••• “Steamers Landing [right] opened on the Battery Park City esplanade between Liberty and Albany Streets more than 26 years ago, but Jan. 2, 2011 will be its last day. The restaurant will close for two weeks. When it reopens on Jan. 17, it will have a new name, a new menu and new décor. As Merchants River House, the restaurant will serve American regional food with most appetizers, salads, burgers and sandwiches priced under $10. Most entrées will cost less than $18. The menu will include pizza, rotisserie chicken, prime rib, salads, steaks and pastas. There will also be some seafood choices and a special kids’ menu with items such as mac and cheese, chicken fingers and vegetables.” (Downtown Express)

••• Downtown Express profiles holistic dentist Dr. Lewis Gross, who’s also the author of a novel, Montauk Tango.

••• Hudson Square pats itself on the back. (Curbed)

••• Inside a BPC penthouse that’s on the market. (Curbed)

••• Sex-tape drama in Battery Park City: “24-year-old Lily Shang is in the midst of a heated divorce from investment banker David Rucker, and it looks like things could even hotter. Shang has filed a motion asking a judge to stop Rucker from releasing sex tapes the couple made in their swank Battery Park City apartment.” If the BPC ice rink hadn’t closed, maybe these people would have had other ways to fill their time. (Gothamist)

••• DNAinfo profiles Tribeca historian Oliver E. Allen.