Ka cika wannan magana: A yawancin lokaci, ba a tallafa wa aikin kiyaye mahalli sosai ba har Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu. Tsarin gine-gine irin su City Hall Post Office da Courthouse, Madison Square Presbyterian Church (1906), da kuma
An rushe Madison Square Garden (1890) idan sun fadi daga ƙaunar gine-gine. Wasu, kamar su St. John's Chapel, an lalata su duk da goyon baya don adanawa. A cikin shekarun 1950, akwai goyon baya mai girma don adana gine-ginen gine-gine. Misali, wani bincike na 1954 ya gano kimanin gine-gine ɗari biyu da za a iya kiyaye su. A lokaci guda, tsofaffin gine-gine, musamman waɗanda aka gina kafin Yaƙin Duniya na ɗaya, ana ganin su a matsayin cikas ga ci gaba. Rushewar tashar Pennsylvania tsakanin 1963 da 1966, duk da yaduwar zanga-zangar, an ambaci shi a matsayin mai haɓaka don motsi na kiyaye gine-gine a Amurka, musamman a Birnin New York.