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#17 - Coby Lefkowitz, Backyard, Part 2: Highrise, Densification, Organic Growth & the Value of Building Beautifully

#17 - Coby Lefkowitz, Backyard, Part 2: Highrise, Densification, Organic Growth & the Value of Building Beautifully

FromThe Aesthetic City


#17 - Coby Lefkowitz, Backyard, Part 2: Highrise, Densification, Organic Growth & the Value of Building Beautifully

FromThe Aesthetic City

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Length:
66 minutes
Released:
Aug 1, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Coby Lefkowitz is an urbanist, developer and writer living in New York City. He was a real estate analyst, but left his company to co-found Backyard, a real estate startup. He studied urban and environmental planning at the University of Virginia and writes for the Metropolis column for Medium.
In this second interview with Coby we discuss the topic of highrise in various contexts, NIMBYism and densification, organic growth of cities as complex systems versus planned developments, the value of building beauty and the involvement of communities in building places they love, and much more.
Find Coby on Medium: https://cobylefko.medium.com/
Follow Coby on Twitter: https://twitter.com/cobylefko
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