South Albany

South Albany fields: See them while you can

Written July 15th, 2022 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 10 responses.

With the summer sun low in the west, I took a bike ride Thursday night to take another look at the fast-disappearing farmland on Albany’s south side.

Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: annexation, Ellingson Road, farm fields, grass-seed fields, housing, Lochner Road, South Albany, South Albany Area Plan

A project on vacant corner: 16 townhouses

Written November 23rd, 2021 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 10 responses.

Albany’s city planning division has just approved a site plan for a set of 16 “townhome-style multifamily units” on the south side of town. The plans are a departure from the single-family development pattern that dominates land use farther west along Southwest 53rd Avenue.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: 53rd Avenue, Albany housing, Albany land use, housing, South Albany, townhomes, Varitone Architecture

A street that acts like a park

Written January 19th, 2018 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 3 responses.

On a leisurely ride through South Albany this week, I came across a feature in the urban landscape I can’t remember seeing before. It’s this broad swath of parkland the width of a street and four blocks long, with a concrete path winding down the middle for walking or riding a bike.

Posted in: Commentary
Tags: 34th Avenue, Oak Street, South Albany

A good name for our time

Written August 9th, 2015 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 2 responses.

What’s the first thing you think of when you see this banner? I was thinking: This could be an invitation to rebel against the nutty system by which tennis players keep score.

Posted in: Commentary
Tags: rebellions, Rebels, South Albany