Lowe’s

Before and after at Albany’s Tag Central

Written January 23rd, 2026 by Hasso Hering

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A Facebook post by the Albany Parks Department sent me to the Periwinkle Bikepath Friday to see what volunteers had done to clean up recent work by taggers on what might be the city’s most notorious graffiti wall.

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Tags: Adopt a Park, Albany parks, graffiti, Lowe's, Periwinkle Bikepath, tagging, volunteers

Not just another day on Albany paths

Written December 12th, 2025 by Hasso Hering

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Friday’s bike ride along the Albany riverfront was totally routine except for one brief interruption. On the Dave Clark Path, someone had left what you see in the photo above. This made me stop and dig out my phone for this: The “guys” I mentioned in the video turned out to be three ladies out […]

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Tags: Albany paths, bicycling, bike paths, Dave Clark Path, Lowe's, Periwinkle Bikepath, y paths

Once again, visiting a discouraging path

Written November 19th, 2025 by Hasso Hering

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Every once in a while I find myself on the northern-most leg of the Periwinkle Bikepath in Albany. It usually looks like a sad place, as it did last Monday.

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Tags: bike path, Lowe's, Periwinkle Bikepath, vandalism

Riding on a path that for now is clean

Written April 26th, 2025 by Hasso Hering

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Prompted by a post on Facebook, my Saturday bike ride took me along the extension of Albany’s Periwinkle Bikepath behind Lowe’s Home Improvement Center. Here’s a video of what there was to see:

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Tags: Albany parks, bicycling, graffiti cleanup, Lowe's, Periwinkle Bikepath

Cleanup on the Periwinkle path: Thanks!

Written April 30th, 2024 by Hasso Hering

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Several times over the years, I have reported on the super-messy conditions of the Periwinkle Bikepath, especially the north end that is walled off from the Lowe’s home improvement center. So it was a surprise to see how clean it was when the bike took me there on April 26.

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Tags: HP, Lowe's, parks, Periwinkle Bikepath, trash removal, volunteers, WE Day

Where the need to clean up never ends

Written May 27th, 2023 by Hasso Hering

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Riding the bike on the Periwinkle Bikepath extension behind Lowe’s was easy Saturday because for once, nobody was camped on the path itself.

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Tags: graffiti, graffiti cleanup, Lowe's, Periwinkle Bikepath, vandalism

Once again, this path attracts vandals

Written November 10th, 2022 by Hasso Hering

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Every few weeks a bike ride takes me along the paved path behind Lowe’s in Albany, between the store property and the heavily wooded channel containing Periwinkle Creek.

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Tags: Albany parks, graffiti, Lowe's, Ninth Avenue, Perwinkle Path, vagrant, vandalism