Hackleman District – Hasso Hering

Bumpy ride: Bicycling on Albany streets

Written July 7th, 2026 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 15 responses.

And now, for something a little different, join me on the bike for a short tour of Albany streets.

Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: Albany streets, bike tour, Hackleman District, potholes, Street funding, street maintenance, street tour

Big city fine triggers story on old house

Written November 17th, 2024 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 20 responses.

On Nov. 7 the Albany Landmarks Commission heard from an applicant that the city had fined him $301,000 for failing to get building permits for fixing up an old apartment house. The fine has been sharply reduced, but there’s a story here.

Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: Albany Building Division, apartments, building permits, code compliance, code enforcement, Hackleman District, historic houses, housing, Landmarks Commission

Just wondering — why no crossing arms

Written October 21st, 2020 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 13 responses.

On a leisurely bike ride through old Albany the other day, I noticed something that wasn’t there. Where the Portland & Western Railroad crosses Sixth Avenue, there are no warning lights, bells or arms that come down when a train comes through.

Posted in: Commentary, Trains
Tags: bike rides, crossing protections, Hackleman District, old Albany, PNWR, Portland & Western, railroad crossings, Railroads, Sixth Avenue, trains

Just sayin’: Looks fine without the chimneys

Written January 24th, 2020 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 3 responses.

In November 2019, the Albany Landmarks Commission approved contractor Joel Dahl’s restoration of the historic Goltra House at Montgomery Street and Fourth Avenue, but members were interested in preserving a future possibility of recreating the appearance of two elaborate brick chimneys sticking out above the roof.

Posted in: Commentary
Tags: Albany history, Goltra House, Hackleman District, Joel Dahl, Landmarks Commission

From Oxford House to a family’s home

Written October 28th, 2019 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 19 responses.

A bike ride in Monday’s sunshine took me past 331 Montgomery St. S.E., an address in Albany’s Hackleman Historic District where a remarkable story is taking place.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Goltra House, Hackleman District, Joel Dahl, Landmarks, Oxford Houses

East of Lyon: A remarkable comeback

Written January 16th, 2019 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 14 responses.

On an evening stroll through central Albany east of Lyon Street, I took a few photos of houses that impressed me as restored, repainted, fixed up, or just showing signs that the owner or somebody has been taking good care of them.

Posted in: Commentary
Tags: Albany housing, east of Lyon, Hackleman District, historic districts, housing renovation, old Albany

Help for Hackleman house buyers?

Written August 25th, 2015 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 7 responses.

Albany’s downtown renewal program hopes that loans of a few thousand dollars will encourage people to buy severely blighted houses dating from 1945 or earlier in the east-side historic district, spend at least $40,000 on renovations, and commit themselves to live there as owners. And if they wanted to renovate the exterior, they’d have to […]

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Albany urban renewal, CARA, Hackleman District, Historic homebuyers program