Salem Avenue

Hub City Village: When it aims to be done

Written June 16th, 2023 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 6 responses.

Now that construction on Hub City Village has started, when will this planned unit development of 27 small houses in Albany be ready for otherwise homeless people to move in?

Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: Creatring Housing Coalition, homeless, Hub City Village, Pacific Boulevard, Salem Avenue, Stacey Bartholomew, tiny houses, Waverly Drive

Take a look at this handy little RR crossing

Written January 13th, 2023 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 3 responses.

There’s a nice little path people can use to walk or bike across the Union Pacific mainline track at Burkhart Street. Nothing much has happened there lately, as far as I know, but I thought I would show it to you anyway.

Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary
Tags: Burkhart Street crossing, pedestrian crossing, Portland & Western, railroad, Salem Avenue, Union Pacific, Willamette neighborhood

Slabs of concrete, and what they foretell

Written January 6th, 2023 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 8 responses.

What can you say about slabs of concrete that now widen Albany sidewalks here and there? Well, let’s start by answering what a reader asked.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Albany Transit System, alighting areas, boarding areas, bus stops, Salem Avenue, transit

No controversy: Two developments get city’s OK

Written November 9th, 2021 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 8 responses.

In what was pretty much a formality, the Albany Planning Commission has approved a 22-unit apartment complex on Southeast Salem Avenue and a 23-lot subdivision on Northwest Gibson Hill Road.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Albany Planning Commission, apartments, Gibson Hill Road, housing, land use, North Albany, Salem Avenue, single-family lots, subdivisions

Proposed on Salem Ave.: An industrial building

Written October 31st, 2021 by Hasso Hering

Comments: no responses.

The lot you see above with a for-sale sign is at 3055 Salem Ave. S.E.. It’s on one of my bike routes through Albany, and it’s been vacant for as long as I can remember. But it may not stay vacant long.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Albany industry, Corrquest, Cox Creek, industrial building, Salem Avenue, site plan review

Having failed, big white oak had to go

Written August 25th, 2021 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 3 responses.

A big old white oak, maybe one of the biggest in Albany, had to come down after being damaged last winter, and this week it did.

Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: Albany trees, Salem Avenue, storm damage, tree felled, white oak

Cracks and scour: This bridge will get fixed

Written April 30th, 2019 by Hasso Hering

Comments: one response.

The Salem Avenue bridge over Cox Creek in Albany, seen here on April 21, looks pretty solid. But inspections have found structural problems that may cost — in round figures — an estimated $700,000 to fix.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Cox Creek, Local bridge Program, Salem Avenue