Some disturbing news for history buffs and music lovers: Tin Pan Alley, the half-dozen row houses on Manhattan’s West 28th Street that were home to publishers of some of the catchiest American tunes and lyrics — from ‘God Bless America’ and ‘Take Me Out to the Ballgame’ to ‘Give My Regards to Broadway’ — has been put up for sale for $44 million, with plans to replace them with a high-rise (good bye, George Gershwin; hello, condos). However, in New Jersey, a glimmer of hope: Though Jersey has been nicknamed “No. 1 Teardown State” by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, “[t]he overall economic situation and the sorry state of the housing market mean that fewer and fewer people are ‘throwing away perfectly good houses.'” For more on this topic, this post on our blog rounds up some fading historic Chicagoland landmarks.