In the article “When historic preservations hurts cities” by Binyamin Applebaum published in the New York Times January 26, 2020, the issue questioning if the historic preservations is harming the development of cities is brought up. This article concludes without a doubt that historic preservation in different ways is indeed hurting them. Especially in regards to the environment, the article suggests that the rooftops should be allowed to be modified by the city, in order to add solar panels. The article also emphasizes on the idea of change. First of all how people are afraid of change…