Preservationism doesn’t “seem” like a bourgeois movement, it *IS* a bourgeois movement! 30% of Manhattan is landmarked

The future should NOT be determined by developers, but it also shouldnt be determined by a fake democratic process that continuously fucks non-incumbent tenants

Also, the segue from preservationism to “there’s no reason why good public housing can’t be built” is highly ironic given all the times preservation has been used to block public housing.

Here’s the first district landmark in NYC:

Disgusting

I also say this as someone who believes in the importance of landmarking individual historic buildings.

The district landmarking process, on the other hand, has been a complete and utter policy failure.