Wondering when — or indeed if — street work in downtown Albany will ever be finished? The answer is Friday, sort of.
Tree wells: a streetscape update
Written February 26th, 2018 by Hasso Hering
So what’s with those wooden frames, square and sturdy as they look, around the newly planted trees in Albany’s downtown streetscape reconstruction?
‘Catenary’ or not: More city lights
Written February 5th, 2018 by Hasso Hering
What’s that lamp doing up there? That’s what an acquaintance of mine wondered as he and I emerged from the downtown Carnegie Library on Monday.
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Tags: Albany streetscape, CARA, CARA downtown, catenary lights, streetscape
Tags: Albany streetscape, CARA, CARA downtown, catenary lights, streetscape
Bright lights blazing on Third
Written December 9th, 2017 by Hasso Hering
The new lights being installed downtown are certainly bright, even if they illuminate only an empty street as, in this case, three blocks of Third Avenue. Named for the shape of the fixtures, the new “double acorn” street lights are part of the $8.5 million downtown streetscape improvement project funded by CARA, the Central Albany […]
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Tags: CARA, catenary lights, double acorn lights, downtown Albany, streetscape
Tags: CARA, catenary lights, double acorn lights, downtown Albany, streetscape
Traffic tie-ups end (we hope)
Written October 25th, 2017 by Hasso Hering
Lane closures that caused unusual traffic slowdowns on Albany’s downtown Highway 20 couplet Wednesday should be a thing of the past, for this year anyway.
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New phase starting in riverfront project
Construction work on the Water Avenue rail line does not stop on weekends, as I could not help but notice on my regular bike route Sunday afternoon.
Tags: "greenstreet", CARA, K&E Excavating, streetscape, Water Avenue, Waterfront Project