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Max Podemski

Max Podemski is currently a graduate student studying urban planning at Columbia University. Previously he was the coordinator for the Pacoima Wash Initiative and served on the board of CicLAvia in Los Angeles.

#whOWNSpace

The idea was to allow for more light and air in dense, vertical areas, and to have developers give back to the city a little bit for what they were gaining by building bigger. But vague rules led to the creation of inaccessible, inhospitable spaces with little or no public benefit.
Architecture
Jessica Cronstein, Mercedes Kraus, and Max Podemski • Nov 29, 2011