Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: BOOK REVIEW: _The Great Good Place_ by Ray Oldenburg

[Fred H Olson WB0YQM (fholson]

John,

Thanks for your cohousing-L post (quoted below) about the book _The 
Great Good Place_ by Ray Oldenburg.  But I feel the need to chide 
you gently a little on your choice of subject line :)  I suspect that 
anyone looking back for the book in the archives will be mislead by 
"bondage" ... 

I grew up living in an apartment in the back of our small town
"ma and pa" hardware store that had some of the features that I 
suspect this book talks about. I look forward to seeing this book.

Fred
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On Wed, 8 Nov 1995 23:42:09 -0600, 
John Gear  <catalyst [at] pacifier.com > wrote:
in a message with the Subject: Breaking out of bondage

>Since we seem to be veering back into yuppie bondage mode (the agony of
>financing, the tension of choosing building materials, the exquisite pain of
>balancing first costs vs. long term energy savings) I thought I'd share that
>I'm reading a *Great* book called "The Great Good Place" (by Ray Oldenburg)
>on "Cafes, coffee shops, community centers, beauty parlors, general stores,
>bars, hangouts and how they get you through the day."
>
>It's *all* about what I hope cohousing can help make more possible in the
>US.  Anyone else read this?  Does any of this transpire in your coho community?
>
>(1989, Paragon House, ISBN 1-55778-110-9
>
>(and Dewey 307.0973 ... where a lot of good books on community and planning 
>are)
>John Gear (catalyst [at] pacifier.com)
>
>The Bill of Rights--The Original Contract with America
>Accept no substitutes.  Beware of imitations.  Insist on the genuine articles.
>