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April 17, 2015

Exhibition highlights NYC Landmarks Law

  • The law was passed in 1965 after demolition of the old Beaux Arts-style Pennsylvania Station to make way for Madison Square Garden.
  • NEW YORK (AP) — To mark the 50th anniversary of New York City's Landmarks Law, a new exhibition looks at the architectural losses that led up to the law and how it has helped shape neighborhoods today that blend both the old and new.

    “Saving Place,” at the Museum of the City of New York, highlights what is widely seen as a watershed moment in the city's preservation movement, the 1963 demolition of the old Beaux Arts-style Pennsylvania Station to make way for Madison Square Garden.


     
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