What does a tiny dog named Pinky Panky Poo and the Plaza Hotel have to do with modern-day doggie day-care centers? Read on…
Posts Tagged ‘Plaza Hotel’
1907: Pinky Panky Poo and the Doggie Check Room at the Plaza Hotel
Posted: 16th May 2014 by The Hatching Cat in Dog TailsTags: Frederic Sterry, Mrs. Patrick Campbell, New York History, Pinky Panky Poo, Plaza Hotel
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1935: The Peacock That Caused a Standoff at the Plaza Hotel
Posted: 19th April 2014 by The Hatching Cat in Birds and PigeonsTags: Central Park, Chickering Hall, Coterie Club, New York History, Peacock, Plaza Funeral Home, Plaza Hotel, West 47th Street Police Station
On November 11, 1935, a blue peacock decided to make his escape from who knows where and lead numerous grown men on a four-hour chase through the streets of New York. It’s a plane! It’s a bird! It’s a peacock! Imagine walking down Fifth Avenue in Manhattan on a Monday morning and seeing a peacock […]
1908: The Lion Cub That Lived at The Plaza Hotel With Princess Lwoff-Parlaghy
Posted: 18th January 2014 by The Hatching Cat in Dog Tails, Feline MascotsTags: Animal Tales, General Daniel E. Sickles, lion cub, New York History, Plaza Hotel, Princess Lwoff-Parlaghy, The Plaza
Once upon a time – June 1908, to be exact – an eccentric pseudo-princess portrait painter named Princess Lwoff-Parlaghy came to New York City, where she lived at the Plaza Hotel with a menagerie of wild animals.
