article_snippet.sent: Photos marking the 50th anniversary of New York City's Landmarks Law look at the devastating architectural losses that led up to New York City's Landmarks Law and how New York City's Landmarks Law has helped preserve beautiful old buildings as new construction sprouts up around them.
article_snippet.sent: A new exhibition from the Museum of the City of New York the City of New York shows the former landmarks that were destroyed before they could be preserved by New York City's Landmark Law, which turns 50 on Sunday.
article_snippet.sent: The law was signed by Mayor Robert Wagner on April 19, 1965, and upheld by the Supreme Court in 1978 following a campaign led by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis to save another iconic railroad station
article_snippet.sent: The Landmarks Preservation Commission was given a mandate to preserve buildings and places of cultural, architectural and historical significance.
article_snippet.sent: Owners of properties given the designation must get permits from The Landmarks Preservation Commission before making restorations, alterations or additions, though some still say that the agency does not have the funds the agency needs to look at and preserve all worthy sites as New York City builds to ease an affordable housing crisis.
article_snippet.sent: New York City Landmarks Law has protected a large number of buildings in central and southern Manhattan, though New York City's Landmarks Law is also used to protect 19th century homes in Washington Heights (pictured) and historic places in the outer boroughs .
article_snippet.sent: Landmarking has never been about freezing New York City's Landmarks Law or making New York City's Landmarks Law into a museum, said Andrew Dolkart, exhibition co-curator and director of the historic preservation program at Columbia University.
article_snippet.sent: Both buildings are  protected by New York City's Landmarks Law's Landmarks Law .
article_snippet.sent: Former New York City Mayor Robert Wagner (center), who served from the late 1950s to the mid 60s, signed the city's Landmarks Law 50 years ago as of Sunday, April 19 .