I’ve been hoofing around New York and DC in the pursuit of a holiday and book two (which will be out in, ooooooh, 2015?). Shanks’ Mare and I saw a surprising number of equines on our travels, although we missed the zebra and pony on the loose on Staten Island. Books two and three are about – among many things – the way that humans think about horses and use them both physically and mentally. Here’s a visual collage of New York horses (minus police officers and the urban cowboys of Queens) in November 2012 (with thanks to Helen for the 86th Street Pegasus):
Museum pieces: the High Line exhibit explains how horses used to accompany freight trains through the city.
Romance and tradition: the carriage horses in Central Park
Gilded subway mosaic.
Fantasy on the Upper East Side.
The Power of a Worker.
Relics at the White Horse Tavern.
Luxury in Greenwich Village.
Window shopping.
Mythical strength in Williamsburg.
Legends at 86th Street Station.
A kitsch joke in Brooklyn.
More fantasy.
Victims: anti-carriage stickers?
Whimsy in an 8th Avenue cafe.
Mexican food in Chelsea.
Wells Fargo’s best offer.
Military commemoration at the World Trade Center site.
… complete with chipped hoofs.
The 1%.
The Kienholz’s Ozymandias’ Parade: misplace authority…
