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Ruth Cuadra

Attractions Management - Abandoned train tunnels below London 'to be transformed' into leisure sites... - 0 views

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    Gee, LA is still trying to get much of its underground transportation built, while London is looking to re-purpose old, unused tunnels. Among the possible uses imagined for these spaces is a National Fire Brigade Museum.
Ruth Cuadra

S.F.'s uncommon areas: Plazas created from scraps of urban land - 1 views

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    I love this quote with "city" replaced by "museum": Yet the aspirations of a [museum] can also be measured in smaller scraps of land - the remnant spaces that often are blighted or ignored, but with imaginative design and care have the potential to be destinations.
Ruth Cuadra

Museum 2.0: What I Learned about Strangers from Jane Jacobs on my Winter Vacation - 2 views

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    From the blog: How do we "design for strangers"? Can people be "alone" and "together" just as easily in a space? From a comments: "we talk so much about the activities and the look and feel of places and don't spend nearly enough time thinking about the sound of a place"
Ruth Cuadra

Old Wrigley gum factory gets second life - 0 views

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    Creative re-use of existing space
Ruth Cuadra

Coloring Isn't Just For Kids. It Can Actually Help Adults Combat Stress. - 0 views

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    Read the comments too. Coloring is a big stress reliever for adults. How about coloring books in third spaces?
Ruth Cuadra

The important role of public spaces in the wake of tragedy - 1 views

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    Lisa mentioned wanted to have a meetup on the topic of events in Ferguson and how museums can respond....here's some fodder for that idea.
Ruth Cuadra

What's new? Slow reading clubs... - 0 views

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    Slow Reading Clubs! Another angle on building a third space.
Ruth Cuadra

The third space | Reader's Digest Australia - 0 views

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    80 per cent of Australian's feel the pressure to have better work life balance. 83 per cent hate or don't like their job, and since the introduction of the term work life balance, depression has increased by a factor of 10.
Ruth Cuadra

Museums Showoff - 0 views

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    It's an open mic night ... something museums could do for their publics -- maybe in a third space!
Gina Hall

Zócalo Public Square :: Why On Earth Am I Looking At This? - 0 views

  • Most Museums Have Trouble Connecting To the Public. Maybe It's Time For Some New Ideas.
  • underprepared for their pending encounter with the visual arts
  • many audience members seem intuitively aware of what is missing: more access to the story explaining how and why a work has arrived at this place for their enjoyment.
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  • soldiering through the galleries and paying minimal attention to the exhibits prepared expressly for their viewing
  • reanimated by the opportunities to engage in eating, spending, and talking on the phone—activities compatible with a sidewalk stroll.
  • critical message about the socializing function of the city
  • There is scientific data, too, upon which to build an argument for ensuring that we do better by our museum guests.
  • participation in the arts, especially as audience, predicted civic engagement, tolerance, and altruism.”
  • “[T]he space of the art museum is an inherently public or civic space,” wrote Glenn Lowry, director of the Museum of Modern Art, in a recent essay. “Art museums in this context need to be understood as quintessentially urban institutions that play a critical role in defining the intellectual and physical fabric of cities and towns.”
Ruth Cuadra

The Uncataloged Museum: Memorial Museums: Join A Conversation - 0 views

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    questions about interpretation memorial museums in the context of idea of museums as a third space
Ruth Cuadra

Creating the 'third' space in the 'Anywhere Working City' | ZDNet - 0 views

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    Smarter travel combined with alternative working practices could ease strains on infrastructure and transport and turn cities into smarter places to work and live.
Megan Conn

Indoor navigation system for blind - 0 views

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    Making indoor spaces (like Museums?) more accessible to the blind.  
Carol Tang

Mothership HackerMoms | Ideas. Projects. Comrades. Childcare. - 0 views

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    interesting third space for moms. classes, equipment, childcare. First hackerspace for women they say.
Ruth Cuadra

Regus sees increasing popularity for 'third space' - 0 views

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    72 percent of firms that give their staff flexibility over where and when they work say there is a direct link to greater productivity
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