Frederick Law Olmsted designed Central Parks curving drives to offer beautiful vistas, best viewed from a carriage, at every turn. Soon, people without horses of their own discovered that the best way to see the park was to hire a cab for a trip past its many attractions.
Not sure how much the 25 minute ride cost this evening but all courtesy of Aaron & Patrick our New York virtual guides.
There are 68 licensed horses with 4 stables in New York, although some owners keep the horses on farms.
Im booked on another tour of Central Park so I thought Id enjoy the ride and take in the New York skyline.
The Pulitzer Fountain was donated by publisher Joseph Pulitzer who bequeathed funds to erect a fountain. He also helped institute the Pulitzer Prize, the prestigious award given each year to various journalists, writers, and composers.
These massive mosaic sculptures are stood just outside Central Park at Doris C Freedman Plaza. Oversized doors that stand ajar, the work, entitled Doors for Doris.
The artist, Sam Moyer, gathered leftover pieces of stone from different places around the world, including from Brazil, China, India, and Italy.
Each stone still has marks of its former life as a kitchen countertop, an interior renovation, or a tabletop from a local New York City park. Moyer carefully placed each fragment into six marble mosaic patterns and laid them into poured concrete to construct the doors.
Looking up we gazed at the super tall skyscrapers known as Billionaires Row an residential development.
