why third spaces are sacred

mapping the demise and re-desire of third spaces. exploring the importance they play in battling loneliness and nurturing scenes

alexi gunner

That said: “Cities, while they’re good for economic opportunity, are not good for community. I have felt, at times, especially during my first two years in NY, tremendous bouts of loneliness. It was really hard for me to meet people. In order to go hang out with friends tonight, I have to take a 40-minute subway ride. It’s bizarre how you can walk... See more

Anthony Pompliano • Writing for Leverage, Teenage Billionaires, The Problem with Mainstream Media, and More - David Perell on Off the Chain, Hosted By Anthony Pompliano • Podcast Notes

Don’t Sit at Home Mourning the Loss of Britain’s Nightclubs – Go Out and Rave

Dan Hancox theguardian.com

First of all, we need to remember that we produce culture merely by existing in it . The people who are in the photos and dancing to the music are just as important as the people making them;

MØRNING • Q̾u̾i̾c̾k̾ ̾F̾i̾r̾e̾: Creation Anxiety

“Community is not something you have, like pizza. Now is it something you can buy. It's a living organism based on a web of interdependencies- which is to say, a local economy. It expresses itself physically as connectedness, as buildings actively relating to each other, and to whatever public space exists, be it the street, or the courthouse or... See more

The Geography of Nowhere Quotes by James Howard Kunstler

outside of their dwellings, many people are currently inhabiting the smaller pockets of space in and around their neighbourhoods: local parks, even just copses or patches of grass or playgrounds; the street corners (talking at a safe distance) of diverse, scaled-well high streets, that can actually speak to and articulate the local communities they... See more

Medium • 11: Post-traumatic urbanism and radical indigenism

Why are airports full of Hugo Boss stores and Mont Blanc pens? Spacefiller.What about a short-form Barry’s/1Rebel (where you can rent some kit). Yoga or meditation. What about that ‘stretch’ concept where they Theragun you? Maybe the best Kidzania ever.Feels like cryotherapy or an oxygen chamber would be a winning prelude to 9 hours of fake air.... See more

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Have you heard about the new Soho House Mews?

(It's strategic genius).

The Times just published a peek inside Soho Mews, Soho House's new ultra-exclusive London outpost.

And I'm impressed by the vision.

This is a masterclass in brand strategy.

What struck me immediately:

- Elevated experience (silver cutlery, 50-day aged meats)

- Invite-only for select... See more

n Hannah Black’s essay for Artforum, “Go Outside,” she describes the possibilities illuminated by 2020’s riots, emphasizing a return to social life and public space. A riot, she writes, is “just something that can happen when a lot of people are outside in the same place.” She continues: “By providing new uses for public space—by uprooting street

Lupita Limón Corrales • There Are Trees in the Future, Or, a Case for Staying

There are indeed few places for teenagers to hang out outside of the home. Skate parks are being turned into pickleball courts with “no loitering” signs, malls are shuttering and you can no longer spend $1 on a McChicken to justify hanging out in the McDonald’s dining area for hours. But as the Atlantic piece explains, the dwindling of places to be... See more