Landmark status could stop mosque near ground zero
By debris in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.. After an initial public hearing on the building in 1989, no action was taken and it was added to a growing backlog of buildings that remain under consideration for landmark status, de Bourbon said. The commission said it would hold another public hearing early this summer. A vote on the landmark status of the building will determine whether the Muslim groups can decide on their own to tear it down or will have to seek the commission's approval to alter the existing structure.. A community board in the neighborhood where the proposed Cordoba House would be located was expected to vote Tuesday on whether to support the plan. The vote, while not necessary for the building's owners to move forward with the project, is seen as key to obtaining residents' support for the project.