Sentences with phrase «of carriage horses»

The limestone - fronted Emily Roth building is a testament to the resilience of Old World charm, thanks to tasseled damask curtains, a brigade of carriage horses on hand for romantic sunset rides through the park, and loaner Burberry trench coats for blustery days.

The sight (and, it must be said, smell) of carriage horses greets you as you enter this 33 - story, limestone - fronted building on the southern edge of... Read More

I have always wondered about the treatment of those carriage horses... too bad animals can \» t speak.

At the time of the Sugarman referral, the Manhattan DA's office had its own investigation going into aspects of the mayor's fundraising in his 2013 mayoral election, and questionable money transactions tied to his campaign to rid the city of carriage horses, the sources say.

During the 2013 campaign de Blasio unequivocally promised to immediately end the use of carriage horses, drawing enthusiastic support from advocates.

2017 could be a rough ride for Mayor de Blasio as animal rights activists saddle up for a renewed campaign to end the use of carriage horses in Central Park.

Having lost his fight to get rid of carriage horses, Mayor de Blasio has decided to join the winning side and embrace other 19th century modes of transportation: hence the city will spend billions on ferries and streetcars.

Councilman Rafael Espinal Jr., Chairman of the Consumer Affairs Committee (which currently has oversight of the carriage industry) held a press conference and officially announced he'll oppose the elimination of carriage horses in Central Park.

Cindy Adams successfully intervened on behalf of carriage horses with NYC Council Speaker Christine Quinn.

At 1 p.m., the animal rights group Friends of Animals hold a rally in support of an outright ban of the carriage horse industry, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

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These regulations cover everything from «pedicab driver permits» to «limit on number of taxicabs allowed,» «transfer of decal, permit, or taxiplate interest prohibited,» «currently permitted companies, vehicles, and drivers grandfathered; renewal process,» and «operation of horse drawn carriages: requirements and prohibitions.»

You can see pictures of downtown San Francisco of like trolleys, and horses and carriages and maybe a few earlier automobiles.

That of Amsterdam was bought for 4600 florins, a new carriage, two grey horses, and a complete suit of harness.

Progress promises to go well beyond the refinements of past decades to reveal transformative change more akin to Henry Ford replacing the horse and carriage with the Model T.

Before you put the carriage out in front of the horse, you should take the time to consider whether any given home business opportunity is right for you.

Amish and Old Order Mennonites reject the technology of the twentieth and twenty - first centuries, limiting themselves to horses and carriages and nonelectrical lighting in their homes.

Citing the phone book as a reliable source of contact information for secular and Atheist support groups and organizations is a bit like saying you need a taxi and, then, searching out a horse and carriage (Amish community notwithstanding).

She got married in the beautiful backyard grounds of her childhood, above a creek where she rode down to the ceremony in a horse and carriage.

Old photographs such as the horse - drawn carriages in front of the original Autry Greer & Sons» grocery warehouse in downtown Mobile, Ala., adorn the store walls of the popular Southeast supermarket chain, paying homage to the family patriarch and company founder.

Heralded by the joyful voices of evening carolers, Santa's first arrival in Old Town Temecula for the Winterfest holiday season is by horse - drawn carriage.

Arrive is a luxury limo to make your grand entrance or for more of a classic entrance, a horse drawn carriage.

The Temecula Carriage Company offers special horse drawn tours through many of the local wineries....

Reservations are subject to availability of both horses and carriages.

Temecula Carriage Company offers private horse drawn carriage rides for couples, complete with an intimate vineyard sunset, a bottle of sparkling wine and a picnic basket of Carriage Company offers private horse drawn carriage rides for couples, complete with an intimate vineyard sunset, a bottle of sparkling wine and a picnic basket of carriage rides for couples, complete with an intimate vineyard sunset, a bottle of sparkling wine and a picnic basket of goodies.

Guided trail rides through Wine Country are available to explore the lush vineyards from a different vantage point, or to sample the fruit of the vine while on your adventure, consider taking a horse - driven carriage wine tasting tour that lets you sit back, relax, and enjoy the stunning beauty of the Temecula Valley.

Merida, the state capital of Yucatan, is where you can take a ride on a horse - drawn carriage and admire the gorgeous palaces and buildings lining the Paseo Montejo, the city's main avenue.

Make the portrait session complete by renting our team of horses to escort you around the Park in an antique carriage while your wedding photographs are taken *.

When the little ones are tired of walking, there are also original ways to discover cities, such as the calesas, typical horse - drawn carriages, which, in Seville let you discover the Giralda andthe Golden Tower, in the most enjoyable way.

Learn about Victorian holiday traditions during Cary's annual Heart of the Holidays festivities Dec. 2, and enjoy horse - drawn carriage rides at the Page - Walker Arts and History Center, a historic 1868 hotel, 4 - 6 p.m..

There's no more relaxing way to explore the city than from the comforts of a horse - drawn carriage.

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1700s: Horse - Drawn Baby Carriages In 1733, William Kent, a landscape architect, invented the first stroller so the third Duke of Devonshire could transport his little ones (and, more importantly, amuse them!).

For my shower I had a bakery custom make cutouts in shape of baby things like bottles and carriages and rocking horses and design and frost them with different shades of pink and white.

Or the «Christmas Festival «that will celebrate the holiday season in a turn - of - the - century fashion, complete with horse - drawn carriages, during the first weekend in December.

Five days after an unfurling umbrella spooked him into bolting across Central Park West with a buggy full of terrified Texans, Arthur the skittish carriage horse has «retired» to the country — where he's still kicking up a cloud of controversy.

Yet its donors include groups and individuals with wide - ranging business with the City of New York — including the American Federation of Teachers, developer Two Trees Management and supporters of the effort to ban horse carriages in Central Park.

Off topic questions included city enforcement efforts around Airbnb and Airbnb's hiring of de Blasio's campaign manager, why a proposed ban on carriage horses has taken far longer than initially promised by the mayor, Tim Wu's comments on the mayor's central role on defeating Wu and Zephyr Teachout in Tuesday's primary, revised statistics on NYPD chokehold incidents, charter school co-locations, the mayor's lack of a federal security clearance and resulting inability to receive classified information, school bus drivers movement toward a strike, his relationship with Police Commissioner Bill Bratton and his efforts to help elect a Democratic majority in the state senate.

Among its regulations, the new bill would ban carriage horses from Times Square and everywhere outside of Central Park.

In 2011, there have been seven carriage horse incidents investigated by the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, which regulates the -LSB-...]

The next big battle of influence peddling in City Council will be the Horse - Carriage Ban.

During the mayoral primary, «NYCLASS's political consultant Scott Levenson of the Advance Group (a lobbying and consulting firm) told two Quinn aides that if she wouldn't back a ban on the horse and carriage industry, the group would launch a campaign to bring her down.

State Sen. Tony Avella (D - Bayside) said a recent string of highly publicized accidents in Manhattan involving horse - drawn carriages demonstrates the need to ban the industry from operating in New York City.

Wasn't even getting phone calls returned from her office because the problem of tourism and NYC and the excitement of the Central Park carriage horses had put the speaker squarely on the other side.

Off topic questions the Long Island Railroad and possible strike, the City's contingency plans and role in the event of a strike, whether the petitions supporting continued operation of horse carriages, with 40,000 signatures recently delivered to City Hall affect his thinking on the topic, what the 66 donors to Campaign for One New York expect from the mayor, whether he plans to take any additional vacations this year, what initiatives Campaign for One New York will next focus on, the status of the review of the 911 system upgrade and, concerning his trip to Italy, whether he is packed, whether he's packing his own bags and what food he is most looking forward to.

Proponents of a ban on horse drawn carriages rallied on the steps of City Hall Monday.

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio vowed to act soon on two of his undelivered promises: banning carriage horses from Central Park and expanding the city's living - wage law.

The memorial service would reflect the events of November 11th 1920 when the body of an unknown British soldier was taken through the streets of London on a horse drawn gun carriage to Westminster Abbey.

But several aspects of the plan — including the use of $ 25 million in taxpayer money to turn public property into a stable for the private carriage industry, the move to curtail the pedicab industry, the loss of carriage driver jobs and the resulting shuttering the current stables on the West Side — have aroused considerable opposition from various corners, most recently from 68 owners of horse carriage medallions, who blasted their union for agreeing to the deal.

New Yorkers for Clean, Livable and Safe Streets, the animal rights group seeking to ban horse - drawn carriages from city streets, is taking aim at the more than 20 council members still mulling one of the top priorities of the mayor.

Just a weeks after some of his top staffers faced ridicule from the City Council over their apparent cluelessness about key details about his plan to regulate the horse - carriage industry, Mayor Bill de Blasio said he believed the body would surely pass the proposal.