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Riverfront redesign project gets green light

Written October 16th, 2019 by Hasso Hering
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A team of consultants led by Walker Macy, a Portland firm, now has the approval of Albany’s urban renewal agency to gather public opinion and then make plans for redeveloping the city’s Willamette Riverfront.

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On the downtown beat: 1st to move from First

Written June 22nd, 2019 by Hasso Hering
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There’s a development in what started years ago as the “cheese grater” story, but it has nothing to do with the big aluminum front that hides the facade of one of the oldest buildings in downtown Albany.

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‘Cheese grater’? That project’s off

Written January 3rd, 2019 by Hasso Hering
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The fabled “cheese grater” on Albany’s First Avenue — a sign of progress in the 1960s and now considered an architectural atrocity — is staying up there, at least for now.

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$10,000 toward a greater front view

Written July 18th, 2018 by Hasso Hering
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You won’t be looking at the famous “cheese grater” at 415 First Avenue W. for much longer. The downtown urban renewal agency Wednesday gave the building’s tenants $10,000 toward refurbishing the building’s front the way it looked after it was built around 1866.

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