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When New Yorkers won their battle to save Grand Central Terminal, they also won the U.S. Supreme Court's decision upholding the constitutionality of historic preservation laws, the \"\u003cem\u003ePenn Central\u003c\/em\u003e\" case, in 1978. This landmark ruling is the lodestar that guides campaigns, large and small, to preserve cultural heritage across all local governments in the United States. The stories in this book highlight how the law functions to decide \"what\" is historic and whether or not to \"save\" a site with claims for having cultural significance. The authors recount tales about staving off demolition and saving \"old\" houses, landscapes, churches, tribal indigenous sites, colonial mansions, art deco improvements and \"modern\" buildings. 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