On a purely personal note, this sucks:
This weekend will be the last time riders can rent horses from Claremont Riding Academy to take on Central Park's bridal path.The academy is the oldest continuously operated stable in the country but decreasing ridership and increasing development on the Upper West Side is forcing it to close.
That business has been in my mother's family for many decades. It's sad, sad news that the end has come.
UPDATE 4/24 The news that Claremont is closing is mostly a NY story, but Pravda, of all places, has picked it up too.
I'm still pretty bummed about the news. I know everything comes to an end eventually, and that 100+ years is a really great run, but that's cold comfort.
