Posts Tagged ‘Old New York’

1931: Toby Wendel, the French Poodle Heir With a $1 Million Dog Yard on Fifth Avenue

Posted: 27th April 2016 by The Hatching Cat in Dog Tails
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“The public clamored for news of this wealthy family—celebrated as much for its celibacy as its eccentricity—and the press obliged. Despite a fortune built on fur and real estate, the eight Wendel siblings shunned high society, ensconcing themselves in an antiquated house of mystery amid the cacophonous commerce of midtown Manhattan. There, starved of society […]

1833: Isaac Van Amburgh, The Lion King of Greenwich Village and the Bowery, Part III

Posted: 9th April 2016 by The Hatching Cat in Animal Attractions, Animal Stories
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Part 3 of a 3-part story about Isaac Van Amburgh, the Richmond Hill estate in Greenwich Village, and New York’s Zoological Institute in the Bowery

1833: The Lion King of Greenwich Village and the Richmond Hill Theatre

Posted: 3rd April 2016 by The Hatching Cat in Animal Attractions, Animal Stories
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Part 2 of a 3-part story about Isaac Van Amburgh, the Richmond Hill estate in Greenwich Village, and New York’s Zoological Institute in the Bowery

1881: Humpty Dumpty, Colonel Washington, and the Featured Felines of the Cat Congress on Broadway

Posted: 28th February 2016 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Stories, Featured Felines
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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, including the Cat Congress at the New American Museum on Broadway.

1894: The Irish Cat, the Spanish Duke, and New York Mayor Gilroy

Posted: 16th January 2016 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Stories, Feline Mascots
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Miss Bridget Cork, a dark gray Irish cat, arrived at New York City Hall on February 14, 1894.

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