Across
- 3. Sculptor who created big black cube in Union Square known as “The Alamo”
- 6. Wealthy landowner who made his first fortune trading beaver furs before becoming the richest slumlord in New York City
- 11. Town plaza named after John Jacob Astor
- 13. Tuition and discrimination-free Science & Art University founded in the 19th century by Peter Cooper
- 14. Last name of most famous African American painter to have ever lived. Died at age 27 in his flat on Great Jones St
- 15. Main thoroughfare in NYC, whose original Dutch name was “Brede Weg”
- 17. Original Dutch name of main NYC thoroughfare that meant “Broad Way”
- 19. New York city side street where Basquiat once lived
- 20. American pop star & cultural icon who dated Basquiat during her rise to fame
- 21. Most famous punk rock club in the world
Down
- 1. Paris Museum whose giant glass pyramid was designed by I.M. Pei
- 2. Fashion designer who now owns the space where CBGB’s once stood
- 4. Oldest continuously running bar in New York City, frequented by prominent political figures such as Teddy Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln
- 5. Dutch-era name of New York before the takeover of the British
- 7. Leader of iconic American punk band, who 2nd Street is now named after
- 8. NYU student housing complex where the “Bust of Sylvette” is located
- 9. World-renowned Spanish artist responsible for the giant “Bust of Sylvette” sculpture on NYU’s student campus
- 10. Main East Side thoroughfare whose Dutch name meant “plantation”
- 12. Owner of the most famous punk rock club in the world
- 14. 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
- 16. Last name of architect of the Silver Towers, where New York City’s hidden Picasso’s “Bust of Sylvette” statue stands
- 18. Last name of poet who wrote “I was sitting in McSorley’s”