Panel rules old store not a historic landmark
(NEWSER) - New York’s Landmarks Preservation Commission paved the way for the “Ground Zero mosque” today, voting 9-0 that the building not be landmarked, and clearing the way for the structure to be torn down to make way for the mosque. The 152-year-old building, which once housed a Burlington Coat Factory store, was not a protected landmark. Protesters heckled the commission after the vote, the New York Post reports. More»
