Salem Avenue

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Tags: Cox Creek, Local bridge Program, Salem Avenue

Lemonade stands: We should support them

Written March 31st, 2019 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 7 responses.

As a matter of principle, I stop at kids’ lemonade stands whenever I see one. The end of March seemed kind of early for this summertime tradition, but there it was on Sunday, on Salem Avenue, so I had to get off the bike and buy a cup of what they had.

Posted in: Commentary
Tags: Bradley Scott, Kasara Koerntgen, kid entrepeneurs, kids lemonade, lemonade stands, Salem Avenue

Old house demolition: Not yet

Written January 29th, 2018 by Hasso Hering

Comments: one response.

This house on Albany’s Salem Avenue, more than a century old, was destined to be gone by now, but its demolition has obviously been postponed. Instead of being razed, it’s getting its porches repaired.

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Tags: Salem Avenue, Scott Lepman, Vunk House demolition