5. The Survival and Evolution of the Law Itself
Photograph from Saving Place: 50 Years of NYC Landmarks by Iwan Baan
First, Dolkart tells us, the major success is the “the survival and evolution of the law itself.” As the exhibition Saving Place: 50 Years of NYC Landmarks shows, the New York City Landmarks Law is distinctively New York, forged through bottom-up community struggle over the course of decades, the results creating an architectural coexistence of old and new, which push architects and designers to devise increasingly creative solutions to integrate new construction in landmark neighborhoods.
