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Hugh Hardy, Malcolm Holzman, Norman Pfeiffer, Saving Grand Central Terminal or the Future of Midtown Manhattan, JAE, Vol. 30, No. 2, Preservation and Conservation: Perspectives, Programs, Projects (Nov., 1976), pp. 16-21
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