In April 1944, an unnamed cat fell down the chimney of a six-story apartment building at 1973 Bryant Avenue in West Farms. For four days and nights, Rose Colgan, who lived on the first floor, listened to the poor cat cry behind a wall in her department. It took four days, but she finally decided to take action.
Posts Tagged ‘West Farms’
1944: The Chimney Cat Rescue of West Farms
Posted: 27th July 2023 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Stories, Cats in the MewsTags: Adriatic Hotel, Bryant Avenue, Cats of Old New York, Rose Colgan, Thomas Walker, West Farms
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1892: The Fox Farm House at Fox’s Corner, Where Foxes Ran in Foxhurst, Bronx
Posted: 5th December 2018 by The Hatching Cat in Animal StoriesTags: Bronx History, Charlotte Leggett, Fox's Corners, Foxhurst, Hunt Inn, New York City History, Oliver De Lancey, Richard March Hoe, West Farms, William W. Fox
“For almost a generation there was no more secluded or more beautiful section than the vicinity of “Fox Corners.”—New York Daily Tribune, February 28, 1909 (Fox Corners was in Foxhurst, Bronx) In my last post, I wrote about Swain’s performing rats and cats, which once appeared at the old Loew’s Boulevard Theatre near Fox’s Corners […]
