Within Albany’s historic districts, new structures are supposed to fit in with their neighborhoods. The Albany Landmarks Commission this week found that a planned garage was too big and turned it down.
The bike occasionally takes me past the 1100 block on Sixth Avenue across from Hackleman Park in central Albany. Last week I noticed how the area has been spruced up with the completion of this building’s conversion to an apartment house.
Guess what: It’s time to watch another Portland & Western freight train make its way, slowly, past the Sixth Avenue crossing in Albany.
On a leisurely bike ride through old Albany the other day, I noticed something that wasn’t there. Where the Portland & Western Railroad crosses Sixth Avenue, there are no warning lights, bells or arms that come down when a train comes through.
This is not news, but for the first time Sunday I noticed how Albany’s new Fire Station 11 has changed the view down Sixth Avenue.
Still on the pothole beat: hospital street
Albany General Hospital lies in the 1000 block between Sixth and Seventh avenues. Seventh is a fine street with good pavement, so how come there are big craters in Sixth?
Tags: hospital, pavement, potholes, Sixth Avenue