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Staten Island: Looking ahead after 350 years
Staten Islanders celebrated the 350th anniversary of the European settlement of their borough on Aug. 23 with singing, dancing, and a big birthday cake. It was a meeting of cultures quite different from what passed between the Dutch and Native Americans in 1661. Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who cut the cake, listed chewing gum and Wu-Tang Clan as some of the gifts Staten Island has bestowed upon the world.
