If you’ve ever driven along the Henry Hudson Parkway, you may have wondered about the enormous, vine-covered granite arches on the steep slope of Fort Tryon Park at the northern end of Manhattan. What appears to be the remnants of an old Roman aqueduct, like the Pont du Gard in southern France, is actually part of the most elaborate and most expensive private driveway in New York City.
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1903: C.K.G. Billings’ $50K Horseback Dinner at Louis Sherry’s Restaurant
Posted: 28th February 2013 by The Hatching Cat in Horse TalesTags: C.K.G. Billings, Colored Orphan Asylum, Fort Tryon Park, Harlem River Speedway, horseback dinner, Louis Sherry, New York City History
In 1903, wealthy industrialist and equestrian Cornelius Kingsley Garrison Billings hosted a $50,000 horseback dinner in New York City.
