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A Friendly Game of Horse
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 05/02/2007 - 3:11am.
Basketball at Durland's Riding Academy, New York. 1908. View full size. George Grantham Bain Collection. Since 1949, the Durland's building at Central Park West has been home to ABC, at 7 West 66th Street. Until 1999, the sets for "20/20" and "Good Morning America" were in the main riding ring (above).
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Question for the Durland kin
Submitted by aeblackwell on Thu, 05/14/2009 - 4:21pm.
Does anyone know who painted the foxhunt mural above the polo arena?
Durland's Riding Academy
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Thu, 05/17/2007 - 8:28pm.
Wow, this is really great to see. William Durland, owner of Durland's Riding Academy, was my great-great Uncle and it is so fun to see these pictures that I never knew about. I think that the NBA could learn a few tricks from them!
[That's interesting, and thanks. There was an article in the New York Times a few years ago about the building and the academy that might be in the archive section of the NYT web site. - Dave]
Horse basketball
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 05/02/2007 - 10:13am.
I wonder if they dribbled. The players, I mean.
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