“This ain’t no party, this ain’t no disco This ain’t no fooling around This ain’t no Mudd Club, or CBGB I ain’t got time for that now”–Life During Wartime, Talking Heads In its heyday during the 1970s, the famous grungy dive bar at 315 Bowery called CBGB was like a second home to bikers, junkies, prostitutes, and inebriates (the bar […]
Posts Tagged ‘New York City History’
1885: Black Jack, the Police Hound Pardoned at Concordia Hall on Lower East Side
Posted: 2nd July 2018 by The Hatching Cat in Dog TailsTags: Concordia Hall, John H. McCullagh, Kleindeutschland, New York City History, Old New York, Sozialistischer Frauenbund
In a recent post, I wrote about Mrs. Arthur Murray Dodge, an anti-feminist who cared deeply for children and stray cats, but who strongly opposed the women’s suffragist movement. This following animal tale of Old New York features a woman named Miss Block, a German feminist whom I’m certain was strongly in favor of giving women the right to vote. […]
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 […]
1904: Roxy, the Long Island Railroad Mascot Dog With an Unlimited Commuter Train Pass
Posted: 20th May 2018 by The Hatching Cat in Dog Mascots, Dog TailsTags: Long Island Railroad Dog, New York City History, Railroad branch Y.M.C.A., Ralph Peters, Roxie, Roxy
One day in April 1911, Roxy (aka Roxie) the Long Island Railroad (LIRR) dog got on the wrong train at Manhattan’s Penn Station and ended up in Philadelphia. For 10 years, Roxy had never made such a mistake while riding the trains across Long Island. Roxy’s hundreds of fans were no doubt surprised to read […]
