on Albany’s trails range from nice and picked up to messy, as my bike rides along the Dave Clark Path and the Periwinkle Bikepath showed this past week.
Tags: Dave Clark Riverfront Path, encampments, graffiti, homeless, Periwinkle Bikepath, trash