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Many of the nation’s largest trading companies were headquartered in the coffee houses, and London’s stockbrokers operated within them for over a hundred years. Only when those establishments fell into decline did the brokers finally acquire their own quarters and establish an Exchange. For many years, the insurance institution Lloyd’s of London... See more
Ray Oldenburg & Karen Christensen: third places, true citizen spaces
Japanese cafés were modeled on Parisian ones—though Paris was a place few Japanese people traveled to at the time, save the wealthy and the academic intelligentsia, who were…
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Kyle Chayka • Filterworld
Are Disused Offices the New Third Spaces?
London still has around 9% of unoccupied office space post-pandemic, an increase from the pre-pandemic rate of around 4%. With hybrid and remote models now a piece of furniture in modern work, the idea of what an office can practically be used for is up for grabs.
At the weekend, my friends at Baile ljó (a
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