FIRST IMPRESSIONS: CARAVELLI’S PIZZERIA
The new restaurant from Ed McFarland (of Ed’s Lobster Bar) has opened in the World Financial Center, serving “Comfort Italian.”

IN THE NEWS
••• 7/21: FiDi biplane. Plus: The name of the Death & Co. spinoff; new CB1 member; no justice for the family of Helene Zucker Seeman; Basketball City update; Clipper City sailboat; Barnes & Noble.
••• 7/22: Matsugen. Plus: Justin Timberlake sells at a loss; Jewish boomers; post-wedding restaurant suggestions; grants for businesses in Lower Manhattan.
••• 7/24: West Thames Park field to reopen. Plus: Mini golf ménage à trois; 9/11 cross; the hot stink; East River Waterfront.

PLEASED TO MEET YOU
I’ve resolved to go to one event a week, and I’m not allowed to leave until I meet someone new. My first victim was Jason Perkal, who has an interesting hobby….

TRIBECA SALES REPORT
Five sales were reported in the past week, including a three-bedroom that went for $11.5 million.

WHAT’S UP THIS WEEK
Billy Bragg, blues festival, Denise Richards, six-word memoirs, Marc Forgione, park design, Forro in the Dark, fantasy warriors, Suzy Bogguss, and more.

VALENTINE NO. 7
They’re all wet.

SEEN & HEARD
••• 7/22: 9/11 book. Plus: Maxwell’s update; the warren on Warren; “Friends with Benefits”; peeking inside a new subway station; “Tribeca’s Premier Summer Party.”
••• 7/21: Flash mob lights up BPC. Plus: Timelapse video outside BPC; Shelby Lynne and Marianne Faithfull coming to City Winery; Tribeca Greenmarket report.
••• Congratulations again to Jim Smithers for correctly IDing last week’s Where in Tribeca…? We play every Friday at 8 a.m., if you dare go up against him.

PHOTO SAFARI: THERE’S A POT OF GOLD ON CANAL STREET
Plus: A contortionist, a trip in the wayback machine, a new supermarket greeter, and more….