Oh, these are colorful times down in the financial district! Reader JGNY snapped this photo yesterday, and it's up to you whether you want to see it a sign that the tanking economy is rapidly returning New York to a 1970s 'Drop Dead' state of mind. But since the Charging Bull got blue balls yesterday, we're hoping another reader can spot something else for the wacky trifecta. Surely there are some photos of traders drinking Woolite out there. more ›

It's official. Today the Landmarks Preservation Commission voted to designate DUMBO a historic district, pending City Council approval. more ›

MOVIE: Audrey Hepburn, a doll filled with heroin, Alan Arkin and the West Village in the 60s. What more could you ask for? Come check out Wait Until Dark tonight, but don't wait until dark to get there - the lawn fills up fast! more ›

5 to 9pm // Museum of the City of New York [1220 5th Ave at 103rd St] // Free more ›

On Thursday, a second dog was shocked downtown, the day after a Boston terrier apparently died from an electrocution on Rector Street. A dog walker who had been walking three dogs on John Street noticed the dachshund was shocked after leaning on scaffolding. The dog walker was able to revive the dog by giving it CPR, at the suggestion of someone who worked in a nearby building. more ›

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The big real estate news of the day is that the Duke Semans Mansion, across the street from the Metropolitan Museum of Art and on the market for $50 million, was sold for $40 million (a 20% savings!), and but bigger human interest angle news is that the buyer is a Russian immigrant who used to drive a cab! Tamir Sapir has the most incredible American Dream story ever - or at least this week. From the NY Times:

After three years as a cabdriver, he opened an electronics store at 200 Fifth Avenue near Madison Square Park where he often sold products to visiting Russian diplomats. His relationship with one customer, a Soviet oil minister, he said, enabled him to begin selling fertilizer, and eventually, oil contracts, in Europe. more ›

Today's the day for Beaujolais. As we learned last year, Beaujolais Nouveau is a "light bodied, fruity, easy-to-drink red wine made from the Gamay grape" and it comes out every year on the third Thursday of November -- which is today, conveniently. Many, many wine shops are offering tastings. Visit LocalWineEvents.com to find a tasting in your neck of the woods tonight, this weekend, or sometime next week. more ›

Police are looking at surveillance tape, hoping to catch the taxi's medallion number. Gothamist has gotten into the habit of memorizing medallion numbers of cabs we take, because we worry that we have left our cell phone or bag behind. It might be a good rule of thumb to write the medallion number down, or program it into your cellphone, because you never know. more ›

The Times had an article about the Corbin Building, at 11 John Street, being preserved and maybe even incorporated into the MTA's plans for a new Fulton Street Transit Center. MTA Chairman Peter S. Kalikow said, "Our new transit center and downtown's historic architecture are both important to the future success of Lower Manhattan." more ›