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Subscribe to Nebula and get $20 off at: https://go.nebula.tv/citybeautifulWatch this video ad-free on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/citybeautiful-how-nimbys-weaponize-historic-districts---Watch Cynical Historian's video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zl_ATg8DQEYSpecial thanks to Michael Andersen of Sightline Institute---I'm on Patreon! Consider supporting: https://www.patreon.com/citybeautiful---Marking a building as historic can make a lot of sense, but it gets more complicated when cities try to mark an entire district as historic. And sometimes historic districts can be created not for the preservation of history, but for the preservation of demographics and property values.---Resources on this topic:https://ny.curbed.com/2017/11/7/16616314/old-penn-station-history-photos-mckimhttps://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE|A657632786&sid=googleScholar&v=2.1&it=r&linkaccess=fulltext&issn=20955405&p=AONE&sw=w&casa_token=5lTiVQ8KLvEAAAAA:49cftuHVTJj8eVgbE-5B89FvVgnbLov4zIK_liwQRZz2XyxPLPDbvmAH4GHtG2YJRDV0F4WuU3I0c03IOwhttps://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2022/03/22/citing-sb9-concerns-palo-alto-moves-to-expand-historic-registryhttps://www.cityofpasadena.net/city-manager/news/pasadena-cements-landmark-district-exemptions-from-sb-9/https://www.sightline.org/2021/10/19/bogus-historic-districts-the-new-exclusionary-zoning/https://www.historiclaurelhurst.com/single-post/2017/05/25/will-historic-district-stop-demolitionshttps://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/a5115d_73e49eab474446a499bdb23200be2f88.pdf---Produced by Dave Amos and the fine folks at Nebula Studios.Written by Dave Amos and Hannah WoolseySelect images and video from Getty Images.Black Lives Matter.Trans rights. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices