The Horse, West Village, Manhattan
Every day for almost a year and a half I walked past this horse on my way to and from work and not one of those days did I notice it .. until one day recently. I looked up and there it was. It literally stopped me in my tracks. From that day on I became somewhat obsessed with looking at the horse and paying tribute in my mind to it as I walked by. It is so curious and interesting. I couldn’t imagine what it was doing on this building in my neighborhood. I told Jess about it.. and then one day I made her walk past it. Upon seeing it she immediately came to the conclusion that the building was once a stable. Which makes complete sense, don’t you think?
tien // Jan 22, 2004 at 12:51 pm
actually, that’s exactly what i was thinking. and then i kept reading and jess thought the same thing.
Jai // Jan 22, 2004 at 1:24 pm
Maybe it’s where Don Corleone interrogates those who need to be given offers they can’t refuse…
hubs // Jan 22, 2004 at 2:15 pm
i thought it might have been a veternarian.
callalillie // Jan 22, 2004 at 2:56 pm
I think that I walk by that everyday, as well. Where exactly is it?
dad // Jan 22, 2004 at 6:15 pm
Yesterday when I was young
In the city of Appleton, Wi
There use to be a building with a horse head
on one of the buildings
Could have been a stable
wagon builder
blacksmith
or just a decoration
dad
rachelleb // Jan 23, 2004 at 8:18 am
Kevin from Forgotten-NY just forwarded this page to me on NY’s Equestrian Past
Callalillie – I responded off-line as to the exact location.
Jessica // Jan 23, 2004 at 2:09 pm
Great minds think alike, Tien!
I was trying to see if there was one of those “boot cleaners” thing around or the place to tie up the reins. I believe you had once pointed them out before, Tien, to us.
tien // Jan 23, 2004 at 3:42 pm
wha? i did? okay. i take full credit. unless it was the wrong info. then it was totally someone else.
rachelle // Jan 23, 2004 at 3:43 pm
i know i pointed them out to mark & wendy in brooklyn once.. or tried to.. but i dont know if i talked about them to anyone else.
Jeff // Jan 23, 2004 at 4:16 pm
how did everyone miss this? click on my name mac users
Anonymous // Sep 29, 2005 at 1:21 pm
I used to live around the corner from this building from 1966 to 1995. My neighbor was born next door to that building around the turn of the century. It was a stable. It’s interesting to see how it’s been upgraded. In the 60s and 70s it was rather down trodden