••• “FILMography holds up movie stills (recent and vintage flicks) up to the current location.” Addictive! Above: The Dark Knight Rises. Most of it is uptown, though. I’ve begged him to wander back down here…. —Manhattan User’s Guide

••• “In contrast to flatlining vacancy rates across Manhattan as a whole, the rate for Class B commercial properties downtown fell 4.1%, aided by residential conversions and low rents.” —Crain’s

••• And yet…. “The Financial District has traditionally been home to bankers and bureaucrats, a neighborhood flush with money but lacking in cool. Now, with millions of square of feet of vacant office space potentially coming available soon there, the Bloomberg administration is trying to help remake the area’s image with a familiar tool: a contest. Companies in edgier fields such as technology or media could get prizes of up to $250,000 if they agree to move and stay in the Financial District.” —Wall Street Journal

••• There’s a blog about stylish people wearing glasses? Of course there is! It’s called Framed & Focused, and it featured Mark L. on Duane Street. (Now I have “Sharp Dressed Man” stuck in my head….)

••• I answered some questions about Tribeca for Brick Underground.

••• Gene Schafer of ARC Athletics is featured in a New York Post article [PDF] about coping with sports-related injuries.

••• “The James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act could face $38 million in federal cuts next year.” —DNAinfo

••• Pricechop for 66 Leonard penthouse. —Curbed

••• “The final public hearing on the proposed Hudson Square Rezoning will be held tonight at 6:30 p.m. at the Fire Museum at 278 Spring Street. The rezoning would allow residential development in the area bounded by West Houston, Canal Street, Sixth Avenue, and Greenwich Street, with height limits on new construction and other restrictions meant to create a mixed-use neighborhood. Opponents have so far been most concerned about the rezoning’s affect on the South Village if it isn’t landmarked.” —Curbed