Learning From New York's Historic Districts

What other cities can learn from how New York regulates its historic districts.

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March 26, 2004, 12:00 PM PST

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"Where do you like to go when you visit New York City? Greenwich Village? The Upper East Side? SoHo, Tribeca, Brooklyn Heights, maybe the South Street Seaport? As a visitor, you might not realize that all of these places are historic districts.New York City has more than 80 such areas (composed of about 20,000 buildings), all carefully regulated by its Landmarks Preservation Commission."

Thanks to Catherine Nasmith

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