Celebrating the Third Place
These accounts show how cafés, bookstores, gyms, and markets foster conversation and civic life, while exposing the limits of inclusion and preservation.
20 parts, about 23 minutes to read.
At a glance
- Author
- Ray Oldenburg
- Parts
- 20 parts
- Reading time
- about 23 minutes
- The whole book
- Also to read in full
What the summary covers
- Introduction: Beyond Home and Work1 min
- Annie's Gift and Garden Shop2 min
- The Third Place Coffeehouse1 min
- Crossroads1 min
- Horizon Books1 min
- Old St. George1 min
- Square One Restaurant1 min
- El Taco Nazo1 min
- Tunnicliff's Tavern1 min
- Miami Passport Photo Shop1 min
- Good Neighbor Coffeehouse1 min
- Joe's Cozy Corner and Galatoire's1 min
- Civilization1 min
- The Great Good Gym1 min
- The Neutral Ground Coffee House2 min
- The Sharpest Irony1 min
- The Blue Moon Tavern1 min
- Plank's Café1 min
- Maxwell Street2 min
- The Coffee Beanery1 min
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