The demolition law doesn't apply to Jewish Israelis found guilty of attacks on Palestinians.
In the 1990s, the hard feelings between some residents and the College came to a head, with residents trying to have the Borough enact anti-demolition laws to block expansion and a meeting of the Washington County History and Landmarks Foundation deteriorated into a shouting match between residents and college officials.
Sirius was designed in 1978 as a social housing apartment complex, and the New South Wales Heritage Council has unanimously voted to recommend that it become protected from demolition by law.
"We ain't breaking no laws," the demolition supervisor told The New York Times, although he refused to identify himself.
Landmark laws prohibit demolition, but even if they didn't, the theater owners need larger parcels to build up-to-date playhouses.
Many buildings, including the Palacio Anchorena, built by Ms. Anchorena's mercantilist grandfather, who was prominent during Argentina's gilded age, are protected by law from demolition along streets like Alvear Avenue, a prime example of Argentina's belle epoque.
When Mr. Madrid was asked about dismantling the plant in light of its placement on the National Register of Historical Places and other historical registers, he said the law allows demolition of some historic structures if their preservation isn't economically feasible.
Arab East Jerusalem neighbourhoods have purposely not been planned, leaving the local communities to build illegally and then to suffer regular house demolitions for violating city laws.
"As far as the right to go onto the property and begin demolition... the way the law reads is 90 days from the time they are served with the court papers," said the city's relocation attorney, Stephen Chase.
Clarke's plans amount to a demolition job of publicly funded law.
