Preservationists are outraged over the Municipal Art Society's decision to award the coveted Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Medal to megadevelopers Bruce Ratner and Maryanne Gilmartin, of Forest City Ratner. An email from the Historic Districts Council reads, in part: "Conflating the company's record of bulldozing neighborhoods with Mrs. Onassis's pivotal role in preserving New York City's Landmarks Law is something H.D.C. feels should not go unnoticed." [Capital; previously]
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