Help! Murder! Murder! The loud cries for help pierced the early morning stillness in Madison Square Park, nearly startling Policeman Betts out of his shoes as he walked his beat near the Hoffman House Hotel on Broadway and 25th Street.
Posts Tagged ‘Madison Square Park’
1900: The Parrot Who Cried Murder in Madison Square Park
Posted: 15th February 2015 by The Hatching Cat in Birds and PigeonsTags: 23rd Precinct, Madison Square Park, New York History, Tenderloin District
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1912: When New York’s First Public Christmas Tree Was Delivered by Horses
Posted: 6th December 2013 by The Hatching Cat in Birds and Pigeons, Horse TalesTags: Christmas tree, Emilie D. Lee Herreshoff, Gwent Male Glee Singers, Madison Square Park, New York History, Tree of Light
I previously wrote about four reindeer on display at the iconic Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center, which made its debut in 1931. Although the Rockefeller Center tree in New York always gets all of the media’s attention, the “Tree of Light” at Madison Square Park was in fact America’s first community Christmas tree. This tree […]
