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page A18 IMPROVING THE LANDMARKS PROCESS A State Supreme Court judge concluded last month that the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission habitually acted in a manner that was "arbitrary and capricious".

Suzanne Halpin, a spokeswoman for Rudin Management, said that "throughout the Landmarks process, the Rudin family listened and worked very hard to respond to the needs of the commission and the community and all the stakeholders involved with the St . Vincents project".

Some Chicagoans have problems with the landmark process, which many compare to freezing buildings in time.

Photographs and narrative summaries of recent designations are found under "Landmarking Process".

Many owners object to the landmark process because it can place restrictions on their alteration of the property.

In its lawsuit, Citizens Emergency assailed what it describes as the chairman's "absolute power" over the landmark process.

Moving as slowly as it does — and nearly always without public hearings — the landmarking process is routinely outflanked by developers.

That was his interpretation, although demolition requires separate city approval, and in any case, before the sale closed, the landmark process was already under way.

There was also uncertainty over how some of its members would vote, given the homeowners' lack of consent for the landmark process.

But at a meeting last week of the Council subcommittee that oversees the landmark process, debate veered from the neighborhood's historical merits to property rights and the power of the state.

Echoing many real estate executives, Ms. Sackman says that the out-of-control landmark process has turned areas like the Upper West Side into virtual museums, and stifled a vital industry in the process.