Gazebo gets new look at park by canal in Albion
Photos by Tom Rivers
ALBION – Vance VanSkiver, a motor equipment operator with the Village of Albion Department of Public Works, paints the gazebo by the Erie Canal in Albion on Friday.
The structure was gray but is now a red-brown color to fit in better with the other buildings close by, as well as the benches along the canal.
The DPW also will soon replace the shingles on the gazebo. It’s part of an upgrade of the park that will include a bench and lamppost from old steel from the Main Street lift bridge. A monument to the 15 victims of the Sept. 28, 1859 bridge collapse also will be installed in the park.
The site was never officially designated as a park until the Village Board on Aug. 14 formally named it the “Erie Canal Park.” It will be dedicated during a noon ceremony on Sept. 28. That will include the unveiling of the park improvements.
Jay Pahura, the DPW superintendent, paints the interior of the gazebo on Friday.
