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introducing "the fourth place" & why "third places" have fallen short on their promise

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reflections from 1 year of building The Commons

the OG third place: The School of Athens I was once a “third space enthusiast”. However, if the original spirit of the phrase was that of a physical place, outside of home and work, where authentic community thrived and social fabric intertwined - than the majority of today’s third spaces have fallen short of this noble ideal. The spirit is not present in cafes brimmed with the clicking and clacking of laptops beneath hunched shoulders. Nor does it reside in a social or vocational club where favors are transacted and peacock feathers are unfurled. It is also not a bookstore, public space,…

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