▲ 166 ▼ "Horse Hotel" in Berlin, Germany, 1910 (media.piefed.social) submitted 4 months ago by PugJesus@piefed.social to c/historyphotos@piefed.social 18 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch 4 points 4 months ago (6 children) I wonder what the need for this was. permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] huppakee@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago (1 child) I can't wait for the day someone posts a picture of a car park and that is the comment below it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago "Mom, what's that? It looks like a giant bunker." "That was called a parking garage, dear. Things called 'cars' used to move people and other things from place to place over long distances back before the weather made it unsafe to go outside. People needed a place to put them when they weren't using them." "What happened to the weather? Did you have a car?" [Black Mirror Title Card] permalink fedilink source parent [–] schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 4 months ago It's literally just a parking garage before cars were widespread. permalink fedilink source parent [–] kamenlady@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago (1 child) Horses obviously in need of a Hotel? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago I hope they had a horse bellhop in full uniform. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago* A combination of high demand for a place to put horses when they were a more common means of transportation than cars and high demand for real estate in densely populated areas. The best modern analog would probably be the high-rise parking garage. There might have been some other market pressures like making security easier, and consolidating logistics to make caring for the horses more efficient, but I think it's mostly about fitting as many horses onto a plot of land as possible. There are some other examples in the following article. Some of them are for modern day racehorses, which while interesting, likely don't apply to the average case of facilities like the one in the photo for this comment section. https://www.horseandhound.co.uk/features/multi-storey-stables-655274 Alternatively, maybe I'm wrong across the board and the horses just like being together because they're so NEIGHborly. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] huppakee@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago (1 child) I can't wait for the day someone posts a picture of a car park and that is the comment below it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago "Mom, what's that? It looks like a giant bunker." "That was called a parking garage, dear. Things called 'cars' used to move people and other things from place to place over long distances back before the weather made it unsafe to go outside. People needed a place to put them when they weren't using them." "What happened to the weather? Did you have a car?" [Black Mirror Title Card] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago "Mom, what's that? It looks like a giant bunker." "That was called a parking garage, dear. Things called 'cars' used to move people and other things from place to place over long distances back before the weather made it unsafe to go outside. People needed a place to put them when they weren't using them." "What happened to the weather? Did you have a car?" [Black Mirror Title Card] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 4 months ago It's literally just a parking garage before cars were widespread. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kamenlady@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago (1 child) Horses obviously in need of a Hotel? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago I hope they had a horse bellhop in full uniform. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago I hope they had a horse bellhop in full uniform. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago* A combination of high demand for a place to put horses when they were a more common means of transportation than cars and high demand for real estate in densely populated areas. The best modern analog would probably be the high-rise parking garage. There might have been some other market pressures like making security easier, and consolidating logistics to make caring for the horses more efficient, but I think it's mostly about fitting as many horses onto a plot of land as possible. There are some other examples in the following article. Some of them are for modern day racehorses, which while interesting, likely don't apply to the average case of facilities like the one in the photo for this comment section. https://www.horseandhound.co.uk/features/multi-storey-stables-655274 Alternatively, maybe I'm wrong across the board and the horses just like being together because they're so NEIGHborly. permalink fedilink source parent
