The cat of the Sunshine Hotel is not a cat of Old New York. But the building where this resident mouser made his home in the 1990s, 241 Bowery, has an interesting history dating back to the 1830s with ties to much larger animals and old-time Bowery characters with names like Beefsteak John and Chick Tricker.
Posts Tagged ‘Cats of New York’
241 Bowery: The Photo-Bombing Flophouse Cat of the Sunshine Hotel
Posted: 21st October 2023 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Stories, Horse TalesTags: 241 Bowery, Cats of New York, New York and Harlem Railroad, NYC History, Sultan Divan, Sunshine Hotel, The Bowery
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1879: Fritz, Faust, and the Cat-Man Peddler of NYC’s Forsyth Street
Posted: 21st September 2019 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Men, Cat StoriesTags: Adolph Armreid, August Scheslau, Cat Men, Cats of New York, Forsyth Street, New York City History, Stephen Delancey
The night before the police had to break down the door to his room at 139 Forsysth Street and shoo about two dozen cats off his bed, 63-year-old Adolph F. Armreid said to his landlord, “I think I am going to die tonight.” A few hours after the police chased the cats away, the neighbors […]
