Calvert Vaux, Frederick Law Olmsted
Once most of the original property that would become New York’s Central Park had been acquired, the Central Park Commission called for a public design competition. A small classified advertisement was placed in The New York Times of October 30, 1857 and the race was on! The deadline (extended once) was April 1, 1858; the winning design...
Carriage Horses, Intro 573-a, Landmarks at Risk
UPDATE! The TIMES is reporting that the hearing is off. Mayor de Blasio’s rushed, behind-the-scenes Horse Carriage deal heads to a vote at City Council this Friday, February 5th, at 12 noon Also on the agenda? Increasing City Council Member pay by 32%! Coincidence$? While Mayor de Blasio denies it,...
Advocacy, Carriage Horses, Landmarks at Risk
Despite all of the press on the proposed Carriage Horse “compromise”, few in the media have delved into the concerns of those affected by the proposal who are neither in the Horse Carriage nor Pedicab industries. DNAinfo has published an article, Historic Central Park Building Shouldn’t Be Used as Horse Stable:...
Advocacy, Carriage Horses, Landmarks at Risk
Late Sunday night, news broke that Mayor de Blasio had hammered out an agreement with the Horse Carriage operators that would keep many of them in NYC. As the details have begun to unfold, so has the outrage. Under the proposal, the number of horses will reduce from approximately 200 to 95 at maximum. Up to seventy-five will be housed...
