Willamette neighborhood

Take a look at this handy little RR crossing

Written January 13th, 2023 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 3 responses.

There’s a nice little path people can use to walk or bike across the Union Pacific mainline track at Burkhart Street. Nothing much has happened there lately, as far as I know, but I thought I would show it to you anyway.

Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary
Tags: Burkhart Street crossing, pedestrian crossing, Portland & Western, railroad, Salem Avenue, Union Pacific, Willamette neighborhood

On the market: Big church on First Avenue

Written March 22nd, 2022 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 2 responses.

To my eyes, the Albany Evangelical Church is a handsome and important building in the Willamette Neighborhood that should last for another century or two. So I was startled the other day when I stumbled across an online real estate ad that suggested redeveloping the site.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Albany Evangelical Church, church for sale, First Avenue S.E., Willamette neighborhood

Behold ‘new’ streets in this old neighborhood

Written June 30th, 2021 by Hasso Hering

Comments: no responses.

When you’re on a bike, the quality of the road surface below your tires is something you notice. And on the evening of June 28, the hottest day in recorded history in the Willamette Valley, the newly surfaced streets in Albany’s Willamette Neighborhood caught my attention.

Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: Albany streets, Burkhart Street, chip seal treatment, street paving, Willamette Avenue Chicago Street, Willamette neighborhood

Lucky to be alive: Tree falls on Linn Ave.

Written December 22nd, 2020 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 4 responses.

Scott Boysen says he’s lucky to be alive. We were standing in front of his house on Linn Avenue, and he was telling me what happened Monday.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Linn Avenue, Scott Boysen, tree down, Willamette neighborhood

Old east Albany: Continuing the tour

Written December 5th, 2020 by Hasso Hering

Comments: one response.

I wanted to complete my little cruise of Albany’s Willamette Neighborhood and learn a bit more about it. So here it is:

Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary
Tags: Albany neighborhoods, Census Tract 204, Willamette neighborhood

This particular eyesore is gone

Written December 12th, 2018 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 4 responses.

Checking on the status of an abandoned car on Wednesday, I rounded the corner of Second and Chicago in Albany just as a tow truck was taking off with the wreck on its bed.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: abandoned vehicles, junk cars, Second and Chicago, Willamette neighborhood

Tough choice: Stop or roll through?

Written October 30th, 2018 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 11 responses.

Like other residential districts of Albany before it, the Willamette Neighborhood now has sprouted a crop of new stop signs to slow down traffic. This may work, or it may not.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Albany traffic, Front Street, speed control, stop controls, stop signs, Willamette neighborhood