[An image of Bettie Page sexys up a mural being painted in Jeff Koons' studio in Manhattan last night. Image via Getty]

The Way We Live Now: Fleeing the crumbling aftermath of a disaster-stricken hellscape. Having taken in the stark, hopeless, post-apocalyptic nature of their once-thriving home, citizens are getting out however they can. (Manhattanites, we mean.)

[Musician Doveman commands the microphone last night at the Mercury Lounge. Image via I am Kat.'s Flickr]

[Forbes sold their Manhattan headquarters to New York University this week. The publishing company will remain a tenant in the building for the next five years. Image via Getty]

[A 19th-century chandelier from Tavern on the Green is one of many being auctioned off later this month after the restaurant closed on New Year's Eve. Image via Getty]

[People check out the lights of Manhattan while riding the Roosevelt Island tramway this evening. Image via Getty]

Born into the Johnson & Johnson clan's billions, Casey Johnson was among the first celebutantes to decamp to Hollywood in search of 21C fame. She died alone in a crumbling Mulholland Drive mansion, her body undiscovered for days.

[Until he's elected to another office—any office—Rudy is reintroducing the bums to Times Square, starting with Brad Pitt, who was on 42nd Street yesterday taking the kids to Dave and Busters. Image via INF]

[Diners enjoy lunch in front of a mural of Central Park at Tavern on the Green today, its penultimate day of operation before it closes for good after tomorrow's New Year's Eve party. Image via Getty]

[Stranded travelers fiddle with their hand-held devices in Penn Station today when all trains out of the city were suspended for nearly three hours due to an electrical problem. Image via Getty]

[One of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's brood would rather eat a PB&J at lunch in Manhattan. Image via INF]

[Designer Narcisco Rodriguez looks on as club promoter Suzanne Bartsch, Marc Jacobs, and gym owner David Barton pose at David Barton Gym's annual toy drive. This is how they do Christmas in Chelsea. Image via Getty]

[When you're trudging through slushy intersections on the way home tonight, just remember how beautiful the fresh snowfall was on Sunday morning, captured here in the East Village. Image via Getty]

[Hugh Jackman was having a snow ball playing with his and fellow Aussie Cate Blanchett's kids along the Hudson River yesterday. Image via Bauer-Griffin]

[Ed Westwick walks the streets of Manhattan with his haul from a day of shopping, including at the Apple store. Image via INF]

Snow is coming! Snow is coming! In New York City, this is either the best or the worst thing that can happen. Let's reminisce on what the city looks like when it's buried in ice crystals.

[Robert Downey Jr, Guy Ritchie, and Jude Law are pimpin' at the after party for the Sherlock Holmes premiere in Manhattan last night. Image via Getty]

[With the help of a hand truck, 30 Rock's Jane Krakowski robbed a Manhattan store blind yesterday afternoon. Image via Bauer-Griffin]

[Manhattan's sidewalks are best used for two things: walking and smoking. Here we see both happening simultaneously. From Adrie_Mooi's Flickr]

[On the streets of Manhattan last night, Kate Hudson tried to escape her future self and Dr. Emmett Brown as they tell her she has to marry some Marty McFly person. Image via INF]