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Ray Oldenburg’s Followers (26)
Ray Oldenburg
Born
in Henderson, Minnesota, The United States
April 07, 1932
Died
November 21, 2022
Genre
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“The course of urban development in America is pushing the individual toward that line seperating proud independence from pitiable isolation.”
― The Great Good Place: Cafés, Coffee Shops, Bookstores, Bars, Hair Salons and Other Hangouts at the Heart of a Community
― The Great Good Place: Cafés, Coffee Shops, Bookstores, Bars, Hair Salons and Other Hangouts at the Heart of a Community
“As Ray states in The Great Good Place, the nature of a third place is one in which the presence of a "regular" is always welcome, although never required. Membership is a simple, fluid process of frequent social contact, renewed each time by choice of the people involved. Eventually, social bonds develop through a type of informal intimacy. The important aspect of these relationships is that they occur outside of any commitment and exist solely in the realm of basic human respect. I ascribe huge importance to this one point because it is this one valuable kernel that is slipping away from our isolated modern world. I think that we all miss its presence and this affects us all in very slight, painful ways.”
― Celebrating the Third Place: Inspiring Stories About the "Great Good Places" at the Heart of Our Communities
― Celebrating the Third Place: Inspiring Stories About the "Great Good Places" at the Heart of Our Communities
“citizen participation in planning and well understands that that can happen only at the neighborhood level.”
― The Great Good Place: Cafes, Coffee Shops, Bookstores, Bars, Hair Salons, and Other Hangouts at the Heart of a Community
― The Great Good Place: Cafes, Coffee Shops, Bookstores, Bars, Hair Salons, and Other Hangouts at the Heart of a Community
