landmarks

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Landmarks like the Washington Monument, Lincoln Memorial and indeed the Kennedy Center were all named after their deaths.

From Barron's • Dec. 20, 2025

In 1974, the New York Landmarks Preservation Commission designated the building as a city landmark, and in 1980, the tower was added to the National Register of Historic Places.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 8, 2025

Landmarks such as Will Rogers’ western-style Palisades home and Theater Palisades were destroyed in the flames.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2025

The city designations mean that Stonewall’s current owners can’t alter the building’s brickwork or flower boxes or signage without permission from the Landmarks commissioners.

From New York Times • Nov. 30, 2024

It fell to me to fly to Washington, D.C., to address the United States Department of the Interior Committee on National Historic Landmarks.

From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry