Happy Holidays everyone! I just received some great mews from my publisher, Rutgers University Press. My new book, The Cat Men of Gotham: Tales of Feline Friendships in Old New York, is now available for pre-ordering. The book is not scheduled for release until May, but if you order early, you’ll save $6 on the […]
Posts Tagged ‘New York City History’
Happy Mew Year! The Cat Men of Gotham Now Available for Pre-Ordering at 30% Discount
Posted: 24th December 2018 by The Hatching Cat in UncategorizedTags: Cat Men, Cat Stories, cats in history, New York City History, Rutgers University Press
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1916: The Christmas Kittens and Movie Cats of New York’s Empire Poultry Palace Show
Posted: 22nd December 2018 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Stories, Featured FelinesTags: Animals in history, Elizabeth Kingston, Empire Poultry, Grand Central Palace, New York City History
Although the first National Cat Show at Madison Square Garden II in May 1895 is often cited as the first cat show in America, there were actually quite a few cat shows in New York City and other American cities before this “official cat show” took place at the Garden. During the late 1800s, New York […]
1892: The Fox Farm House at Fox’s Corner, Where Foxes Ran in Foxhurst, Bronx
Posted: 5th December 2018 by The Hatching Cat in Animal StoriesTags: Bronx History, Charlotte Leggett, Fox's Corners, Foxhurst, Hunt Inn, New York City History, Oliver De Lancey, Richard March Hoe, West Farms, William W. Fox
“For almost a generation there was no more secluded or more beautiful section than the vicinity of “Fox Corners.”—New York Daily Tribune, February 28, 1909 (Fox Corners was in Foxhurst, Bronx) In my last post, I wrote about Swain’s performing rats and cats, which once appeared at the old Loew’s Boulevard Theatre near Fox’s Corners […]
1912: The Presbyterian Labor Temple for Cats and Dogs on Fourteenth Street
Posted: 27th October 2018 by The Hatching Cat in Animal Stories, Cat Stories, Dog TailsTags: 242 East 14th Street, New York City History, Presbyterian Labor Temple, Rev. Charles Stelzle
“We don’t mind a stray cat, or a dog either. If a stray dog finds a friend in the temple, we’ve brought the kingdom of God just so much nearer.” — Presbyterian Labor Temple, 1912 The above notice appeared in the weekly calendar of the Presbyterian Labor Temple, located on the corner of Second Avenue […]
Coming Soon! The Cat Men of Gotham
Posted: 4th October 2018 by The Hatching Cat in Cat StoriesTags: Cats of Old New York, New York City History, Old New York, The Cat Men of Gotham
As many of my readers know, I am currently working on a compilation of cat stories for my upcoming book, The Cat Men of Gotham: Tales of Feline Friendships in Old New York. The book features 42 stories in nine cat-lives chapters. In addition to some favorite stories from my Hatching Cat blog, there are […]
