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There’s a pale beer stain on the back cover of The Invisible Man, and inside, the margins are mobbed with pencil marks. It’s so dense you can barely see the paper behind it—there are dozens of different people’s marginalia jostling for space here. I flip through the book; it’s jam-packed. Some of the notes are about the text, but more are directed
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Nowhere to Go: The Loss of Third Places
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To meet our friends do we really need to consume and spend money? Or could we just use our public buildings in our neighborhood
Candela • 3 cards
When the quality of outdoor areas is good, optional activities occur with increasing frequency. Furthermore, as levels of optional activity rise, the number of social activities usually increases substantially.
Jan Gehl • Life Between Buildings: Using Public Space
To be able to move about easily and confidently, to be able to linger in cities and residential areas, to be able to take pleasure in spaces, buildings, and city life, and to be able to meet and get together with other people – informally or in more organized fashion – these are fundamental to good cities and good building projects today, as in the
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Third Places
Sophia De Vito • 2 cards