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The battle between developer Harry Helmsley and the residents of Tudor City in Manhattan will move to the Landmarks Preservation Commission today, when dozens of tenants are expected to testify in favor of making the complex a historic preservation district.
The commission agreed to consider the designation exactly 13 years and 242 days after tenant association President John McKean first asked it to take up the matter.
"We were just concerned what the future held," McKean said. "Mr. Helmsley bought it in 1970 from the Fred F. French Company, the original builders, and was talking about building on the parks. We like it the way it is - it's a...