New and Old #75

Friday roundup and commentary

Why Building Better Places Isn’t About Money, Coby Lefkowitz, March 10, 2022

Coby Lefkowitz is an urbanist in the New Urbanist mold, someone who cares about beautiful buildings in both ways: that buildings should be beautiful, and that we should actually build them. Some housing advocates are skeptical of people who talk about beauty or aesthetics, becau…