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Update on O’Toole Building Lawsuit
11/20/09
In early November the Municipal Art Society and the New York Landmarks Conservancy, joined by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation, the Preservation League New York State, the Brooklyn Heights Association and the Friends of the Upper East Side Historic Districts, submitted to the court a persuasive amici curiae (Friends of the Court) brief supporting the position taken by Protect the Village Historic District in its lawsuit against the LPC's approval of the demolition of the O'Toole Building on hardship grounds.... MORE

With 2010 being the centennial year of Eero Saarinen's birth (1910–1961), Yale University is making certain that its three Saarinen-designed buildings are up to a standard that would make the architect–and class of '34 alum—proud if he were alive today.... MORE

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