3rd Places-Kaushil Katakam

Third places are really important to me because without them I would not be able to function in my other two places. Depending on where I am my third places fluctuate. As odd as it may seem my third place in Philadelphia consists of many places but one of the places is my own dorm room. This may seem odd but I have not fully accustomed to the college life so my dorm feels like a mini vacation to me. Other than that the student center is a place where I like to relax with my friends. Walking around the city and seeing the sites may even constitute as a third place to me because its all new and thats where i enjoy spending my time. So holistically I cant really pick one location except for the fact that any place except my classes is starting to me a kind of third place to me.

Third Places

There are two "third places" I have found in Philadelphia within the weeks we have been here, each of them defined by a certain level of comfortability. The first one is the crossroads on Liacouras walk, where you always see the hippie kids playing guitar. That group was started by a music theory student named John Shwartz. He and I instantly got along because we knew we something deeply in common with one another right from the moment we met. It was spontaneous and enlightening, and so I find myself frequenting that spot to meet new people and to play good music. My second "third place" is the fourth floor Lobby in the Whitehall dormitory. Hanging out in there is easy and fun because of the sense of companionship the new residents of Whitehall have already established. I love to talk to new people, and learn more about those who I have already met. Perhaps I will find more places like these; maybe I will find a theater group, or a new band to play in. Temple has so many more places and programs utilized for the betterment of our community, and I hope to become a part of more of them as the year paves its way.

Third Place

I think the third place can be a lot of different places. I don't think it needs to be one particular place. One of my third places is walking on Liacouras Walk. I love walking around there with my friends, and also just hanging out on the side. My other third place is also my wing in my dorm. Everyone is a freshman, so we all have something in common. Some people leave their doors open so that others can walk in and talk. Everyone is friendly and we are always socializing. This third place makes me feel a little more like home with all the new friends I made.

Third Place

A third place that I go to on the Temple campus is the Tuttleman Computer Center. I like to go to the computer center because it gives me some free time to relax in between and after classes. The computer center also lets me do many things, like read a book or go on a computer to check my email or facebook. The computer center is a third place because it is open to any Temple student.

Third place

As a freshman at Temple, I have not yet found a third place here at school although there are many potential ones. At my hometown in Northeast Philadelphia, my third place was the local playground. Although my friends and I would try and get out of the neighborhood on weekends, we met about three times a week at the playground. A lot of times we didn’t even call each other, but would make do with who was there. We would play games like wall ball or basketball, exchange stories about school, or a mixture of both depending on how much people were there. I don’t have much special memories of the playground but I know it was important to me, because if my only social connection during the week was facebook, I may have gone insane.

Third place.

When i think of a third place, i guess it's a place where makes me relax and let go of all the stuff I have to worry about. I never thought I had a third place to go but now I'm thinking maybe I do have this one place I would go when I'm frustrated. I haven't found anywhere in philadelphia, but back at home, in korea which where I'm originally from, my third place would be my best friend nadine's house. Both of Nadine's parents work everyday, so I used to visit her almost everyday and just watch movies or cook some food or talk about everything that was going on in our lives.

I guess I'm calling her house as my third place only because she was there but it was one of those places where I felt just comfortable to be around. I enjoyed sitting on her couch and hanging out with her. But since I moved to Philadelphia and she lives in Los Angeles, we both are going to have to find a new third place sometimes soon.

Third Place

Temple and the city of Philadelphia itself offer endless amounts of "third places". The third place I visit most would have to be the student pavilion where I go to work out and play basketball. I do not have to have a certain time frame nor do I have to see if one of my friends wants to go with me because, I know there will be others there so, thus always opportunities to play. I go here not only to play basketball but, also as a place where i can get away from the daily stress of being a student and catch some relief. When i am playing ball I can lose myself in the moment sort of speak. The student pavilion I can definitely say keeps me sane. If I had all this stress and was working all day with out any relief I would definitely be a a lot more agitated, grumpy, stressed etc. Playing basketball keeps me balanced and keeps my mind at ease. Third places like these are essential, I think, for getting through my everyday routines successfully without feeling overwhelmed or like the world's on my shoulders but, in actuality keeps me on top of things.

The Third Place

If my two places are work and home, or in my case school and home. Then my third place must surely be a place I go to escape from the other two. The third place I go to in Philadelphia is a park. I love the parks in the city. My favorite two are Rittenhouse and Washington Square. But then again, I haven't been to all of them. But any area that contains some kind of nature instead of just concrete and brick is fine with me. It is a necessity to be able to get away from all this and just relax amongst more natural things.

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A third place that I have on campus is the gym or the Pavillion. This is where I go if ive had a rough day or if I just want to get a good workout in. I go there to play basketball most of the time. This is considered a third place because there isnt a certain criteria that would prevent yu from going there. On page 105 Oldenburg says that a third place "upon an uban landscape increasingly hostle to and devoid of informal gathering places one may encounter people rather pathetically trying to find some spot in which to relax and enjoy each others company". That is true about the Pavillion because you will come across people who are just there to relax and be in the company of others. The Pavillion affects my behavior by calming me down and relieving stress from classes or other outside stigmas.

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When I think of a third place, I think of somewhere, where I can go and let my mind free from the outside world. Going to the gym on campus helps me forget about school and the outside world for a couple of hours and helps me focus on myself. When I'm at the gym, I can go and work out which makes me feel better as a person, and at the same time it makes me feel better physically too. Socializing with other people is also a perk too because talking to other people about different things can also make me feel better and forget about my weekly troubles. In Oldenburg's reading "The Problem of Place in America", he say's that he asks a Frenchman what he like's about living in France opposed to America, he states that living in France is "more relaxed" and America is more pressured". Even though the gym is the last place you think of when you think of relaxation, but in way when I go to the gym I feel more relaxed then I do when I'm sitting at home watching TV.

Society has all different types of places where people can go leisurely and enjoy the simple things in life. My third place is going to the gym, I'm sure it isn't other people's cup of tea, but everybody is different.

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The third place I dont have

I don't have a third place in Philadelphia or on Temple campus because I am not able to afford housing. The time I spend at Temple is often spent in class, and then wandering with all of my stuff, places on campus to do my homework or read things in the library for class or myself. I guess my third place is a non-place because I am always moving around, doing work, looking for a place to stay. I also move around a lot to find places to eat, as I also do not have a meal plan. I go home on the weekends to work for Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, during which I have little time to do anything for myself. Rarely I will find the time to photograph between classes or work shifts at home. Maybe my third place is a state of exhaustion. Whatever my third place is, it does not affect my behavior at all. I am dedicated to everything with which I am involved, regardless of where I am or what I have to do. It is rather hard to carry all of the equipment I do and large paintings and other artworks around, but it is just something I have to do. I guess also the fact that I dont really like to talk to people, socialize, or interact, basically eliminates any purpose of a third place in my life.

3rd place. Liam Bradley

My third place is the 27 bus stop at love park. The reason why this is a 3rd place is because there is no work going on there and whenever I stop by there i can find a friend. I usually go here to take a break from walking around down town or after school. I hardly ever go here to wait for the bus. I love sitting on the wall in the shade watching all of the people and traffic move by. Usually my friends and I will grab an iced tea and sit there, talk, and wait for more friends to stop by. I feel very relazed here. Its a very nice place to take a break from it all and watch it all go by.

Third Place

Being new to Temple, I feel like I have not yet found my third place. I spend most of my time in classes or in my dorm, with the almost daily dinner with a few of my new friends. Though I don’t have one of my own, I have observed a few others’ spaces. Living at The Edge, I have to walk through quite a bit of the campus to get to my classes. On my way back from class, I see the popular social spots throughout the campus. I see fellow students sitting in the grass around the bell tower, enjoying the last days of a slightly summer sun. Next I pass though Liacouras walk and see people sitting at tables or on ‘the wall’, or a few people taking part in a game of four-square. Towards the south end of Liacouras, I pass by the square that is usually taken over by a large group of skate boarders. I usually slow down so I can admire some of their moves and reminisce of the lax summer days between the simplistic years of grade school that I would spend playing the “Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater” games. As I make my way back up the stairs to my room, I think for a moment that maybe I will one day have a third place that I can visit as often as the people that I have just seen do, a place where it is neither home nor workspace, but community activity. For now, I will admire them from afar until I find my own, and continue to wander between one and two.

Third Place In My Life

The area of Philadelphia that I live in is very dangerous at times and it is gradually getting worse as the years go on. I have never really had a public place to go to that is near my house because my neighborhood is filled with intimidating people who, I'm sure, would have no qualms about starting something with a lone person walking the streets. Because I don't own a car, there's really no place that I can go to in my neighborhood just to get away from the stresses of everyday life.
If anything, I'd have to say that my friend's houses are the few places I can go to if I need some time to relax. I don't think anything could come closer to my "third place". Sitting on a porch with a group of four or five close friends is one of my favorite things about getting out of the house. We talk about what's going on in our lives, goof around, tell riddles that we've found over the week to test each others knowledge, take walks to Wawa, or sometimes we just go inside to play some video games. Though it sounds like a simple day in the average teen's life, it gives not only me, but all of us a chance to stop thinking about what kind of homework is due on Monday or what big test we have to study for and just talk. It only happens once (maybe twice) a month, but it's nice that we can all find the time to get together and be ourselves.
When some people need to relax or get away from it all, they find those quiet secluded places to go to or they go to bars or parties and have a good, loud, and merry time. The only thing that I'll ever really need to get away from my house, my work or my life in school is to have a conversation or two with a few good friends

The Place I Call My "Third Place"

Its been two weeks already in temple and I am loving the college life. "Where is the third place I go to on temple campus or in Philadelphia-at-large?" I ask myself? In the past two weeks I have toured the main campus as well as part of Philadelphia, there are a lot of places I could call the "third place" but the most interesting I would consider is the university village apartment clubhouse. I consider this recreational center as a 'third place" because I go here to find other people having fun and interacting with each other to get to know themselves well as well as make new friends to reduce the stress after a long day or week of school work or activities. This clubhouse consist of a pool, game room, business center, fitness center, tanning room and a mini movie theater where you could find all kinds of people from different places and diversity. I find myself at this place to have fun with old friends and get to meet new friends and also to release stress after a long day of work. Meeting and getting to know both new and old friends teaches me a lot, it affects me as a person by teaching me how to tolerate and deal with people from different cultures or background. I become a new person and better person each day I leave the clubhouse. The UV clubhouse I call my "third place" really does make a different in my life.

My Third Space.

For the past few days I wracked my brain for a third space in my life only to realize that I don't have one. There are plenty of lively and beautiful spots in and around campus that could qualify. However, none of them reach out to me. The only place that comes close to a third space is my vocal studio class. Even though it doesn't fit Oldenburg's criteria of a public space where people voluntarily go to socialize in, it offers me a place outside of my home and work to connect with others. It gives me and others a safe place to share with each other the most important part of our lives, our art. There we are able to learn from one another and grow not only as artists and musicians, but as people as well, which I believe is the entire point of a third space.

Blog #1 - Third Places

A third place I frequent quite a lot on campus is Liacouras Walk. While I don't have a specific location along this expansive walkway, I prefer to mix it up each day. I usually just go there with my laptop and textbooks and work on homework and enjoy the beautiful weather. This third place is very relaxing for me and helps me concentrate on my work. It is perfect because when I'm done I can head to Saxby's for a coffee or latte after my work. Occasionally I will bring my iPod when I dont have work to do and just want to sit outside in the Sun. I feel that this is a perfect example of a third place because, even if I am not working there, I will go and hang out with friends and just sit out and chat.

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Blog 1 "Third Place"

Philadelphia has been my home for ten years, I feel some times that my birthplace of Nadvirna in Ukraine has a deeper place in my heart. I miss it. But I love America and that keeps me going. In my ten years here the number of third places are countless it just matters were I am located and there will be a non home and non work place. Temple only has one third place so far that I like to go to and just eat my lunch. In the student center complex, near the book store it is busy but quit at the same time and I can just relax. My behaviors changes at this third place, comes me and at the same time seeing all those students buying books and being busy makes me think of what I have to do. I become more focused that I am in college and this is not a joke.

A curvy road lead me down a steep hill with cars almost kissing, in the forest 15 minutes away from my house in Penny pack park to my third place. I come here to think to run away from life and understand what is happening to me. This place is not home or work you cannot buy anything here, this is the public park, but you will not see people in this part of the forest. A railroad runs through the forest and I walk on the tracks. As far as I can see the tracks still keep going straight. The thought of all the sweet and blood that was put into making the rail road makes me think everything comes with a price. That track was made probably one hundred years ago and now I have the opportunity to walk upon them. Then sometimes you feel the track vibrating, and a loud noise is heard, a train is coming. You run for your life, the ground shacks. As I am so close to dead, I understand how a live I am and smile into the faces of my problems and realize that life is just getting better and I have nothing to worry about. I just have to push myself to succeed. The rumbling stops and I become a changed person with my next step as my new beginning.

The Problem of Place in America

A third place I enjoy going to on Temple campus is liacorus walk. Whenever I walk down this path no matter time of the day or night, I always see groups of people talking, eating, or just enjoying each other's company. I personally have met many new people during my first week of school walking around liacorus walk. I consider this a third place because people go there to relax and enjoy each other's company and it's my favorite place to go after I have finished all my classes and just need a place to wind down

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A third place I go to on campus is the grass by the Bell Tower. This is a place where a lot of the other students gather to relax outside. There is plenty of space for everyone. I usually go there to get some reading done before my lecture or I can listen to my music and rest before a long class. The Bell Tower's location on campus is also a benefit towards me because it is in the center of a lot of the classes I take. This makes it easy to get to class on time. Paley Library is located right next to the Bell Tower making access to a computer easy. There is always something going on around there. It could range from a class being taught outside to public activities and gatherings. I can easily meet up with friends because the Bell Tower is a landmark everyone is familiar with. This third place usually has a calming affect on me. When I am stressed out from a class or beat from studying I can go there to forget about it all for a little bit. It is easy to relax there, especially when the weather is nice.

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A third place that I go to on campus would have to be the game room in the student center. This is a third place to me because I can easily relax and socialize with friends while playing games. Whenever I don't feel like going home or doing school work I can go here to get my mind off of certain things by being with friends. I mainly go to game room to have a good time meet up with people I haven't seen in a while. Going to the game room really brings out the fun relaxed side of me. I come sometimes become competitive with friends but other than that it's a nice social atmosphere that helps me relax.