HASSO HERING

A perspective from Oregon’s mid-Willamette Valley

Downtown beat: Another restoration’s complete

Written September 14th, 2023 by Hasso Hering

It was four years ago that “1st Hand Seconds,” a downtown women’s second-hand clothing shop with a mission, moved from one historic Albany address on First Avenue to another, on Second. Now it’s ready to celebrate the remodeling of its 1929 building with a Saturday open house.


All those containers: Why they are there

Written May 24th, 2023 by Hasso Hering

So what’s the story behind all those shipping containers sitting in a cordoned-off section of the Albany Fred Meyer parking lot?


Renovation under way at the ‘old City Hall’

Written March 15th, 2023 by Hasso Hering

Renovation of a downtown Albany landmark is now under way after years of the building standing empty.


 
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