Despite its tough-sounding name, Brutalism has proved to be a pushover for wrecking crews.

Over a decade of whirlwind development, the Landmarks Preservation Commission has repeatedly played dance partner to a potent mix of preservationists, developers and city politicians.

Part of the 90-year-old studio of sculptor and Whitney Museum of American Art founder Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney is being restored.

In a strategy that is wearyingly familiar to preservationists, property owners rush to obtain demolition permits so their structures won’t receive protection from the city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission.

Since the summer, the exposed galleria of the new World Trade Center has offered luminous views and a life-size preview of the area’s future transportation hub.

Planning for the five-year, nearly $2 billion renovation of the United Nations headquarters included deciding which parts of the 39-story building’s art and architecture were worth preserving.

Examining 101st Street between First and Second Avenues in East Harlem, where the scene has changed completely over the past 30 years.

Norman Foster, the eminent British architect, has been selected for a major renovation of the New York Public Library’s landmark 1911 main building.

Charles B. J. Snyder designed 400 public schools in the city, yet is virtually unknown. A transplant to New York is writing a book on his legacy.

The striated band of roadway, trees and people called Ocean Parkway both reflects Brooklyn and divides it with a thick green line.