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Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel, chairperson of the Historic Landmarks Preservation Center and the author of The Landmarks of New York: An Illustrated Record of the City’s Historic Buildings, joins architect James Stewart Polshek, who designed the new entrance to the Brooklyn Museum, for a discussion of how 40 years of decisions by the Landmarks Preservation Commission have affected New York City. The Commission was created in 1965 after public protest to the destruction of the original Pennsylvania Station in 1963. But critics of the Commission argue that its protections may be too broad.

Music: Lonesome, The Alloy Orchestra: “City Awakes”