The Architecture of Belonging - Why Cities Need it More Than Ever

What Makes a Good Third Place? In my brother’s hometown of historic Herrenberg, Germany (population 34,000), running for office—he serves on the city council—involves setting up a stand on the central market square. City hall, a church, and stately half-timbered medieval gabled buildings frame an irregular plaza in the center of town whose spatial quality rivals the Piazza del Campo in Siena,…