Celebrating the Third Place
Inspiring Stories About the Great Good Places at the Heart of Our Communities
By Ray Oldenburg | Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
About the book
Nationwide, more and more entrepreneurs are committing themselves to creating and running \"third places,\" also known as \"great good places.\" In his landmark work, The Great Good Place, Ray Oldenburg identified, portrayed, and promoted those third places. Now, more than ten years after the original publication of that book, the time has come to celebrate the many third places that dot the American landscape and foster civic life. With 20 black-and-white photographs, Celebrating the Third Place brings together fifteen firsthand accounts by proprietors of third places, as well as appreciations by fans who have made spending time at these hangouts a regular part of their lives. Among the establishments profiled are a shopping center in Seattle, a three-hundred-year-old tavern in Washington, D.C., a garden shop in Amherst, Massachusetts, a coffeehouse in Raleigh, North Carolina, a bookstore in Traverse City, Michigan, and a restaurant in San Francisco.
Editions of Celebrating the Third Place
- Paperback
- ISBN 9781569246122
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Nationwide, more and more entrepreneurs are committing themselves to creating and running \"third places,\" also known as \"great good places.\" In his landmark work, The Great Good Place, Ray Oldenburg identified, portrayed, and promoted those third places. Now, more than ten years after the original publication of that book, the time has come to celebrate the many third places that dot the American landscape and foster civic life. With 20 black-and-white photographs, Celebrating the Third Place brings together fifteen firsthand accounts by proprietors of third places, as well as appreciations by fans who have made spending time at these hangouts a regular part of their lives. Among the establishments profiled are a shopping center in Seattle, a three-hundred-year-old tavern in Washington, D.C., a garden shop in Amherst, Massachusetts, a coffeehouse in Raleigh, North Carolina, a bookstore in Traverse City, Michigan, and a restaurant in San Francisco.
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What is Celebrating the Third Place about?
Nationwide, more and more entrepreneurs are committing themselves to creating and running \"third places,\" also known as \"great good places.\" In his landmark work, The Great Good Place, Ray Oldenburg identified, portrayed, and promoted those third places. Now, more than ten years after the original publication of that book, the time has come to celebrate the many third places that dot the American landscape and foster civic life. With 20 black-and-white photographs, Celebrating the Third Place brings together fifteen firsthand accounts by proprietors of third places, as well as appreciations by fans who have made spending time at these hangouts a regular part of their lives. Among the establishments profiled are a shopping center in Seattle, a three-hundred-year-old tavern in Washington, D.C., a garden shop in Amherst, Massachusetts, a coffeehouse in Raleigh, North Carolina, a bookstore in Traverse City, Michigan, and a restaurant in San Francisco.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Celebrating the Third Place?
Society and Social Sciences > Sociology and anthropology > Sociology > Social theory
Where can I read a sample of Celebrating the Third Place?
You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9781569246122
Who is/are the Author/s of the book Celebrating the Third Place?
Ray Oldenburg
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
Celebrating the Third Place is available as paperback(ISBN 9781569246122)
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