In 1904, an East Village man was charged with disorderly conduct for serving catnip powder to cats, causing them to become intoxicated in public.
Archive for June, 2019
1904: The Great Catnip Caper on Avenue B in New York City’s East Village
Posted: 26th June 2019 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Men, Cat StoriesTags: Avenue B, East Village, Edward Pierce Mulrooney, Joseph Weiss, Magistrate Alfred Ommen, New York City History, Union Market police station
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1902-1908: The Chevalier and His Clowder of Cats on Carnegie Hill, Part 2
Posted: 18th June 2019 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Men, Cat StoriesTags: Andrew Carnegie, Carnege Hill, Chevalier de Bassini, New York History, Resolved Waldron, Vera de Bassini
The Chevalier rescued cats from the streets of Carnegie Hill, fed them, bathed them, sang arias to them, and named them after heroes and heroines from famous operas. Part 2 of a Cat Man of Old New York tale.
1902-1908: The Chevalier and His Clowder of Cats on Carnegie Hill, Part I
Posted: 14th June 2019 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Men, Cat StoriesTags: Carnegie Hill, cats in history, Chevalier de Bassini, crazy cat man, New York City History
Alberto Gaston de Bassini, aka the Chevalier, was a man who truly loved and cared about cats. He fed them, bathed them, and sang to them, and named them after heroes and heroines from famous operas.
1901: The Tramp Cats That Took Over A Bronx Tenement on St. Ann’s Avenue
Posted: 2nd June 2019 by The Hatching Cat in Cat StoriesTags: Bronx History, Crazy Cat Lady, Gouverneur Morris, Morrisania, New York City History, St. Ann's Avenue
In January 1901, the janitress for the tenement at 141 Saint Ann’s Avenue in the Bronx opened her heart and door to many cats seeking food and shelter.
