The following story is dedicated in memory of the eight people who died in a building collapse in East Harlem, when a leak in a natural gas pipeline laid in 1887 exploded on March 10, 2014. If you’ve read Edith Wharton’s “The Age of Innocence,” you may recall her describing “the one-story saloons, the wooden […]
Posts Tagged ‘Policeman Daniel J. Fogarty’
1897: Superhero Policeman Fogarty and the Crime-Stopping Goats of East Harlem
Posted: 21st March 2014 by The Hatching Cat in Goats of New YorkTags: East Harlem, Goat Town, Goatville, Harlem Market, New York History, Old New York, Policeman Daniel J. Fogarty
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