Landmarks stand for the long history we have in a place and with each other. They are physical representations of our meaningful connections in life. Such bonding spaces run the gamut from a local diner where folks drop by for fresh food and gossip to patriotic places like the Gettysburg battlefield or the Statue of Liberty . D.C. Beauty typically boosts the status of a landmark, making it a source of community pride. You're talking about buildings or places that are important to communities for emotional, aesthetic and historic reasons.
Landmarks are places people fight for.
Indeed, landmarks are deceptively complex, wielding considerable influence over us. And, as development spirals outward, new markers are constantly created, affecting both how we operate in the environment and how we feel about being there. For a while, landmarks went into eclipse. It's partly a reaction to a half century of great expansion, rapid change in technology and amazing change in mobility. Against this bland backdrop, markers began to emphasize our long-running love affair with mobility.