A RIDE THROUGH THE PAST
Gardiner Comfort’s essay about the old manual elevators that used to be everywhere in Tribeca gave me license to ask artist Grimanesa Amorós whether I could shoot the elevator at 54 N. Moore—and it turns out there are two. The first one is here; the second is here.

STILL NOT READY FOR CHRISTMAS?
Last-minute gift ideas and places to have dinner tonight and tomorrow.

IN THE NEWS
••• 12/20: Downtown Community Center to reopen January 2. Plus: Auto-repair shop moving around the corner; framer recommendation; blackout posters; Con Edison billing for blackout periods?; Go Go Curry in FiDi.
••• 12/22: Ball fields need to be replaced. Plus: Wind blows out window at Gehry Building; honors for Atera and North End Grill; 1 West aggravation; juggling shop.

WHERE IN TRIBECA…? SPECIAL APOCALYPTIC EDITION!
In honor of the Mayan calendar hoo-ha, I’ve photographed seven “fallout shelter” signs in Tribeca. Can you name which street each one is on? (Actually, five have been guessed already but if you don’t look at the comments you can still play the game.)

REAL ESTATE SALES REPORT
Courtesy of StreetEasy, these are the properties whose sales were “recorded” by the city in the past seven days (ending 12/22/12)—the sales may have taken place earlier.

SEEN & HEARD
••• 12/21: The Butterfly has been pushed back. Plus: Updates on Citibank, the gym coming to Truffles Tribeca, and the self-improvement studio opening on Murray; no dinner at Saleya just yet.
••• 12/22: Robin Brouillette update. Plus: Bone marrow drive; delay at Live Well Company’s new outpost; Batmobile question; New Amsterdam Market.

PHOTO SAFARI!
Fun for everyone, or at least people who don’t mind random pictures with snarky captions.