Tag Archives: third places

St.Crispin Coffee Shop has closed.

Posted on January 9, 2013 by tallandrew

Just before Christmas it was announced that the coffee shop on the St Crispin’s development, Daisy Mae’s, was to close. This was a surprise to everyone as they were very popular with residents and visitors to the development. They had … Continue reading →

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Lamenting the demise of The Great Good Place

Posted on February 13, 2012 by tallandrew

I have been blogging my way through The Great Good Place as I read it. Having finished it, I can say that Oldenburg has given a detailed overview of the third place, the reasons for the decline of such places … Continue reading →

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A world of non-places and shoeboxed people.

Posted on January 30, 2012 by tallandrew

Where once there were places, we now find nonplaces. In real places, the human being is a person. He or she is an individual, unique and possessing a character. In nonplaces, individuality disappears, In nonplaces, character is irrelevant and one … Continue reading →

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The decline of Main Street USA and the decline of community

Posted on December 16, 2011 by tallandrew

This quote, which comes in a chapter describing the Main Street in a typical US small town in the 1930s (in this case, River Park, Minnesota), sums up the uniqueness of a third place and the benefits it has to … Continue reading →

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We need more German beer gardens in the world.

Posted on December 14, 2011 by tallandrew

I’ve been reading Ray Oldenburg’s book about third places – those places that are neither home nor work but which allow individuals in a community to come alongside each other, relax and let off steam. He contends that these are … Continue reading →

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What makes a good third place?

Posted on August 2, 2011 by tallandrew

Churches should want to become a central part of the community by providing third spaces for people to go to. Ray Oldenburg, who wrote The Great Good Place, characterizes  the third space as those places in a community that are … Continue reading →

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Commuting and suburbs negatively affects civic engagement

Posted on March 8, 2011 by tallandrew

Is increased movement and suburbanization to blame for the falling rates of civic engagement, including church-going? In the USA, Robert Putnam suggests that the amount people move cannot be held responsible because ‘mobility has not increased at all over the … Continue reading →

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