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The City Beautiful movement emerged in response to the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893. The fundamental idea expounded at the fair was that the city was no longer a symbol of economic development and industrialization, but could now be seen as enhancing the aesthetic environment of its many inhabitants.

Sometimes listed as The Bard Law; the Mitchell Bill, General City Law, § 20, new subd. 25-a; General City Law, § 20, new subd. 26-a.

Sometimes listed as New York City's Landmarks Preservation Law.

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The Committee for the Preservation of Structures of Historic and Esthetic Importance was a 13 member committee appointed by Mayor Wagner in June of 1961. This study committee's objective was to work towards obtaining landmark legislation. Under the leadership of Geoffrey Platt and Harmon Goldstone, the committee wrote a one-page memo regarding the state of preservation, and they concluded that New York City needed both a law and a commission in order to effectively protect its landmarks1

• 1. Wood, Anthony C.

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Appellants: Berman and other owners of a department store in Washington, D.C.
Appellees: The National Capital Planning Commission, the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, the District of Columbia Redevelopment Land Agency.
Appellant's Claim: The government's taking of their store was unconstitutional due to violation of the Fifth Amendment.
Chief Lawyers for Appellants: James C. Toorney, Joseph H. Schneider, Albert Ginsburg.

Sometimes listed as Fort Clinton Bill.

Sometimes listed as Chicago World's Fair.

Sometimes listed as Landmarks of New York Plaque Program, Heritage of New York Plaque Program.

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The Carnegie Hall Bill is a piece of legislation put forth in early 1960 with the intention of saving Carnegie Hall from the wrecking ball. New York State Senator McNeil Mitchell sponsored the bill and helped with its passage through the state legislature1. The Carnegie Hall Bill allowed New York City to acquire the ill-fated building in order to preserve it.

• 1. Wood, Anthony C. Preserving New York: Winning the Right to Protect a City's Landmarks. New York: Routledge, 2008.