I have opinions on this (such as their utility as familiar landmarks, their associated childhood memories, and the related sense of place) but have never read anything in scientific literature about this. Of course, general literature is full of statements about this phenomenon (e.g. novels set in the grime of 20th Century England). Writing the previous sentence reminded me of the TV show 'Coronation Street' that has celebrated England's grimy factory landscape for decades. Is the hand-wringing that went on over the removal of the dam in Kejimkujik National Park of relevance? I think there is some literature on that.

Sherren:

Today’s landscape is defined by the artificial dichotomy of civilization and nature. This divide is not an actual, physical boundary, but a deeply rooted cultural construct with a lineage that can be traced through the evolution of Western culture. Intellectually dissociating the built environment from the rest of the planet has proven ecologically catastrophic. The current model of sustainability is incapable of reconnecting the two, as it does nothing to reorient the relationship between urbanization and environmentalism. A new model that recognizes the fundamentality and universality of nature, Landscape Urbanism, is beginning to emerge. Within this ethos, environmental design and technology actively seek integration with the ecological systems of the earth. Architecture therefore becomes a hybrid infrastructure that seamlessly supports both human and nonhuman needs. Accordingly, designs must operate at the scales of ecology; mapping and responding to the intricate webs of information and interaction far beyond the edges of the project site. Nature needs to be recognized not as an idyllic vision, but as an infrastructural system capable of organizing conflicting needs into an improved and unified whole. Thus allowing for intentional human participation in the complex and emergent system we understand the environment to be.

View this at:: DUYSER, Mitchell S. Hybrid Landscapes: Territories of Shared Ecological and Infrastructural Value. 2010. Tese de Doutorado. University of Cincinnati.

https://etd.ohiolink.edu/ap/10?0::NO:10:P10_ACCESSION_NUM:ucin1277139665

everyone in the UK complained when antennas appeared on homes in the 50s and 60s as they "blighted the landscape"

Then I heard complaints that only  a few remained in the 2010s

Is this phenomenon not a good example of what behavioral economists either call endowment effect or call status quo bias?  The classic reference would be:

Kahneman, D., Knetsch, J. L., & Thaler, R. H. (1991). Anomalies: The endowment effect, loss aversion, and status quo bias. The journal of economic perspectives, 193-206.