There was much ado on Christmas Eve in the home of Mrs. Brewer, at 43 East 21st Street, and no trouble was spared in decking the towering Christmas tree with lots of candles and candies for her little dog,
A short but sweet Christmas story, with a detailed history of Love Lane and Rose Hill Farm, in what is now the Rose Hill neighborhood, just north of Gramercy Park and west of Kips Bay.
It’s time to celebrate some holiday-time hero cats who saved the lives of their humans and kittens in emergency situations.
Here are just a few stories of hero cats from Brooklyn and New York newspapers published from 1904 to 1932.
“The barking of two dogs, answering each other on the wind and sleet swept East River saved the lives of more than 80 men, women and children asleep in the cabins of a line of 40 coal barges, torn from their moorings, at the foot of East 96th Street.”–New York Daily News, December 27, 1926
Lately, the news has been filled with stories about supply chain issues, shortages, and high gas prices. But what would life be like today if we depended on horses to help deliver our Christmas mail and Amazon packages?
Or what if a drastic gasoline ration forced Americans to resort to horse-drawn vehicles?
Even worse, could you imagine calling for car service to take you to the hospital just as you’re about to give birth during a snow storm–and getting a horse-drawn sled instead?
Here are just a few horse tales of Old New York that all have one theme in common: When the going got tough in New York, the tough got going (with horses, that is).
