Historic American Buildings Survey—HABS.
The destruction of old Penn Station led to the creation of New York's Landmarks Preservation Commission. Whether the commission has too much or not enough power, or lacks the restraint or will to use it wisely, are questions that have been debated ever since.
The city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission has the power to save valuable remnants of New York’s storied past. Yet it accepts the flimsiest arguments for tearing them down.
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