Takena Park

Red oak spared, for now, in Takena Park

Written May 31st, 2024 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 4 responses.

Two months ago a big red oak in Albany’s Takena Park was surrounded by caution tape and in danger of being cut down because of root rot. Now the tape is gone and the tree has been spared, at least for a while.

Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: Albany council, Albany tree canopy, city forester, red oak, root rot, Takena Park, tree ordinance, tree permits, trees

About that ailing park tree: An update

Written April 1st, 2024 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 3 responses.

Caution tape around a big old tree is always an alarming sight. And this one caught my eye over the last few days as the bike took me past Albany’s Takena Park.

Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: Albany parks, city forester, park trees, parks, red oak, root root disease, Takena Park

This might sting a little …

Written July 18th, 2016 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 2 responses.

At first glance, seeing yellow caution tape in Albany’s Takena Park made you think that a venerable giant of a tree had been declared a hazard and was about to be cut down. Not so, however. It was a problem of a lesser sort.

Posted in: Commentary
Tags: Albany parks, bees or wasps, Takena Park, tree recognition

Come summer, more shade

Written February 10th, 2016 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 2 responses.

What are those new contraptions in Albany’s Takena Park, I wondered as I was riding past and saw them from the street. Four posts each, with connecting stringers at the top, like big four-poster beds.

Posted in: Commentary
Tags: Albany parks, Takena Park

Whoosh! Leaf vacuum in action

Written November 20th, 2014 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 4 responses.

With a vacuum like that, keeping your place clear of leaves this fall would be a breeze, assuming you could wrestle the big hose around, which looks easier than it is.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Albany parks, City of Albany, leaf pickup, Takena Park