••• “A record 15 names were added yesterday to the NYPD memorial in Battery Park City. […] Thirteen of those honored died of illnesses stemming from their rescue and recovery work at Ground Zero.” —New York Post

••• “Shortage of Downtown Kindergarten Seats Called ‘Bleak’ in Latest Projections.” —Tribeca Trib

••• “The South Street Seaport Museum needs to move the Peking, a German four-masted barque built in 1911. It was supposed to have been towed back to its native country this fall, but a deal to send it to a museum in Hamburg has suddenly fallen apart.” —Wall Street Journal

••• “Julia Crowe—BPC Resident, Virtuoso Guitarist and Author—Spent Nine years Interviewing Big-Time Strummers about Getting Strung Along.” Translation: She has a new book called My First Guitar. —The Broadsheet (update link here)

••• You know what FiDi needs? Another fast-food option. “Roti Mediterranean Grill [is] planning to open at Maiden Lane & Pearl St. in January of 2013. There are already locations in Chicago and Washington D.C., and guess what? It’s a build-your-own lunch model involving pita, laffa, salad or rice with various meats, vegetables and sauce options a few pre-configured options. This isn’t too surprising since the chain was started by a former Chipotle chairman.” —Downtown Lunch

••• The New York Post‘s Steve Cuozzo argues that FiDi is a great place to live (“The area’s proliferating [food] choices range from huge new 55 Fulton Market to supermarkets to scores of gourmet shops”), but mostly he just seems against rent control.

••• “Tribeca’s Marble House Now Asking Only $15.75 Million.” —Curbed