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Do Yourself a Favor and Go Find a ‘Third Place’
Oldenburg contends the most important “first place” in a community is the home. The places where we work are our “second place” since work is required and serious and “reduces the individual to a single productive role.” Our “third place” is composed of those informal, neutral, public social spaces we visit voluntarily—where “conversation is the pr
... See moreMarie K. Shanahan • Journalism, Online Comments, and the Future of Public Discourse
Those shared environments often take the form of a real-world public space, what the sociologist Ray Oldenburg famously called the “third place,” a connective environment distinct from the more insular world of home or office. The eighteenth-century English coffeehouse fertilized countless Enlightenment-era innovations;
Steven Johnson • Where Good Ideas Come From
While bars will likely remain easier places to meet someone new, the pandemic seems to have proved that diners are craving alternatives for a variety of reasons. Restaurants are becoming spaces that are more than just about feeding hungry diners. Some have transformed into spaces where people can potentially meet someone new and feel the rush of be... See more
Emma Orlow • New Yorkers Are Turning to Dinner Party-Style Restaurants to Make Friends (and Find Dates)
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, "I
... See moreMina Le • Third Places, Stanley Cup Mania, and the Epidemic of Loneliness
My guide to: The rise of "third spaces" in NYC...(no, members clubs don't count)
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