Another: converting a warehouse into a third space with booths all around the walls for small vendors, one end a food court, tables in the middle for all sorts of activities.

#ThirdSpace #ThirdSpaces #community

"Benches, like other public amenities, are places where optimistic visions of civic life meet messier realities. They’re sites of leisure and contestation that invite a range of constituencies with vastly differing needs and desires."

https://placesjournal.org/article/the-disappearance-of-the-public-bench/

#PublicHealth #ThirdSpaces #UrbanDesign #social #rest #cities #urban #disabilities #longread

The Disappearance of the Public Bench

Benches are microcosms of an expansive debate about who belongs in urban public spaces. When they are removed or made uninviting, we lose more than just a place to rest.

Places Journal

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Brookhaven Farmer's Market.
April through November.

#SilentSunday #ThirdSpaces #games #play

How much does a baby tree cost? $10?
#ifIHadABillionDollars I would plant 100 million trees.
A lot of them around parking lots so they're not so gross n hot and barren in the summer.

...ooo and while we've got shady parking lots, how about cool-off meet ups where we gather in parking spots under trees with lawn chairs and a kiddie pool for our hot feetsies. Have a chill out and chat.

#thirdSpaces #community
Also filing this under:
#spoonieTown

‘My Year of Magical Swimming
Alone in a new community, a local pool and its ‘regulars’ helped me heal.
An underwater photograph features four swimmers paddling freestyle in a pool with lanes separated by blue and yellow ropes.’ by Josh Kozelj https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2026/03/27/My-Year-Magical-Swimming-Third-Spaces/
#Swimming #ThirdSpaces #Community
My Year of Magical Swimming | The Tyee

Alone in a new community, a local pool and its ‘regulars’ helped me heal.

The Tyee

Tried Kava for the first time this evening. Chilling at Golden Hour in Oly.

#kava #ThirdSpaces #goldenhouroly

Ten years ago a group of us met in an Arcadia coffee shop to talk about literature and theology, perhaps after the manner of the Oxford Inklings. We decided to meet once a month, and did so until Covid put an end to such gatherings, and here is a record of our first meeting.

Two of the founding members, David Levey, of the English Department at Unisa, and Tony MacGregor, have since died (though not of Covid), so we haven't been able to revive it. It was an example of a "third space" gathering (the first two "spaces" being home and work).

https://khanya.wordpress.com/2016/03/04/tshwane-inklings/

#theology #literature #Inklings #ThirdSpaces

Tshwane Inklings

Yesterday a group of us met for an informal discussion on Christianity and literature, in imitation, perhaps, of the Oxford Inklings. For a long time I’ve felt the need for such a group, and …

Khanya

This last six months I have so, so enjoyed being able to take the train to a movie theater in downtown KC. The theater is right at the train stop, so it's like getting to be chauffered.

I got an email that it was being closed this weekend literally as I was listening to a video about the disappearance of third spaces yesterday.

I hate the billionaires and how they've fucking killed everything good in this country.

#Enshittificatoin #ThirdSpaces #Isolation

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@joan_de_art makes great solarpunk art. You've likely seen one of these floating around, but I found the source if one wanted to know. Anyways, these do a good job of introducing solarpunk ideals and capturing the spirit of solarpunk design.

#solarpunk #hopecore #punk #ecocentrism #ecopunk #cityplanning #greentech #renewableenergy #accessibiledesign #inclusivedesign #thirdspaces #leftist