There is much interest among cultural economists in assessing the effects of heritage preservation policies. There has been less interest in modeling the policy choices made in historic and cultural landmark preservation. This paper builds an economic model of a landmark designation that...

How TDRs work -- Comparing TDRs to other preservation solutions -- The economics of TDRs -- Purchase of development rights -- Density transfer charges -- TDRs and the planning connection -- The seven steps of TDR planning -- Designing sending areas -- Designing receiving areas -- Legal issues --...