••• Gothamist looks at the brouhaha around Cathie Black’s recent birth-control joke, while DNAinfo reports that Black called CB1 chair Julie Menin to apologize. The only problem with that joke was that it wasn’t funny. As for the Sophie’s Choice allusion, that too is tired and trite (nothing can compare to having to choose saving one child’s life over another’s), but even so, let’s try to keep an eye on the big picture, folks.

••• The barber to the bigwigs at Goldman Sachs has no place for his shop to be while the Embassy Suites gets upgraded to a Conrad, so Goldman is bringing him in-house for a while. If you don’t work for Goldman, you’re SOL. (New York Times)

••• “For many moons, the biggest controversy surrounding the nondescript new condo building at 50 Franklin Street was whether or not the building should be marketing itself as being located in Tribeca. (See the most recent chatter on the building’s StreetEasy thread.) But based on the new look of 50 Franklin’s website, we’re guessing somebody has a bigger gripe. Revenge is a dish best served on the Internet!” Click that second link for the full effect; I’m posting it here before it’s removed. I noticed it last week but figured it was just the wrong URL or something…. Whoops. Update: It has indeed been removed. To clarify, the image above is what you saw if you went to 50 Franklin’s site.  (Curbed)

••• “The Beacon City School District has sold the former high school, also known as Beacon Studios, to New York City gallery owner Ethan Cohen. William Zopf, president of the school board, said that the sale took place Jan. 7 at a price of $1.2 million. Cohen said in a phone interview Friday that he and his partner, Zhu Ceng, plan to call the building the MOCA Beacon Art Community, with MOCA standing for museum of contemporary art. Their vision involves a combination of commercial, residential and nonprofit uses, including an extension of his New York City gallery, an internationally themed museum for contemporary art, and rental spaces for artists.” (Poughkeepsie Journal)

••• The New York Times reviewed the recent jazz shows organized by Jason Moran at 92YTribeca.

••• “Downtown’s baby boom isn’t just overcrowding the local elementary schools—it’s also flooding the neighborhood sports leagues. As more and more children apply for the nonprofit, parent-run leagues, organizers are struggling to find enough field space to accommodate everyone, a problem that is expected to worsen this year.” (DNAinfo)