For more than a century, the Schultz Building has stood at 212 East First Ave. in Albany. Now the ground floor of the historic two-story brick structure is getting a new use.
The restoration of the historic St. Francis Hotel is well underway but hit a bump this week when the Albany Landmarks Commission balked at approving the replacement of 95 windows in the 110-year-old building.
It was four years ago that Albany officials stopped the Willamette Community Church from replacing the remaining old windows in the church’s building, the historic former Albany High School at 420 Third Ave. S.E.
Chilly weather this January has not stopped builder Mark Siegner and his carpenters from putting the third floor on the first of the two buildings of Calapooia Commons.
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.
Probably the least important question about the Cumberland project in Albany is how to spell it. But it would be helpful to decide on one official version, if only for the benefit of those of us who report on it now and then.
St. Francis shows off its tall old windows
The tall windows of the ground floor lobby of the historic St. Francis Hotel in Albany have been restored, or opened up, to their full height.
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