“We don’t mind a stray cat, or a dog either. If a stray dog finds a friend in the temple, we’ve brought the kingdom of God just so much nearer.” — Presbyterian Labor Temple, 1912 The above notice appeared in the weekly calendar of the Presbyterian Labor Temple, located on the corner of Second Avenue […]
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1912: The Presbyterian Labor Temple for Cats and Dogs on Fourteenth Street
Posted: 27th October 2018 by The Hatching Cat in Animal Stories, Cat Stories, Dog TailsTags: 242 East 14th Street, New York City History, Presbyterian Labor Temple, Rev. Charles Stelzle
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1862: The Canaries That Sang at 315 Bowery, Long Before it Was the Legendary CBGBs
Posted: 19th July 2018 by The Hatching Cat in Animal Stories, Birds and PigeonsTags: 315 Bowery, Bird Fanciers, CBGB, John Varvatos, Joseph Graham, New York City History, Nicholas Romaine, William F. Messenger
“This ain’t no party, this ain’t no disco This ain’t no fooling around This ain’t no Mudd Club, or CBGB I ain’t got time for that now”–Life During Wartime, Talking Heads In its heyday during the 1970s, the famous grungy dive bar at 315 Bowery called CBGB was like a second home to bikers, junkies, prostitutes, and inebriates (the bar […]
1910: A Cat, A Bulldog, and a Lobster Walk into a Harlem Restaurant…
Posted: 18th March 2018 by The Hatching Cat in Animal Stories, Cat StoriesTags: 125th Street, Apollo Theater, Hannah Lawrence, Harlem, Jacob Schieffelin, Manhattanville, New York History, Nieuw Haarlem
This quirky lobster tale of Old New York begins on a Sunday night in May 1910 when Gus, a brindle bulldog, walked into Fay’s restaurant at 255 West 125th Street in Harlem around 7 p.m. and sat down for dinner with his master. Gus was reportedly well behaved, so he was allowed to sit with his […]
1914 and 1930: The New York City Cats and Goats That Butchered the Butcher Shop on James Street
Posted: 31st August 2017 by The Hatching Cat in Animal Stories, Cat StoriesTags: Cat Stories, Ignatz Sethmeier, James Street, Lower East Side, New York City History, Oak Street Police Station, Old New York
Prelude to the 1914 Cat Attack In the early morning hours of November 4, 1911, a bomb went off in front of a butcher shop and coffee saloon on the northwest corner of James Street and Oak Street in New York City’s Lower East Side. The explosion could be heard two blocks away at the […]
1906: Lions, and Tigers and Cats and Dogs, Oh My! The Menagerie at 42 Bleecker Street, Part 2
Posted: 23rd April 2017 by The Hatching Cat in Animal StoriesTags: 42 Bleecker Street, Bishop Potter, Fred Sauter, New York History, Old New York, St. Barnabas Home, Subway Tavern
In the first part of this Old New York menagerie tale, we met taxidermist Fred Sauter Jr., a well-known New York City taxidermist who did a thriving business stuffing deer, bears, lions, birds, monkeys, and even pet dogs and cats in his large warehouse at 42 Bleecker Street. In Part 2, we’ll explore the history […]
