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.
Old east Albany: Continuing the tour
Written December 5th, 2020 by Hasso Hering
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
Tags: Albany neighborhoods, Census Tract 204, Willamette neighborhood
This particular eyesore is gone
Written December 12th, 2018 by Hasso Hering
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
Tags: abandoned vehicles, junk cars, Second and Chicago, Willamette neighborhood
Tough choice: Stop or roll through?
Written October 30th, 2018 by Hasso Hering
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
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
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.
Update: Rescuing an old house
Written February 5th, 2016 by Hasso Hering
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
Tags: Front Avenue, Lola Skelton. Superior Carpentry and Homebuilding, old house, Willamette neighborhood
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Behold ‘new’ streets in this old neighborhood
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.
Tags: Albany streets, Burkhart Street, chip seal treatment, street paving, Willamette Avenue Chicago Street, Willamette neighborhood