Patricia Mou:”…Recently I learned that there’s a name for this sacred place: the third space. And it was defined in 1989 by Professor Ray Oldenburg, an American urban sociologist who studied  the importance of informal public gathering places for a functioning civil society.

In this 3-part series, I want to share my thoughts on:

• Part 1: A definition of third spaces and what they are.
• Part 2: The state of third spaces in America today.
• Part 3: The future of third spaces: virtual and physical…”