tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post2047107523496086974..comments2024-03-26T04:26:04.911-07:00Comments on Lost City: Newspaper AdvocacyBrooks of Sheffieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18297071358029060908noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-7928114254240145762007-12-21T10:11:00.000-08:002007-12-21T10:11:00.000-08:00Yes, J$, I believe it is time to landmark business...Yes, J$, I believe it is time to landmark businesses. I've been advocating that for a couple years. But it's a tricky question. How do you do it? You can't force people to continue running a business if they don't want to. If the owners of Katz's want to sell and get out of the deli trade, how does government tell them no? That impinges on their personal rights, as merchants, as citizens, and amounts to coercion. I think the possible middle road is to give landmark businesses tax breaks and certain rental protections and the like—things that make it easier and more attractive for them to keep doing what they're doing. It's a knotty business; I wish someone at City Hall would start figuring out a solution.Brooks of Sheffieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18297071358029060908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-4886448795877221952007-12-21T10:01:00.000-08:002007-12-21T10:01:00.000-08:00i don't think anyone besides the developers of the...i don't think anyone besides the developers of the Penn Station Mall actually thinks Macy's is going to move.<BR/><BR/>is it time to start landmarking businesses based on factors other than just architecture? cultural significance. can we landmark Katz's?J$https://www.blogger.com/profile/07526309129182495617noreply@blogger.com