More than a century before the World Trade Center was attacked on September 11, 2001, and about 25 years before the site became known as Radio Row (a small business district specializing in the sale and repair of radios), Cortlandt Street was home to numerous factories and loft buildings. And lots of stray cats. For one sassy little bull terrier who resided […]
Archive for the ‘Dog Heroes’ Category
1944: Brownie Gavan, the Canine Squire of Kingsbridge (Bronx) Who Prevented a Burglary on Godwin Terrace
Posted: 17th June 2018 by The Hatching Cat in Dog Heroes, Dog TailsTags: Bronx History, George Moller, Godwin Terrace, Joseph Godwin, King's Bridge, Kingsbridge, Macomb, Marble Hill, New York City History, Roger Gavan, Spuyten Duyvil
Happy Fathers’ Day, Dad! This story is for you. I hope you enjoy reading about the fascinating history of your childhood home. (To my regular readers: The following story is quite long, but it is a gift to my father, so I put a lot of time and content into it. I hope you get […]
1912: Jack, the Brave Newfoundland Who Made a Daring Ice Rescue on Frozen Gravesend Bay
Posted: 12th February 2018 by The Hatching Cat in Dog Heroes, Dog TailsTags: Brooklyn History, East River, Gravesend Bay, ice, New York History, Newfoundland, rescue
NBC’s Katie Couric struck a nerve with the Dutch during the Pyeonchang Olympic Opening Ceremonies by saying the reason the Netherlands is so dominant in speed skating is because “skating is an important mode of transportation” for the people of Amsterdam when the canals freeze over. There was quite a lot of backlash from the viewers, […]
1911: Buster, Topsy, and Yaller, the Police Mascots of NYC’s Lower East Side, Part 2
Posted: 11th March 2017 by The Hatching Cat in Dog Heroes, Dog MascotsTags: 105-107 Eldridge Street, Eldridge Street Police Station, Essex Market, New York History, NYPD history, Police dog mascots
In December 1911, the policemen of the old Eldridge Street police station in New York City’s Lower East Side moved into the new station house constructed for the men of the old Delancey Street station. Although the new station at the corner of Clinton and Delancey streets was more than big enough to accommodate everyone, the rival police cats, […]
1900: Major Van Buren Stephens, the Hero Dog of New York’s Chelsea
Posted: 20th October 2016 by The Hatching Cat in Dog Heroes, Dog Tails, Hartsdale Pet CemeteryTags: Chelsea Gardens, Clement C. Moore, Hartsdale Pet Cemetery, John T. Stephens, London Terrace, Myra Van Buren Stephens, New York History
In July 1900, Mrs. John T. Stephens lost the canine love of her life. Having lost her young son just two years before, the death of her dog Major was more than she could bear.
