Structures in downtown Albany are getting dressed up this summer with urban renewal help from CARA, the Central Albany Revitalization Area.
Albany bond update: Hasty Freez spared!
Written November 2nd, 2013 by Hasso Hering
The good news: Hasty Freez, Albany’s venerable burger, ice cream and shake emporium at the corner of Seventh and Lyon, can stay where it is under the current plan for building a new fire station in place of the old Station 11 downtown. On Wednesday (Nov. 6) the city council will vote on authorizing the […]
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Tags: Albany bond issue, Albany City Council, Fire Station 11, Hasty Freez
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On Lyon, less space for cyclists
I wonder if this is what the designers had in mind: Putting the sidewalk that close to heavy traffic in front of the new Albany Fire Department’s Station 11 and Hasty Freez, one of the best burger-and-shake joints in town.
Tags: bicycling, Downtown streets, Fire Station 11, Hasty Freez, Lyon and Ellsworth, Lyon sidewalk, sharrows, sidewalk extensions