64 Bayard rising, hotel tenants protest … and more

1. Several stories built at 64 Bayard [Gowanus Lounge]
2. What “It’s a Wonderful Life” can teach us about the mortgage crisis [Newsweek]
3. Editorial: Any homeowner bailout will be unfair [Seeking Alpha]
4. Churches struggle to pay mortgages [WSJ]
5. IndyMac backdated capital [Bloomberg]
6. Hotel Riverview tenants protest [NYO]
7. Investors position themselves for 2009 [WSJ]
8. New Yorkers’ guilty pleasure: other cities’ real estate [NYO]
9. Solow establishes NYU fellowship [GlobeSt]