Celebrating The Third Place by Ray Oldenburg
Inspiring Stories about the 'Great Good Places' at the Heart of Our Communities
A passionate exploration of informal public gathering places—so-called “third places” beyond home and work—that argues these neutral, accessible settings (cafés, bars, parks, community centers and the like) are essential to social cohesion, democratic conversation and neighborhood vitality; the book identifies the common qualities of thriving third places, illustrates them with real-world examples, diagnoses how suburban development, commercial pressures and social fragmentation threaten them, and offers practical ideas for designers, planners and citizens to nurture and revive these everyday hubs of community life.
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- Published
- 2001
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- American
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- Original Language
- English
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