Simpson Park

Albany seeks to improve riverside trail

Written December 22nd, 2022 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 6 responses.

Albany city officials have an idea for an improved walking and biking trail along the south side of the Willamette River. The “multi-use path” would follow the route of an existing dirt track that links Bowman and Simpson parks.

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Tags: Albany parks, Albany Public Works, Bowman Park, community paths, ODOT, ostco, Periwinkle Creek, riverside trail, Simpson Park, Waverly Park, Winco

Riverside apartments post what they’ll cost

Written April 25th, 2022 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 35 responses.

Once again last week, the bike took me on the trail between the Willamette River and The Banks, the 120-unit apartment complex under construction near Bowman Park in Albany. Then, over the weekend, I noticed that the Salem-based developers have opened a website that shows the floor plans of different units and what they will […]

Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: Albany apartments, apartment rent, Bowman Park, cost of rent, housing, Simpson Park, The Banks, Willamette River

A Halloween ride on the Simpson Park Trail

Written October 31st, 2021 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 3 responses.

A sunny autumn afternoon makes for a perfect day for checking up on one of Albany’s best trails. So that’s what I did on Halloween — take the bike down the Simpson Park Trail and back.

Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary
Tags: Albany parks and trails, autumn excursion, First Lake, Simpson Park, Willamette River

An autumn day on the Simpson Park trail

Written November 2nd, 2019 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 10 responses.

The dry weather of the last few days has made this a great time to visit Albany’s Simpson Park trail, whether on foot or on a fat-tire bike.

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Tags: Albany trails, Simpson Park, Willamette River

Caught in the act: Surreptitious dumping

Written December 21st, 2018 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 7 responses.

Sometimes video surveillance of public property pays off. Consider, for example, the entrance to Albany’s Water Gardens, which not too long ago somebody mistook for a good place to discard a couch.

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Tags: illegal dumping, Simpson Park, Talking Water Gardens, video surveillance

A neglected lake near Albany

Written September 2nd, 2017 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 10 responses.

To get to the Simpson Park Trail, you pass what is advertised as the boater access on First Lake. But the conditions are such that there’s no great rush of boaters at this neglected Albany lake.

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Tags: Albany parks, boater access, First Lake, Millersburg, Simpson Park

Giving real Vandals a bad name

Written August 8th, 2017 by Hasso Hering

Comments: one response.

On a bike ride Monday, I came across this scene at the entrance to Albany’s Simpson Park and Talking Water Gardens, and it leads to this conclusion: People who overturn portable toilets or commit other acts of vandalism are telling the world that, unlike the historical Vandals, they are really, really dumb.

Posted in: Commentary
Tags: Genseric, Simpson Park, vandalism, Vandals