1. Fifth-floor duplex at 960 Fifth Avenue goes into contract for $22 million [NYO]
2. Early morning fire on East Broadway in Chinatown leaves three families homeless [NY1]
3. Sewage odor causes evacuation of diplomats at United Nations building [My Fox NY]
4. Blueprints and design completed for visitors center at Louis Armstrong museum in Queens [NYT]
5. Renderings unveiled for two new residential towers in Downtown Brooklyn [Brooklyn Eagle]
6. Developer Two Trees Management wins $15 million in stimulus funds for Williamsburg Hotel [Crain’s]
7. Archives of Gwathmey Siegel & Associates Architects donated to Yale library [NYT]
8. Kimchi Taco Truck set to launch in January [Midtown Lunch]
9. Dozens of companies expanded and increased office space in 2010 [NYO]
10. Residents say they want to keep planned Park51 Islamic community center near Ground Zero [DNAinfo] and [Post]
11. Advice on how to tip your building staff [NYT]
12. Two Park Avenue co-ops go into contract at unexpectedly low prices [WSJ]
13. Hudson Station, new high-end sports bar, to open at 440 Ninth Avenue [NYO]