How Third Places Bring Back the Joy of Being

Earlier last month, on a whim to break from my usual Saturday routines, I drove out west to visit a friend. We met in the small Ontario city where we both used to go to university. The week had been sweltering. In a few days, the heat would ignite fires that would blanket Manhattan, 800 kilometers away, with ash. On this Saturday, we caught a break. The air was refreshing and cool, while the summery sky stayed cloudless and bright, making us keen to take a long walk around town and revisit all the old sights, three years older. <a href="https://medium.com/@mouhamadmmbacke/reimagining-spaces-how-third-places-bring-back-the-joy-of-being-2b23777e1550">Website</a>