Two days after the pet kitten of Charles Neal Leigh and his wife Mollie Carpenter disappeared from their apartment on Lexington Avenue, Charles placed an ad in the newspaper. His intention was to offer a $5 reward for the cat’s safe return…
An Old New York cat tale set in the historic Kips Bay neighborhood. with some loose ties to Old Spice cologne and Poland Spring Water…
Here is the fun tale of Mike, the female Williamsburg Post Office cat. Not only was Mike misnamed, she was “missent.” If there had been an Internet back then, this story would have surely gone viral.
When director Edwin Middleton needed dozens of cats for the comedic moving picture “A Corner in Cats,” he turned to the streets of Flushing and the Bide-a-Wee home for animals in Manhattan.
This fun tale features cats, a film studio in Flushing, Queens, and an old mansion in College Point with secret tunnels that may have been a stop on the Underground Railroad.
When Cheechee disappeared from the Central Court Cigar Store at the corner of Schermerhorn and Smith Streets just a few weeks before Christmas in 1949, everyone in the neighborhood lost some of their holiday cheer. Kids from one to 92 would not have a merry Christmas until Santa brought her back safely.
A few human engineers have tried to take credit for conceiving the Brooklyn Heights Promenade. But it was a pampered pet cat that first got the ball rolling for the clever and successful concept. Yes, a cat.
