Winsor mccay house brooklyn

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Winsor McCay sometimes drew Little Nemo in Slumberlandat the Hotel St.

Georgein Brooklyn Heights.

The 3 storied mansion has long been abandoned so it now houses 8 families of hispanic descent.

The 3 storied mansion has long been abandoned so it now houses 8 families of hispanic descent.

The famed animator's home is now a multifamily squatters shelter.

According to Brooklyn's Sheepshead Bay news blog, the so-called “Hell house” at Voorhies Ave. (between Ocean Ave. and Shore Road) — currently inhabited by.

Winsor McCay's old house at Voorhies Avenue in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, was razed this past month to make way for condos.

The home was occupied at the time by Winsor McCay, a pioneering cartoonist who influenced Walt Disney, Moebius, William Joyce, and Maurice.

At the St. George, I used to swim in their gilded Art Deco salt-water pool with its decaying mirrored ceiling, reflecting the glories of an earlier splendiferous era. After drying off, I would enter the St. George bar to get wet again.

McCay also lived and worked at Voorhies Avenue in Sheepshead Bay.

Here it is in , with unusual architectural features. Is that an upstairs porch? If so, McCay could have worked outside, drawing in the upper level shade amid Brooklyn breezes.

Here's the fire at the Winsor McCay House earlier this week.

As seen below, it survived the fire.

Zenas Winsor McCay (c.

So much for the good news. The bad news is that, sadly, Winsor McCay's House isn't on the New York City Historic Houseslist. Why not? It should be restored (with those marvelous side porches) and made into a museum to honor McCay, one of the most influential artis