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A perspective from Oregon’s mid-Willamette Valley

New playground comes with a ‘warning’

Written January 14th, 2023 by Hasso Hering

The new playground at Albany’s Henderson Park is more elaborate than the one it replaced. It also comes with a warning that falling from the equipment on hard ground could result in death.


Update: What’s up with Henderson Park?

Written November 7th, 2022 by Hasso Hering

With a fence around it and the street trees gone, Henderson Park had a pretty bleak appearance when I rode the bike up Calapooia Street last weekend. But things are looking up.


A mystery: What happened to ‘Henderson Grove’?

Written March 25th, 2022 by Hasso Hering

For last week’s story on planned improvements at Albany’s Henderson Park, I went looking for the origin of that little park. I found that and a lot more, including a thread that led to a mystery that so far is unexplained.


 
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