••• “Laudatory Sendoff for [Catherine] McVay Hughes on Last Day as CB1 Chair.” —Tribeca Trib

••• Redbook magazine editor Meredith Rollins, who lives in Tribeca but weekends in Litchfield, Conn., shares her Sunday routine with the New York Times. Speaking of Litchfield: I’ll be in Morris, Conn., all week—but still blogging!—so please do send in any tips and for those of you in this area, if there’s anything new around here we should be aware of (besides the Pine Leaf café, which I’m all over), let me know.

••• At 156 William: “Cornell University has added 55,000 square feet to 30,000 it already had for its Weill Cornell Medical College—nearly completing [the landlord’s] aim to establish the first medical office building downtown. The deal includes 41,000 square feet of offices plus 14,000 square feet of retail.” —New York Post

••• More info on the big Renzo Piano–designed condo going up at 565 Broome, overlooking the Holland Tunnel entrance. Rendering below. —New York Times