HASSO HERING

A perspective from Oregon’s mid-Willamette Valley

Fifteen years on, the zombie still flies

Written July 1st, 2024 by Hasso Hering

Someone must have looked up from the street on First Avenue and didn’t like what they saw. Which may explain the email I got last week.


Mythology downtown: Icarus?

Written September 15th, 2013 by

This is not a forum for critical appraisals of public art. But let’s make an exception here for the Icarus mural that covers the entire side of a two-story building on First Avenue in downtown Albany. Does this, I ask you, does this look anything like the mythical Icarus? In case you’ve gotten a little rusty […]


 
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