••• I assume by now you’ve seen New York Magazine‘s instant-classic cover, shot by Iwan Baan.

••• “Many of the soaked towers that poke into the downtown Manhattan sky have dried out. Their lights blink. Their elevators run. The heat is on. But a far starker and more problematic future persists for scores of commercial and residential buildings that hover near the water’s edge, especially those that dot the financial district. Their mechanical and electrical systems destroyed by millions of gallons of water from swollen rivers, they remain weeks or months away from being able to reopen and invite their tenants back.” —The New York Times, on what Curbed has been reporting building-by-building in real-time

••• “Before residents can return to the evacuated buildings of Zone A, the DOB must inspect each property to make sure it’s safe for occupancy. While some buildings have gotten green stickers and have only some cleanup to do before people can move back in, others received ‘Unsafe’ or ‘Restricted Use’ placards, indicating a need for repairs and further inspection and delaying residents’ returns. There’s no official list of these buildings, so we’ve compiled a map with intel sourced from the Curbed tipline and Twitter.” —Curbed

••• “Most students are getting back to school today for the first time since Hurricane Sandy hit last week.” —DNAinfo

••• “Manhattan’s Community Board 1 held an emergency meeting on Sunday to assess the damage wrought by Hurricane Sandy.” —DNAinfo

••• “The main floor of the National September 11 Memorial Museum at the World Trade Center is flooded with at least five feet of water. The extent of the damage is not clear.” —New York Times

••• “Two Lower Manhattan polling places have changed as a result of Hurricane Sandy. Residents who would ordinarily vote at St. Maragaret’s House (49 Fulton Street) will now vote at Southbridge Towers (66 Frankfort Street), and those who would have voted at Bard High School (525 East Houston Street), will now vote at P.S. 188 (422 East Houston Street) Additionally, residents of Gateway Plaza may find that their polling place has changed, not as a result of Hurricane Sandy, but because of administrative changes since the last election. […] Poll sites can be located HERE.” —Broadsheet

••• “The recent sale of the “1,650 sq ft” Manhattan loft #4B at 142 Duane Street certainly looks from the outside like a bidding war, as it went into contract above the $1.895mm asking price within a relatively short time (30 days), but one wonders about the violence in this “war”, as it closed at a mere $5,000 premium to the ask.” —Manhattan Loft Guy