A few years ago, I wrote about a mixed-breed dog who made herself at home at the excavation site of the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT) Joralemon-Street Tunnel under the East River. The men christened the dog Subway Nellie, in order to make sure no one confused her with all the other dogs named Nellie […]
Posts Tagged ‘New York History’
1904: Subway Nellie, the Irish Setter Mascot of the Station at Bleecker and Elm Streets
Posted: 5th November 2018 by The Hatching Cat in Dog Mascots, Dog TailsTags: 166 Crosby Street, 634 Broadway, Anthony Lispenard Bleecker, Bleecker Street, New York History
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1922: The Daily News Asks: Does New York City Have Too Many Dogs?
Posted: 25th August 2018 by The Hatching Cat in Dog TailsTags: Daily News, Francis Bayard Winthrop, Joseph W. Gavan, New York History, Nicholas Stilwell, Tudor City, Turtle Bay
Since my last two posts were about too many cats, I thought it appropriate to be fair and balanced by following up with a story about the history of the Daily News and too many dogs. Years ago, the New York Daily News had a daily feature called “The Inquiring Photographer,” in which citizens suggested questions […]
1934: Pretzels, the Gotham Goat That Graced the Bock Beer Posters
Posted: 31st March 2018 by The Hatching Cat in Animal Attractions, Goats of New YorkTags: Bock Beer, goat beauty pageant, Gotham, New York History, Pretzels the goat
The Big Apple, the City That Never Sleeps, the City of Dreams. The city so nice, they named it twice has its share of nicknames. One of my favorites is perhaps its most obscure nickname: Gotham. Gotham is reportedly tied to Washington Irving, author of “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” and “Rip Van Winkle.” Irving […]
