Third places, or Great Good places, are all the wonderful places where people gather, put aside the concerns of home and work (our first and second places), and hang out simply for the pleasures of Good company and lively conversation. -Booklist. -Parade Oldenburg believes that the powerful need in humans to associate with one anOther will inevitably lead to the revival of places where, as the theme song to Cheers, the TV show, so aptly puts it, \'everyone knows your name.\' We\'ll drink to that.
People need the third place to nourish sociability. -Newark Star-Ledger Examines gathering places and reminds us how important they are. -Roberta Gratz, New York Times Book Review Well-written, informative, and often entertaining.
Oldenburg has given us an insightful and extremely useful new lens through which to look at a familiar problem.
The Great value of this book is that Mr.
They have opened Coffee houses, bookstores, Community centers, bars, and Other establishments - proudly acknowledging their indebtedness to Ray Oldenburg\'s ideas.
In the years since its first appearance in 1989, The Great Good Place has inspired policy makers and entrepreneurs from Seattle to Singapore, Osaka to Oslo.
It explains how third places are essential to Community health and individual well-being.
Eloquent and visionary, this book offers a compelling argument for the importance of informal public and civic life.
In this book, he portrays, probes, and promotes these Great Good places: Coffee houses, cafés, bookstores, Hair salons, bars, bistros, and more, both past and present - and offers a vision for their revitalization.
Author Ray Oldenburg is renowned for coining the term third place.
Third places are the Heart of a community\'s social vitality, and have long been central to grassroots democracy.
Third places, or Great Good places, are all the wonderful places where people gather, put aside the concerns of home and work (our first and second places), and hang out simply for the pleasures of Good company and lively conversation
