TRIBECA PEDIATRICS AS EMPIRE
The Times has a big story on the evolution of Tribeca Pediatrics from the storefront practice opened on Harrison Street in 1994 to the empire it is now, with Michel Cohen operating 48 offices in the city and beyond. It explores the reasons he scaled — since his three practices were barely breaking even and because he wanted to serve more patients — and how he did it — partly by hiring a particularly savvy bartender from the Yaffa Cafe. From The Times: “Dr. Cohen said the push to expand was partly to meet a need for more primary care pediatrics in New York. But it was also a business strategy. ‘We knew that without having heft, we would not be able to survive as a small private practice’ in the city, he said.”

A REFLECTION ON EARLY 1900S TRIBECA
The Tribeca Trib republished an oral history collected nearly 30 years ago from Marie Millar, who was born in 1906 at 435 Washington and who last lived at 49 Beach and wait there’s more — her mother was born at 27 Desbrosses, “a building that her grandmother, an immigrant from Ireland, moved to as a young bride.”

A GUT TOWNHOUSE RENO ON READE STREET
Vogue Australia features the gut reno of 144 Reade by designer Amy Kalikow for a family with three daughters. It’s now a four-bedroom, six-bathroom, 6000-square foot home that is “modern, clean and approachable, with pops of colour.” “‘Originally, the house was developed as a very cold, almost hospital-like home with commercial finishes,’ Kalikow says of the previous townhouse. With two outdoor spaces to play with, the home also features a home gym and basement office.”

LIGHTING UPGRADE FOR ONE WORLD TRADE
Yimby reports that Gov. Kathy Hochul has announced significant energy-efficient lighting upgrades for One World Trade Center, replacing 6,500 fluorescent light fixtures with LEDs. From Yimby: “The $3 million initiative is estimated to save approximately $64,000 annually and reduce the building’s carbon emissions by around 130 metric tons each year.”