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

A wooden boat? That means work

Written June 26th, 2018 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 2 responses.

Many times I’ve admired the wooden sailboat sitting outside a house on Sherman Street in Albany’s Willamette Neighborhood. On Tuesday I saw a man working on it, and I stopped and got off the bike.

Posted in: Commentary
Tags: Doug Larime, Penobscot 17, Willamette neighborhood

Update: Rescuing an old house

Written February 5th, 2016 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 4 responses.

The woman who lived in this Albany house most of her life will be remembered when the place is rebuilt and named in her honor.

Posted in: Commentary, News, Videos
Tags: Front Avenue, Lola Skelton. Superior Carpentry and Homebuilding, old house, Willamette neighborhood

In Willamette area, a renovation

Written February 2nd, 2016 by Hasso Hering

Comments: one response.

Looks like something is happening with this house, more than a century old, in Albany’s Willamette neighborhood. The site has been cleaned up and there’s a construction company’s sign out front.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Front Avenue, Lola Skelton, Superior Carpentry, Willamette neighborhood