Henshaw Farm

Lochner Road stays closed at its south end

Written February 24th, 2024 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 7 responses.

Now is a great time to ride your bike down Lochner Road in south Albany, as I discovered Saturday. The reason is no cars.

Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: Albany streets, Albany subdivisions, Curry Meadows, Ellingson Road, Henshaw Farm, Lennar homes, Lochner Road, South Albany

Builders build while task force labors on

Written July 19th, 2022 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 19 responses.

In case you have forgotten, an Albany city committee is still struggling with how to make housing cost less. Meanwhile, builders are going ahead just like they always have — building houses they think they can sell.

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Tags: Albany housing, builders, Henshaw Farm, home builders, Housing Affordability Task Force, Lennar, subdivisions

Innovation on Columbus: A green bike lane

Written September 7th, 2021 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 2 responses.

As drivers on Columbus Street south of Albany know, construction is well under way on the start of the Henshaw Farm subdivision, a big new housing development at the corner of Columbus and Ellingson Road. The one novel item I noticed Sunday was a bit of green pavement at the entrance to one of the […]

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Tags: 226 dwellings, Albany housing, Columbus Street, Ellingson Road, Henshaw Farm, subdivision

Henshaw Farm: How the plans changed

Written November 24th, 2020 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 7 responses.

Plans for a big subdivision on the former Henshaw Farm south of town have been in the works ever since May 2005, when Albany voters approved the annexation of 105 acres at the corner of Columbus Street and Ellingson Road.

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Tags: Albany Planning Commission, Henshaw Farm, housing, subdivision development