HASSO HERING

A perspective from Oregon’s mid-Willamette Valley

What to do with these city-owned lots?

Written September 28th, 2024 by Hasso Hering

Two parties have declared their interest in obtaining three lots owned by the City of Albany near the corner of Ninth Avenue and Jackson Steet. And I’m trying to learn why the city owns these properties in the first place.


A praying mantis on that distant roof?

Written January 29th, 2020 by Hasso Hering

What’s that odd-looking yellow contraption up on the roof in the distance? It caught my eye on Jan. 25 as I was standing under the Pacific Boulevard viaduct in Albany and looking around.


 
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