1. Michel Abboud, Lebanese-Chrisitian architect of Park51, describes his relationship to the project [NYO]
2. Though architecture critic says Park51 renderings don’t explain the building’s mission [NY Mag]
3. How the foreclosure moratorium could affect housing [AP via Chicago Breaking Business]
4. And how courts could delay the foreclosure process in the 23 states requiring judge’s approval [WSJ]
5. Meanwhile, President Obama does not support foreclosure moratorium [Inman]
6. While financial expert Janet Tavakoli labels it “the biggest fraud in the history of the capital markets” [Washington Post]
7. Goldman Sachs exec’s wild parties irk neighbors and co-op board at West Village penthouse [Post]
8. Half of Wall Street execs expect bigger bonuses in 2010: survey [Bloomberg]
9. Bomb scare follows Open House New York at historic Marble cemetery in the East Village [Curbed]
10. Spirit Halloween leases space to more Manhattan pop-up shops this year than ever before [Real Estate Weekly via Winick Daily]
11. Rockefeller University to complete $380 million renovation of research building between York Avenue and the East River [WSJ]
12. Exterminators gain popularity as bedbug invasion continues [MSNBC]