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Albany (/ ˈ ɑː l b ə n i / ⓘ AWL-bə-nee) is a city on the east shore of San Francisco Bay in northwestern Alameda County, California, United States. The population was 20,271 at the 2020 United States census .
Solano Avenue in Berkeley and Albany, California is a two-mile (3.2 km) long east-west street. Solano Avenue is one of the larger shopping districts in the Berkeley area. Businesses along Solano Avenue cover a wide range, including grocery stores, coffee shops, drugstores, bookstores, antique dealers, apparel outlets, ethnic restaurants and a movie thea
Albany Hill is a prominent hill along the east shore of San Francisco Bay in the city of Albany, California. Geologically, the hill is predominantly Jurassic sandstone , carried to the western edge of North America on the Pacific Plate and scraped off there in the course of subduction .
Albany Beach is a sand beach located in Albany, California on the east shore of San Francisco Bay. The wide beach is backed by low dunes with scenic access to the East Bay shoreline. The beach is a frequent launch area for kayakers in calm conditions and kiteboarders when it is windy. It is also popular with dog walkers and beachgoers. [1]
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Albany's former landfill, the Albany Bulb, was hotly disputed—on one end of the spectrum, some wanted it to be entirely a conservation area that did not allow people; on the other, park users wanted continued access and recreation—and set aside to be transferred at some later point into the state park. (As of 2020, that has not happened.)
The Solano Stroll began in 1974 by the Thousand Oaks Merchant Association, a small business guild started by Ira Klein and co-headed by Lisa Burnham. Klein owned and managed "The Iris", a Solano clothing and jewelry store formerly based on Shattuck Avenue [5] that sold dress goods made primarily by local fashion designers, among the earliest including Laurel Burch.
Middle Creek is a major tributary of Cerrito Creek in Albany, California. [1]The creek runs begins at the confluence of Blackberry Creek and Capistrano Creek, on the western edge of Berkeley's Thousand Oaks neighborhood.