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 ...

I explore how simple interactions in shared campus spaces helped me find community in a college environment that often feels ...

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 ...

Shared spaces at USC, such as the Tutor Campus Center, promote free social interaction and community-building outside of home and work. (Tai Lyn Sandhu / Daily Trojan) If you ask me, the best thing ...

On Thursday Sept. 26, the Department of Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning held its weekly Erv Zube Lecture, titled “What is a ‘Third Place’ and Why do They Matter?” in the lecture hall of ...

“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 ...

Third places foster civic engagement by encouraging informal community ties. Digital isolation and reduced in-person interaction threaten public civic hubs. Reviving third places may boost youth ...

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 ...

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 ...

I have had the privilege of raising three children in Duluth’s Lakeside neighborhood. Every winter, my children would spend hours at the Portman ice-skating rinks, frolicking between games of pick-up ...

The term, coined by a sociologist in the 1980s, refers to informal public spaces where people can linger — and some say they’re disappearing. By Ephrat Livni This article is part of Shop Talk, a ...