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Across
  1. 3. Last year, a hot-dog-style cart in the Meatpacking District gave away 4,000 what
  2. 6. The ______ Canal was completed in 1825
  3. 10. the predominantly Irish-American Democratic club known as _______ Hall became the city’s most powerful political machine
  4. 12. opened to the public in 1859, and was the first landscaped public park in the United States
  5. 13. saw the first formal Rockefeller Center Tree Lighting Ceremony. The 50 foot tree was decked with 700 lights in front of the eight-month-old RCA Building (year)
  6. 15. Macy's is the world's second largest consumer of ______
  7. 16. What extremely well-known New York artistic institution is directed by Alan Gilbert
  8. 17. The ____________ on Broadway was one of the first theaters on Broadway; it opened in the 1730s in lower Manhattan
  9. 19. In 1664, the British seized New Amsterdam from the _____ and gave it a new name: New York City
  10. 21. Other than Rudy Giuliani, John Lindsay is the only New York City mayor of the past 50 years to attempt to become what
Down
  1. 1. In 1837, construction began on the ____ Aqueduct, which provided clean water for the city’s growing population
  2. 2. In 1886, New Yorker Steve Brodie became famous when he supposedly jumped off what and survived (2 words)
  3. 4. What very popular stage musical is set in New York City, but based on a Shakespeare play (3 words)
  4. 5. The Empire state building foundation is ______ feet below ground and the lobby is 47 feet above sea level (2 words)
  5. 7. after the British Parliament passed the _______ Act in 1765, New Yorkers closed their businesses in protest and burned the royal governor in effigy
  6. 8. The Statue of Liberty measures 305 feet 1 inch from the ground to the tip of the flame, and is as tall as a ____ story building (2 words)
  7. 9. Some New Yorkers keep the females as pets, but it’s illegal to keep the males because of noise
  8. 11. In 1895, residents of ________, the Bronx, Staten Island and Brooklyn–all independent cities at that time–voted to “consolidate” with Manhattan to form a five-borough “Greater New York.”
  9. 14. The ______ bridge is made mostly of dark reinforced steel and concrete, and not, as its name might indicate, light-colored rock
  10. 18. What’s the only Brooklyn neighborhood that shares its name with a Disney movie
  11. 20. New York played a particularly significant role in the _____ economy during the 19th century.