her brick house in the Central West End, Ronke Faleti texts me that it's fine to park in the driveway. She greets me in the foyer of the old home— it dates to 1895—and, showing me to the kitchen, begins heating some water for tea. With tea bags steeping), Faleti's former home, which she had re-envisioned as a “third space” for women. A third space, a term sociologists coined in the early ‘80s, is a place that's not a primary residence or an office, but rather a place where people in a community can gather, interact, and escape the stress of home and work life. Faleti has curated hers to be a place where women, who pay for either memberships or a day pass, can socialize or find solace, work remotely or relax, and— particularly helpful for mothers— offload some chores like child care and laundry.
