East Village

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Across
  1. 2. Last name of English noble actor who performed at the Astor Place Theater during the Astor Place riots
  2. 3. Sculptor who created big black cube in Union Square known as “The Alamo”
  3. 4. Last name of prominent 18th-century merchant, landowner, and politician who bought much of James Delancey’s land after the Revolutionary War. Later, a popular New York City street was named after him
  4. 6. Andy Warhol’s longtime agent who was with Andy the day he met Basquiat
  5. 8. American pop star & cultural icon who dated Basquiat during her rise to fame
  6. 10. Last name of American blue-collar actor who performed at the Broadway Theater during the Astor Place riots
  7. 11. Last name of architect of the Silver Towers, where New York City’s hidden Picasso’s “Bust of Sylvette” statue stands
  8. 16. Wealthy landowner who made his first fortune trading beaver furs before becoming the richest slumlord in New York City
  9. 17. World-renowned Spanish artist responsible for the giant “Bust of Sylvette” sculpture on NYU’s student campus
  10. 20. Artist/sculptor who helped Picasso design and erect the “Bust of Sylvette”
  11. 21. New York city side street where Basquiat once lived
  12. 27. Illinois statesman who delivered the famous Cooper Union Address, launching his successful bid for the presidency
  13. 30. Paris Museum whose giant glass pyramid was designed by I.M. Pei
  14. 32. Philanthropist who created a tuition-free, discrimination-free science and art university
  15. 33. Person who Picasso’s outdoor sculpture was modeled after
  16. 35. World War I era pub owner who served turkey dinners to soldiers going off to war
Down
  1. 1. Fashion designer who now owns the space where CBGB’s once stood
  2. 5. Last name of most famous African American painter to have ever lived. Died at age 27 in his flat on Great Jones St
  3. 7. Tuition and discrimination-free Science & Art University founded in the 19th century by Peter Cooper
  4. 9. Leader of iconic American punk band, who 2nd Street is now named after
  5. 12. Last name of U.S. President whose presidential library was designed by I.M. Pei
  6. 13. Main East Side thoroughfare whose Dutch name meant “plantation”
  7. 14. Town plaza named after John Jacob Astor
  8. 15. Last name of poet who wrote “I was sitting in McSorley’s”
  9. 18. NYU student housing complex where the “Bust of Sylvette” is located
  10. 19. Main thoroughfare in NYC, whose original name Dutch name was “Brede Weg”
  11. 22. New York City Police Commissioner, Governor, and later U.S. President who frequented McSorley’s
  12. 23. Owner of the most famous punk rock club in the world
  13. 24. Dutch-era name of New York before the takeover of the British
  14. 25. Original Dutch name of main NYC thoroughfare that meant “Broad Way”
  15. 26. Musician who gave CBGB’s farewell address
  16. 28. Most famous punk rock club in the world
  17. 29. Leader of band who played their first gig at CBGB’s in 1989. Later joined the 27 Club alongside Basquiat, Jimi Hendrix, and Janis Joplin
  18. 31. Prominent landowner and Loyalist during the American Revolution, whose land was confiscated and resold after the war
  19. 34. Oldest continuously running bar in New York City, frequented by prominent political figures such as Teddy Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln