This month in real estate history

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From the December issue: The city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission proposed making Greenwich Village a historic district 45 years ago this month. The commission proposed a 65-block area with about 2,000 buildings roughly bounded by 12th and 13th streets to the north, University Place on the east, Washington Square South and West Fourth Street on the south and Washington Street to the west. The move came just eight months after the city council approved the creation of the commission, founded to preserve the architecture of the city following the destruction of Pennsylvania Station. Click here for more highlights in real estate history.