Santiam Road

Cumberland progress: Restoring windows

Written March 10th, 2024 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 3 responses.

Restoring Albany’s historic Cumberland Church building is proceeding bit by bit, and one milestone in the long process was reached last week.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Cumberland Community Events Center, historic church, Santiam Road, stained glass windows, window restoration

Council open to Cumberland request

Written December 2nd, 2023 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 11 responses.

With the exterior restored and a new coat of paint, the former Cumberland Church looked good when I passed it on a bike ride last month. Now the organizers of the Cumberland Community Events Center hope the Albany City Council can help their project along.

Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: Albany council, Community Events Center, Cumberland, Pine Street, Santiam Road

Not an emergency, but call was answered

Written July 8th, 2023 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 2 responses.

Those phone numbers posted at rail crossings? Guess what: Somebody actually answers when you call.

Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: Amtrak, crossings, railroad, Santiam Road, Union Pacific

Not your ordinary railroad train

Written April 26th, 2023 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 10 responses.

Now that was a weird-looking train that inched its way across Albany streets on Wednesday morning.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Madison Street, maintenance of way, Railroad ties, Railroads, Santiam Road, Union Pacific, work trains

Cumberland Church gets its steeple back

Written April 26th, 2023 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 6 responses.

Today was a milestone in the conversion of the historic Cumberland Church into a center for community events on the east side of old Albany: The steeple was put back on.

Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: Community Events Center, cumberland church, Forslung crane, Santiam Road

New roof tops this Cumberland update

Written December 16th, 2022 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 12 responses.

What’s been happening with the effort to turn the former Cumberland Church into a community center on old Albany’s east end? Plenty, it turns out.

Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: cumberland church, Cumberland Community Events Center, Emma Eaton, Joel Orton, Pine Street, Santiam Road

City gets one offer for ex-Cumberland lot

Written May 13th, 2022 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 11 responses.

Envision a little pocket park at this corner, with parking spaces behind it and three or four businesses in what now is the warehouse at the back.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: 401 Main Street, Albany City Council, Baldwin General Contracting, cumberland church, Santiam Road, surplus property