Concrete Cowboy: 5 Things To Know About The Fletcher Street Stables After You Watch The Netflix Movie

The Fletcher Street Stables Have Provided Riders, And Horses A Second Chance For At Least 100 Years

Concrete Cowboy’s version of the Fletcher Street Stables provided a safe haven for Cole (Caleb McLaughlin) to get off the streets of Philadelphia and find a better life for himself while also bonding with his estranged father, Harp (Idris Elba). The real-life stables located in the Strawberry Mansion neighborhood of North Philly have been serving a similar purpose for more than 100 years now, helping riders of all ages get a new lease on life while also giving countless horses a second chance, creating an unbreakable bond and long-lasting legacy in the process.

In early 2017, more than four years before Concrete Cowboy made its Netflix debut, The Atlantic published a photo-essay by photographer Ann Sophie Lindstrom that showed the riders and horses in their shared natural environment: abandoned homes, businesses, and empty lots, which had been transformed into stables, corrals, and a sanctuary that at times seemed safe from the world outside their small slice of tranquility, adding: