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 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 on Southern Boulevard in the Bronx. […]
