There are practical reasons why a footbridge across the Calapooia River between Monteith and Bryant parks has not been rebuilt, but the idea of summertime link between these popular parks is still a good idea.
Riverfront path: there’ll be light
Written December 17th, 2015 by Hasso Hering
If everything goes according to plan, Albany’s Dave Clark Path will have new lighting starting next spring — at the cost of about $352,800 — and people using the place after dark will be able to see where they’re going. And if the police are called, officers will have a better view of what’s going […]
Historic bridge piers: In the way
Written July 9th, 2015 by Hasso Hering
From the Department of Thinking Up Problems That No One Has Raised: When is somebody going to do something about those piers that mess up Albany’s Monteith Riverpark? Probably never, but that doesn’t mean we can’t think about it.
Lighting the Dave Clark Path: A tryout
Written April 16th, 2015 by Hasso Hering
Albany’s Dave Clark Path will be much brighter at night — and presumably safer — once the city goes ahead with its plan to install new lights along the riverside trail and in Monteith Riverpark. How much brighter? Well, take a look at the video taken during a demonstration Thursday night of just how the fixtures would work.
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Tags: CARA, Clark Path lighting, Dave Clark Path, Monteith Riverpark
Tags: CARA, Clark Path lighting, Dave Clark Path, Monteith Riverpark
On stage, but no applause
Written June 4th, 2014 by Hasso Hering
These teenagers were hanging out on the stage in Albany’s Monteith Riverpark the other day. They weren’t doing any harm, as far as I could see while having a snack at one of the picnic tables nearby. Still, I’m not sure this stage is the best place for skateboarding or jumping up and down.
How about a bridge here?
Written July 11th, 2013 by
It’s my hope — forlorn though it may be — that some day a little floating bridge across the Calapooia River might once again link Albany’s Bryant and Monteith River parks. If you were around the mid-valley in the 1990s, you might remember that bridge, put in by Dave Clark, then the parks director in Albany. […]
Imagine: A riverboat used to tie up here
Looking at the steel pilings in the Willamette River off Albany’s Monteith Riverpark, you wonder if they’ll be put to use ever again.
Tags: Monteith dock, Monteith Riverpark, Willamette River