••• The Museum of the City of New York has posted a massive number of old New York photos online. This one, of Pier 13 (at Cortlandt Street) in 1936, was taken by Bernice Abbott.

••• La Lumia is having a sale tomorrow (Friday) from 10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

••• The Lower Manhattan Construction Command Center has been extended through 2013.

••• Tribeca Grill‘s New Year’s Eve party includes a five-course dinner and dancing to the sounds of the Ron Sunshine Band ($185 per person). For those of us who don’t like to go out on New Year’s, the restaurant is serving an early à la carte menu.

••• Sunday’s New Amsterdam Market is the last one of the season.