Turns Out There’s An Alley in New Hampshire Filled With Cat Street Art

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  Branching off of Elm St. in Manchester, the alleyway got its true name from a pioneering cotton mill manufacturer. However, it gained its more well-known nickname from someone named C.T. Durgin

  
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  While it does not say who he was, a bronze plaque at the site says that the man named the alley after seeing a battle between a pair of stray cats on the small street.

  
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  For most of its life, Cat Alley was just a mundane street that distinguished itself mainly by its small size.

  
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  Cat Alley did not become the street art gallery it is today until a local realtor took a shine to the little alley, and began a campaign to revitalize the street.

  
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  After raising some money and working with local businesses, he was able to get permission to decorate the alley in cats.

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  He then teamed up with a local artist who worked with at-risk street artists and had a number of wall murals painted across the brick, creating an urban art gallery.

  
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  He even got the aforementioned historical plaque installed.

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