New York City’s Landmarks Law and the Rescission Process
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Decisions over whether to accord a New York City building or site landmark status are frequently controversial.2 Such decisions implicate divergent and often diametrically opposed views of the role the city’s government should play in economic development and in protecting cultural sites, as well as the role the democratic process should play in these decisions. Different views on the aesthetic or historical value of proposed sites often lead to protracted and often highly visible disputes waged in the press, in the political arena, and in the courts.
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