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.
Archive for the ‘Cat Stories’ Category
1928: The Pedigreed Cat That Galvanized Plans for a Brooklyn Heights Promenade
Posted: 12th November 2022 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Stories, Cats in the MewsTags: A.D. Republican Club, Amy Wren, Brooklyn Heights Promenade, Cats of Old New York, Hezekiah Beers Pierrepont, Pierrepont
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1915: Jig and the Other Unknown Black Cat of Poe Cottage
Posted: 23rd October 2022 by The Hatching Cat in Cat StoriesTags: Black cat, Bronx History, Cats of Old New York, Edgar Allan Poe, John B. Valentine, Orville Guy Victor, Poe Cottage
Many historians and fans of Edgar Allan Poe are no doubt familiar with Catarina, the cat that served as Poe’s muse while he was living in his old cottage in Fordham. But I bet you’d be hard-pressed to find many people, if any at all, who know about Jig or the other black cat of Poe Cottage.
Now you can be one of the few who know this obscure feline fact.
1934: Brownie and Flora, the Dog and Cat Guardians of Brooklyn’s Pier 12
Posted: 18th October 2022 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Stories, Dog TailsTags: Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn History, Brooklyn Wharf and Warehouse Company, Joe Santanelli, Montague Street, New York Dock Company, Pierrepont
Many old stories have been told of the Brooklyn-born canine and feline mascots that went to sea (like Peggy and Tom of the USS Maine, as an example), but this tale, which takes place at Pier 12 of the New York Dock Company, is about a landlubber dog and cat who patrolled the Brooklyn waterfront.
Hatching Cat Story Wins 2022 Cat Writers’ Association Muse Medallion Award
Posted: 16th October 2022 by The Hatching Cat in Cat StoriesTags: Cat Writers' Association, CWA, Muse Medallion
I am pleased and excited to announce that one of the three stories that I entered into the Cat Writers’ Association 2022 Communications Contest has won a prestigious Muse Medallion!
1894: The Famous Boxing Cats That Headlined at NYC’s Huber’s Museum
Posted: 12th September 2022 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Stories, Cats in the MewsTags: Boxing Cats, Cats of Old New York, George H. Huber, New York City History, Thomas Edison
Forget the light bulb. Let’s talk about Thomas Edison’s short film starring Professor Henry Welton and his famous Boxing Cats! This 1894 film may very well be the first ever funny cat film ever made. (I even found out the names of the Boxing Cats…)
