The contractor building the “plaza street” part of Albany’s Waterfront Project still hopes to finish the first two blocks in time for the first of this summer’s “River Rhythms” concerts in Monteith Riverpark. That’s the word from City Hall.
On a bike ride Sunday, I could not help noticing that temporary chain link fencing had been set up around the park. I thought — mistakenly, as it turned out — this was in preparation for the summertime concert series on Thursday nights.
The first of the five concerts is scheduled for July 10. The city’s waterfront contractor, K&E Excavating, had planned to get the two-block section of the “plaza street” on Water Avenue between Washington and Broadalbin streets completed before the concerts begin…