NYPL Across and Down: A Crossword Puzzle
Across
- 4. Last name of the first superintendent of the library
- 5. The Schwarzman Building was constructed on the site of the old ______.
- 8. Number of ex-Olympic athletes on the NYPL staff in 1926
- 10. Author who made his last public appearance at NYPL alongside Gunter Grass
- 12. Who you gonna call from this 1984 cult classic filmed at NYPL?
- 16. Architect responsible for converting Jefferson Market Library from a courthouse to a library
- 19. Branch library adjacent to Tappen Park and the Old Village Hall
- 20. Author whose crutches are held by NYPL
- 22. The original glum donkey is held by the Library with his friends Pooh, Tiggerm Piglet, and Kanga
- 23. On ________30, 1929, the Main Reading Room has its busiest day in history
- 24. "Rip Van Winkle" author and president of the library's Board of Trustees from 1848-1859
Down
- 1. Type of marble used to construct Schwarzman Building exterior
- 2. There's the "Song of Myself" and there's the locks of his hair at NYPL.
- 3. Edward Land developed the process for the ______ Land Camera at the Library.
- 6. Author of Heir to the Glimmering World, a book set partially at NYPL
- 7. This HBO Series starring Sarah Jessica Parker has filmed at NYPL
- 9. During WWII, _______ intelligence forces researched at the NYPL Map Division.
- 11. Branch library named after the first rector of Chelsea's Church of the Holy Communion
- 13. Donated $5.2 million to construct sixty-five branch libraries in 1901
- 14. Writer of 1493 letter held by NYPL, detailing "discovery" of New World
- 15. During the Subway Series of 2000, the southerly Lion donned a ________ baseball cap.
- 17. Barnes Avenue branch library in the Bronx
- 18. Last name of mayor who named Patience and Fortitude during the Depression
- 21. Author of The Feminine Mystique, which was written n the Library’s Frederick Lewis Allen Memorial Room