{"id":851,"date":"2015-09-13T00:15:23","date_gmt":"2015-09-13T00:15:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.just4letters.com\/pi\/?p=851"},"modified":"2015-09-13T00:18:02","modified_gmt":"2015-09-13T00:18:02","slug":"thoughts-on-third-places-debbie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.just4letters.com\/pi\/?p=851","title":{"rendered":"Thoughts on &#8220;Third Places&#8221; &#8211; Debbie"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>For our Public Interfaces class, we read the article\u00a0<i>Our Vanishing &#8220;Third Places\u201d<\/i>\u00a0by Ray Oldenburg. \u00a0He explains that home is our first place, work is our second place, and third places are an escape from both. \u00a0He describes them as \u201cinformal public gathering places\u201d where people can \u201cgather easily, inexpensively, regularly, and pleasurably\u201d close to home.<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div>As interaction designers, it is second nature to think about the user needs of a community. \u00a0Knowing the benefits of these types of places for both newcomers and the existing residents on social well-being and psychological health, it seems that in addition to supporting community clinics and services, there should be more attention placed on creating an environment that encourages entrepreneurs to create\/bring back these kinds of places. \u00a0Mr. Oldenburg mentions that almost a fifth of the population changes residence every year. \u00a0This seems to me like a great opportunity for an enterprising person.<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div>Cultures in which third places exist are ones that believe these places are just &#8220;as essential as home and work\u201d. \u00a0The increased demand for the services of \u201chelping professions\u201d in the United States as these places disappeared suggests that we need these places just as much.<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div>The author shares an encouraging anecdote about a town that widened the width of a sidewalk and added back parking on the block. \u00a0This wider sidewalk made it possible for the coffee shop to add outdoor seating which resulted in more people frequenting the area. \u00a0With increased foot traffic, a man started selling newspapers on the corner. \u00a0One small change really made a big difference and transformed a coffee shop into a &#8220;third place&#8221;. \u00a0The key is that these places are local, &#8220;within walking distance of the people they serve&#8221;.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For our Public Interfaces class, we read the article\u00a0Our Vanishing &#8220;Third Places\u201d\u00a0by Ray Oldenburg. \u00a0He explains that home is our first place, work is our second place, and third places are an escape from both. \u00a0He describes them as \u201cinformal &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.just4letters.com\/pi\/?p=851\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-readings","category-3rd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.just4letters.com\/pi\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.just4letters.com\/pi\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.just4letters.com\/pi\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.just4letters.com\/pi\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.just4letters.com\/pi\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=851"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.just4letters.com\/pi\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/851\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":855,"href":"https:\/\/www.just4letters.com\/pi\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/851\/revisions\/855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.just4letters.com\/pi\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.just4letters.com\/pi\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.just4letters.com\/pi\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}