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Avg. Customer Rating:(based on 1 reviews) Sales Rank: 405377 Category: Book
Publisher:Da Capo Press Studio:Da Capo Press Manufacturer:Da Capo Press Label:Da Capo Press Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published) Media: Paperback Number Of Items: 1 Pages: 336 Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5 Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 6 x 0.7
Product Description After a long day at work or a lazy afternoon at home, many of us seek solace and distraction in a place where the magical combination of comfort, familiarity, and good company transform an ordinary hangout into our special "third place." In his landmark work, The Great Good Place, Ray Oldenburg identified, portrayed, and promoted those third places. Now the time has come to celebrate the many third places that dot the American landscape and foster civic life. Celebrating the Third Place brings together nineteen firsthand accounts by proprietors of third places, as well as appreciations by fans who have made spending time at these establishments a regular part of their lives. The scope of places profiled?from an historic tavern in Washington, D.C., and a garden shop in Massachusetts to a coffeehouse in North Carolina and a bookstore in Michigan?make Celebrating the Third Place a must-read for everyone who has or wants a third place they can call their own.
Customer Reviews:
Inspirational, Refreshing, ... May 26, 2008 1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book contains so many highly inspirational stories which reflects on the fact that Modern day societies no longer provide ample "breathing" space for "socialising". It shows how and where people really and truly like to interact and how "knowledge" is being shared (freely) without fear of any kind. From a business sense, if we can capitalise on some of these "Third Places", we might even established a profitable venture! Steven Lim (RSTN) - Singapore.
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