[Seconds after this look from Anna Wintour, the camera's lens shattered and a million bits of glass littered the floor of Per Se, where Ms. Wintour attended an event for the movie Nine. Image via INF]

[Suspected Tiger Woods mistress (or madam) Rachel Uchitel tries to avoid the paparazzi on the streets of Manhattan today. Image via Getty]

[A shot of the Manhattan sky from W 59th Street, where today's rainstorm upset a flock of pigeons. Image via Getty]

[Cate Blanchett dashes by a taxi while running to meet a friend at a NoHo restaurant in Manhattan yesterday. Image via Bauer-Griffin]

[It may have been June when these ladies were jumping for joy on the Chelsea Piers, but the weather looks familiar. Image via Kharied's Flickr]

[This elf, found on 88th Street and Second Ave, may not be murdered. He might have just taken one too many of Santa's little helpers. Image by Jillian Babcock]

[Someone takes shelter in what must be one of Manhattan's last remaining phone booths. Image via Sondergaard's Flickr]

[An extreme detail of a wall on Avenue A becomes a piece of art all on its own. Image via 24Gotham's Flickr]

OK, we get it—Sienna Miller walks her dog. Does that mean you have to take her picture doing it every god damn day? No! And this isn't the only snap we see ad infinitum. Make it stop!

When the young dreamers out there conjure images of Manhattan they think of beauty, art, fashion, socialites, the skyline, and all-around general fabulousness. Well, most New Yorkers don't get that on a daily basis, but this video has them all.

In February, we noted the sad decline of the once-posh, boutique-strewn neighborhood of NoLIta, where Gawker HQ is located. We sent the interns back to the streets and have a new report: more sales, more closing, and only some redemption.

[A glimpse of a whirling propeller and lower Manhattan from the DIRECTV blimp last night. Image via Getty]

New York City at dawn via Mudpig's Flickr via Animal NY

This is technically called a "horizonless projection in Manhattan" but it's basically a crazy bendy map of everything from 34th street down. Cool. [Here&There. Click to enlarge]

Fancy real estate in Manhattan is taking a Cynthia Swann dive right now, with huge listings slashing millions of their asking prices. Here are five that are worth $49 million less than before.

How has the economic downturn affected a cozy-chic downtown Manhattan neighborhood? We surveyed the retail territory around Gawker HQ in NoLIta. What'd we find out there? Lots of closed stores and a lot of sales.

Window washers cleaning the glass skin of a skyscraper on 56th Street in Midtown Manhattan just had a terrifying scare. The cable slipped and left their basket at an angle of 45 degrees—and hundreds of feet from the ground.

Greg Lindsay comes across as an uptight guy. But that doesn't stop him from appearing on television again and again. Indeed, he's the poster boy for go-getters who try on every form of media until they find one that fits best. The former WWD gossip columnist and author of a book about sleeping in airports landed a "memorable" appearance on Martha Stewart's TV show earlier this year. And last night, he was a contestant on Jeopardy! The secret to his publicity, he advised a youngster long ago, is to remember "it's all about the brand called you." And how! Click to watch the clip of Lindsay's, um, uphill battle. And we'll let former Deadspinner Will Leitch finish the story of watching the show with Greg himself:

Real World: Brooklyn cast spotted at the very Manhattan location Cafeteria, presumably eating $12 Green Eggs and Ham. Sadly, no details about inane conversations or outfits that identify characters by color.

Orthodox Jews-previously thought unknown above 42nd Street in Manhattan-are massing on the Upper West Side, reports The New York Times. And they've come to breed! But despite their somber suits, long skirts and aversion to motor-power on the Sabbath, these young singles are as a hip and unbearable as any Yuppie on that overpriced island. "Although dating is a major preoccupation of the vast number of single twenty- and thirtysomethings, it's hard to think of a group that so completely chooses to live in a neighborhood based on dating opportunities as the city's young Orthodox Jews. And the Upper West Side, an increasingly Orthodox enclave, has over the past four decades emerged as courting central for modern Orthodox singles from across the country and around the world."