parks

River pier repairs: What the vandalism cost

Written February 26th, 2025 by Hasso Hering

Comments: one response.

Last week I posted a brief video report that damage done to Albany’s two Willamette River viewing piers had been repaired. Now we know how much the vandalism cost.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Albay parks, cost of vandalism, parks, vandalism, Willamette River

Watching out for vandals at Monteith Park

Written November 1st, 2024 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 4 responses.

Quite a bit of damage has been done at Albany’s Monteith Riverpark since it was reopened in July after more than a year of reconstruction. The city has deployed its camera trailer at the park to try to prevent any more.

Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: Albany police, Monteith Riverpark, observation trailer, parks, surveillance trailer, vandalism, Waterfront Project

Piecing together a special Albany playground

Written October 25th, 2024 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 7 responses.

Exactly a year ago, the Albany City Council approved the purchase of a special kind of playground for installation at Lehigh Park. Now the city’s park maintenance crew is bolting the pieces together.

Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: artificial turf, community development, disabilities, Lehigh Park, parks, playgrounds

Down to the river, an unexplained fence

Written July 19th, 2024 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 7 responses.

There was still a section of concert fencing across a new path in Monteith Riverpark Friday. It didn’t necessarily keep people from getting to the riverbank, but why keep a fence there at all?

Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: Albany rivers, boardwalk, Monteith Riverpark, parks, riverbank, Two rivers

About this playground: Questions and answers

Written July 11th, 2024 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 8 responses.

A mother messaged me with a couple of questions about the new children’s splash pad and playground in Albany’s Monteith Riverpark. This prompted me to steer the bike there for the second afternoon in a row to take a look.

Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: Albany parks, hours of operation, Monteith Riverpark, parks, playground, spkash pad

Ideal for this weather: New splash pad

Written July 10th, 2024 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 19 responses.

The July heat wave came at just the right time. This has been the first week that Albany’s new children’s splash pad was open in the renovated Monteith Riverpark.

Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: CARA, Monteith Riverpark, parks, splash pad, Waterfront Project

Around Albany on the Fifth of June

Written June 5th, 2024 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 11 responses.

For about an hour between 5 and 6 on Wednesday night, the bike took me on my usual route along the Albany riverfront to the east end of town, and then back a different way. In bright sunshine, these were among the things I saw:

Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: Albany plaza, Cox Creek path, parks, vagrant camps, Waterfront Project, Waverly duck, weed cutting