Hi, it's me, Sammy! As a formerly feral cat myself, I know how difficult it is for kitties living outside, especially during the long, cold winter months. So I was really happy that the dad and the mom got to join about 200 other cat lovers in New York City Thursday night for a really awesome event called "Architects for Animals."
Get a load of these pictures* of what they saw there! Those are shelters for the feral cats living in New York City, designed by leading architectural design firms. Is that not the coolest?
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| Shelter of empty (insulated) Friskies cat food cans, by The American Street Cat |
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| A kitty high-rise, by Francis Cauffman |
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| A modernist shelter, by M Moser Associates |
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| Shelter by Callison Barteluce Architects |
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| Shelter by Sara Silvestri, of H3 Hardy Collaboration Architecture |
Oh, and as if these tricked out, creative shelters weren't enough excitement for one night, the mom and dad also got to hang out IN PERSON with some of our blogging pals!
That's Mom and Dad in the center of the back row. They had so much fun meeting (left to right) Carine, from Texas, a cat in New York; Laura from Squeedunk; Tamar from I Have Cat; and Layla from Cat Wisdom 101!
Have a great day, everyone! :)
(* Photos of the cat shelters courtesy of I Have Cat. Thanks, Tamar!)
Cool shelters and event! I am sure the cats will lvoe their new homes. Great that you got to meet so many bloggers.
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These shelters are amazing ~ and what's more is, it's heartwarming to see how much people care about ferals and homeless cats.
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful event this must have been. xx
What a great event. That was just terrific.And what fun to meet all those bloggers. Great picture. It is so much fun to see the faces behind the blogs. Have a great week end.
ReplyDeleteI love this! The Friskies shelter is very clever but my favorite is the Modernist style for its clean, simple lines and bright colors. Art Deco would be particularly suited to cats.
ReplyDeleteWhat a pawsome event !
ReplyDeleteFun that your mom and dad meet all those bloggers live :)
My mom have meet some bloggers IRL here in Sweden and she thought is was furry funny !
What a pawsome event and how cool that your folks got to go, Sammy! The shelter designs are all so fun. Thanks for sharing the pictures!
ReplyDeletePip, Smidgen, Minnie, HOllie
That's so creative! And we are so happy people take the time and effort to help the feral kitties!
ReplyDeleteThose are super! How nice for your Mom and Dad to get to go to the exhibit and to meet other cat bloggers!!
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This looks like it was such a cool event! My human would have been there... if Los Angeles were just a LITTLE bit closer to New York!
ReplyDeleteNice shelters, and I'm glad you were able to enjoy this trip and meeting fellow bloggers!
ReplyDeleteThose are great shelters for the ferals and will help them keep warm and dry. It is exciting to be able to meet other bloggers.
ReplyDeleteThose are some really cool looking shelters. It's amazing what creative minds can come up with.
ReplyDeletePawsome for they did things for the feral !
ReplyDeleteGood on them.
and it's great to see your pawrents : )
Thanks for sharing
xoxo
That is awesome! My favorite is the modernist shelter.
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun event!! I love the kitty high-rise very much! And it must have been so much fun to meet blogging friends in person :-)
ReplyDeleteHave a wonderful weekend!
Great event and so heartwarming that people have come to together for such a necessary cause! It must have been very fun to meet fellow bloggers!
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Those shelters are cool and your mom and dad getting to hang out with blog buddies...Wow!! That was really cool. Hugs and nose kisses
ReplyDeleteThose shelters are simply amazing. I just came over from the Pet bloggers hop - nice to meet you. I followed you now so we'll be getting more acquainted.
ReplyDeleteWow, them are awesome shelters! Wish we could see the kitties use them eventually, but they'd probably be shy. Awesome getting to meet bloggers!
ReplyDeleteThose are wonderful shelters--and Tommy liked the looks of them. So cool your paw-rents got to meet other humans who love their kitties lots too! :)
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What pawsome shelters those is! And wowwzers! Is it ever nice to sees cats wes visits pawrents!
ReplyDeleteThanks for posting!
Kisses
Nellie
Oooh, that cat high rise thingy sure does looks fun!
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This is a pawsome project to provide such cool home homeless cats in NYC. And getting to go and met so many cool peeps what a trip.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great event! And those shelters are so cool! How nice that you got to meet some of our blogging friends!!
ReplyDeleteWow! That is totally terrific. I wish there could be a shelter like this for every feral kitty everywhere. It's a good start. How fun that you met other bloggers! Over the holidays the Human met Savannah's (Savannah's pawtracks) pawrents for brunch--they had a lot of fun!
ReplyDeleteThat's awesome. Love the shelters. Although I don't think Fred, my formerly feral outdoor kitty (just won't come in) probably wouldn't use any of them!
ReplyDeleteGreat picture of mom and dad and friends.
Wow ! these shelters are real creative ! Winter is a hard time, I just will bring cat food to an elderly lady who feeds stray cats. Fortunately here in my town there are not such a lot !
ReplyDeleteSome of the shelters seem more cat friendly than others.
ReplyDeleteGood to be able to meet some of the cat bloggers in person.
Those shelters look as though they will keep many cats safe and dry through the winter.
ReplyDeleteLuv Hannah and Lucy xx xx
wow, what a great event. and I love the picture!
ReplyDeleteThat was a very interesting event, wasn't it? And it's so great that our humans go to meet each other!
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How CATABULOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Love seeing everyone! I knew everyone but one person in the front! The structures were amazing and it looks like you all had such a wonderful time! Love it!
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness!! This is so cattastic and how wonderful that you got to meet some of our favorite blogging buddies!! We hope the event was extremely successful and that some great awareness about outdoor cats was shared.
ReplyDeleteLove seeing and so fun meeting you and Tracey!
ReplyDeleteThat is the niftiest thing I have ever heard!! Architecture firms designing cat shelters...and what great designs!!
ReplyDeleteHappy Sunday!
Oz
TW would've been there too if it wasn't in the evening. Sounds like a great time was had for a great cause.
ReplyDeleteThose are amazing shelters and such a wonderful idea for cats!!! Every city should be kinder to the homeless population!!
ReplyDeleteBet it was cool to meet other bloggers too :)
Purrs Tillie and Georgia,
Treasure,Tiger, JJ and Julie
We adore the work and passion that goes into these. Amazing!
ReplyDeleteVery impressive!!
ReplyDeleteThis is one time I wish we lived closer to NY! Love the unique shelters and to think they're going to be all around the city. It's so nice to know people are becoming more caring than ever. Great photo, too!
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Tom
Wow, those shelter are amazing! Aned how great they will be put to good use. It looks like everyone had a really great time as well as helping the cats. Its a win-win! Purrs s2weet frineds!
ReplyDeleteSuch a cool event!!! How great that you got to attend...and to meet some of the other bloggers!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing so many great photos of the shelters. And thanks for helping our kitty friends in need.
xo, Katie & Glogirly
It was wonderful to meet everyone, and learn more about the initiatives in NYC to help the ferals!
ReplyDeleteHi. It's Oz again. I left something special for you in my blog post today...so I hope you will run over there and check it out!
ReplyDeleteOMC! We loves those shelters! What a fun time *waving paws to you and your blogging pals* Purrs from your admiring friends over at Colehauscats.com
ReplyDeleteHi Sammy! Yes, that IS the coolest!! What a wonderful thing to do for the feral kitties! Thanks for your comment on my blog. I'll be stopping by now and then to see what you guys are up to!
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Cindy, Buster, Rudy and Sammy
Oh, dear, we thought we left a comment on this post the other day. We must be getting senile. Wait, that's Jan.
ReplyDeleteWell, we're leaving one now. Looks like you had a fun time.
What an awesome exhibition! I recently became involved with feeding a feral cat colony locally, and one of the other volunteers built them some shelters as well. It warms my heart to read that there was a whole event for that!
ReplyDeleteHow cool is that! Awesome that your Mom and Dad got to go and meet other cat bloggers!
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