
What happens now, now that LUBA has faulted the Albany City Council for how it decided to allow the planned demolition of three old houses? The main upshot seems to be that the houses, at Fourth and Calapooia, are not likely to be demolished any time soon.
Tags: Fourth and Calapooia, historic houses, Monteith Historic District, Niederer, Siegner
An Albany historic house, all boarded up
Plywood on the doors and windows is not what you expect to see on one of the stately old houses in Albany’s Monteith Historic District. Which is why the boards caught my attention as I was riding past 637 Fifth Ave. S.W. in recent days.
Tags: 637 Fifth Ave. S.W., Albany historic houses, derelict houses, Monteith Historic District