Celebrating the Third Place: Inspiring Stories About the Great Good Places at the Heart of Our Communities
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Celebrating the Third Place: Inspiring Stories About the Great Good Places at the Heart of Our Communities
The Great Good Place: Cafes, Coffee Shops, Bookstores, Bars, Hair Salons, and Other Hangouts at the Heart of a Community
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Third place
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Ray Oldenberg introduced the idea of the third place in his 1989 book, "The Great Good Place". He writes that, "Third places thrive best in locales where community life is casual, where walking takes people to more destinations than cars, and where there's an interesting diversity of people in the neighborhood." He says, "In these habitats,
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The term, which was coined by the sociologist Ray Oldenburg in the 1980s, essentially refers to a physical location other than work or home where there’s little to no financial barrier to entry and where conversation is the primary activity. The historical examples that Oldenburg cites in his book The Great Good Place include French cafés, German... See more
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introducing "the fourth place" & why "third places" have fallen short on their promise
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