A new report explains the need for a resurgence of third places in Connecticut and provides recommendations on how to create more places where people can socialize in the state. The Capitol Region ...

A concept originally coined by sociologist Ray Oldenburg, a third place is a place separate from the home, your first place, and work or school, your second place. It is where you spend time in ...

When I was a young teen growing up in Philadelphia, certain casual restaurants and gathering spots felt alive in a way that is hard to find today. They were bright, noisy, full of character—places ...

“I got completely and totally enamored with this new concept I saw in London,” writes Madeline Marcella in a Substack post titled “My guide to: The rise of ‘third spaces’ in NYC...(no, members clubs ...

Americans often divide life into two settings: home and work. But life frequently involves the third-place informal gathering spots such as diners and coffee shops, bowling alleys and barbershops, ...

The key to social well-being might lie in finding your “third place.” Here’s why these social hubs are essential for happiness in an increasingly lonely world. Between the demands of work and the ...

We were dismayed to see the vision of a social utopia illustrated across the front of a recent Ideas section: a photo of a lone white person enjoying a beverage in a hammock (“Social utopia,” Aug. 18) ...

Right and wrong. Online or offline. As humans, we tend to be binary, our brains are wired to sort, separate, and simplify. It’s no surprise, then, that we often divide our lives into two domains: Work ...