Posts Tagged ‘Cats of Old New York’

Seafaring Cats of Gotham Virtual Presentation (via Untapped New York): Travel back in time to explore amazing stories of famous and memorable ship cats and naval cats of Old New York; June 30, 2020, 12-1 p.m. (ET). Registration required.

From the New York Sun, June 9, 1907: The cats of Hell’s Kitchen are tough cats. They are tough for the same reason that the cats of Fifth Avenue are genteel. It is all a question of environment.

Join me this Wednesday, June 3, at 5 p.m., for a virtual trip back in time to explore the city’s history via amazing stories about fire cats, police cats, theatrical cats, and other fabulous felines that made the news headlines in the late 1800s and early 1900s.

On May 30, 1897, The New York Times and New York Sun reported on a cat fight that took place in the Battle Row neighborhood on the west side of Manhattan. Both cats survived, but they caused quite a bit of damage to an apartment on West 60th Street.

On May 14, 1892, The New York Sun reported a cat stuck in a tree in the yard of Mrs. King’s three-story brick row house at 227 West 11th Street. The scheme devised to rescue the cat was amazing!