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• Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: a shooting on East 169th St. and Franklin Ave. in the Bronx, an aircraft emergency at Laguardia in Queens, and a power outage on Laconia Ave. in the Bronx.
• The suit about seizing private property for another private owner in the name of public gain will move to the Supreme Court after a 3-judge panel ruled that Bruce Ratner's Atlantic Yards eminent domain actions were O.K. with them.
• Some subway graffiti suggesting who the real Cloverfield monster is.

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

Last week Racked reported that there's word of an Apple store opening in Brooklyn. The question is, which neighborhood will iNvite them in. Dumbo NYC reports that Two Trees has reached out to Apple in the past, but they "weren’t ready". If they're ready now, their options in Dumbo would include the 6600 sq.ft space at 70 Washington Street and the 6700 sq.ft space across the street at Washington and Front Street.

Last May a bunch of Brooklyn College MFA graduates exhibited their work at the War Memorial, only to have it banned by the Brooklyn Parks Department. In the process of hauling off the artwork the Parks Department deemed inappropriate, college officials managed to damange some of it. Two Trees Management (who is moving Galapagos to Dumbo) saved the day and exhibited their show at 70 Washington Street. Meanwhile, the students sued the Parks Department, the city and Brooklyn College.

+ Elisabeth Hasselbeck is annoyed at Law & Order SVU producers for having a character named "Elizabeth Hasselback" get raped and murdered on last week's show - doesn't she read the "this story is fictional and is not based on actual events or people" thing?

PARTY: Rated X returns, again. This time to a new venue, the old Misshapes HQ: Luke & Leroys. With an open vodka bar from 10 to 11pm to get your night started off right, we're assuming they still have the discounted drinks for those who de-pant.

After its eviction from a city park, the Brooklyn College MFA graduates will get to another chance to exhibit their work, this time at 70 Washington Street, thanks to Two Trees Management which manages 70 Washington Street and 110 Livingston Street. The Brooklyn Parks Department freaked out when seeing art from "Plan B" at the War Memorial and unceremoniously hauled the works away (causing some damage as well). The show will reopen on Wednesday, and you can find out more about at Plan B Prevails.

The history of New York, like the history of any real city, is one of constant building and rebuilding. For new things to rise, old things often have to go. Which is why Danny Lyon's book "The Destruction of Lower Manhattan," which chronicles the area that would become the World Trade Center, can be so moving. Shot in 1966 and published in book form in 1969, Lyon photographed nearly every building that was to be replaced by the coming Center. The book was reissued a few months ago, some images are in today's Times, and you can see the rest at the Museum of the City of New York until September 18.

There's some scintillating High Line news: The New York Times reports that Dia Art will move its galleries from Chelsea to the entrance of the High Line at Washington and Gansevoort Streets:

The city owns 820 Washington Street and is supporting Dia's proposed museum, which must go through a public review and be approved by the city. Plans call for possibly demolishing the existing structure, an old meatpacking facility now in disrepair, and building a simple two-story museum with 45,000 square feet of gallery space on two floors. Dia's proposal includes provisions to expand the Gansevoort Meat Market on the West Street side of the building, said Michael Govan, director of Dia.

Further, people will be able to enter the museum from the High Line, the very idea of which makes Gothamist ooh and aah, because it raises the possibility of a different kind of vertical city, with layers of levels, like from Metropolis or any other sci-fi movie; we're still waiting for levitating Jetsons-like space cars. The Dia wants to create a space similar to the Dia Beacon, "a series of simple, raw spaces with skylights rather than a fancy architect-designed monument." Take that, Guggenheim/Krens/Gehry! The project is contingent upon a lot of approval, but our fingers are crossed.

NY magazine called Walentas's Clocktower development the "tipping point" in DUMBO development. And here's Bluejake's DUMBO series from last fall.