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Sometimes listed as Grand Central Station, Grand Central.

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The Mayor's Billboard Advertising Commission was formed to investigate and report on the growing problem of billboards in New York City.

Key Dates in Preservation Activity

December 24, 1912 - Mayor Gaynor appoints the Billboard Advertising Commission
August 1, 1913 - Report of the Mayor's Billboard Advertising Commission of the City of New York is published

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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.

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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.