Extra, Extra

- Marc Ecko (right) wins his suit against the city - a judge rules the city violated the First Amendment in revoking the graf party permit! Whodathunkit? But the city is going to appeal, so who knows what'll happen on Wednesday.
- The New Yorker looks at how the ghost of Sex and the City lingers on in the West Village... might Jimmy Choo or Manolo Blahnik consider opening up a Bleecker Street store? [via Kottke]
- New York magazine essentially commissions new $1800 Tod's bag to tempt its readers, reminding Gothamist that we're apparently not a part of their demographic
- Curtis Sliwa testifies against Junior Gotti and garners sympathy from New Yorkers in his once-every-decade quota
- Roger Ebert calls Martin Scorsese's adaptation of The Age Innocence, which was shot mostly in New York City (hey, it's the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens!), a great movie
- Wine from Queens? Next year will be the first vintage
- There were five murders in five separate shooting incidents during a ten hour period this weekend
- Indiewire's The Reeler says there will be a screening of videos and discussion with directors Anton Corbijn, Mark Romanek, Jonathan Glazer and Stephane Sednaoui and Michel Gondry at the Film Society of Lincoln Center - clear September 13!
- And the Metropolitan Museum of Art will be open on Labor Day - send your parents/ friends/ out-of-town visitors there when you need a break! Or go yourself, as you've been putting it off all summer! [Thanks, Newyorkology]