Willamette River

Things you see when you actually look

Written February 24th, 2023 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 15 responses.

If you go down to the Albany riverfront during this week’s controversial removal of about 80 trees, you’ll be able to see for yourself at least two things.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Albany Waterfront Project, Monteith Riverpark, riverfront, trees, Willamette River

Park tree removal comes up before council

Written February 9th, 2023 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 28 responses.

The scheduled felling of dozens of trees at Monteith Riverpark came up during Wednesday’s meeting of the Albany City Council. But nothing about the plans changed.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Albany Revitalization Agency, Albany urban renewal, ARA, CARA, Monteith Riverfront Park, riverfront project, Waterfront Project, Willamette River

Get ready for tree cutting at Monteith Park

Written February 2nd, 2023 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 21 responses.

If you visit Monteith Riverpark in Albany this week, you can’t miss the pink X’s on dozens of trees. All the trees thus marked are scheduled to be cut down before the month is out.

Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: Albany urban renewal, CARA, Monteith Riverpark, riverfront project, Waterfront Project, Willamette River

A riverfront update: Look at that log pile

Written January 21st, 2023 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 5 responses.

As you would expect, the pile of trash, logs and smaller bits of driftwood under the Albany railroad bridge on the Willamette River is getting bigger this winter.

Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: Albany railroad bridge, driftwood, high water, log pile, logs, Portland & Western, railroad bridge, Willamette River

New year already? Man, that was fast

Written December 31st, 2022 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 6 responses.

The only point of this entry on hh-today.com is to thank you readers and to wish you all a happy new year, which is what I tried to do here:

Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary
Tags: 2023, hh-today, new year, Willamette River

Puzzled by something at the Ellsworth Bridge

Written November 2nd, 2022 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 17 responses.

On a bike ride last weekend I found myself under the Albany bridges over the Willamette River. That’s when I noticed a structural detail I had not seen before, something I wish somebody could explain.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Albany bridges, bridge piers, bridges, Ellsworth Street bridge, ODOT, Willamette River

‘The Banks’ honors indigenous people

Written October 24th, 2022 by Hasso Hering

Comments: no responses.

Like every place in the mid-valley, the site of The Banks, a 120-unit apartment complex nearing completion on the Willamette River in Albany, is built on land once occupied by indigenous people.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: apartments, Calapooians, Indians, Indigenous people, land use, River View Holdings, The Banks, Willamette River