The Afternoon Teas held at Inniscarra, the Olcott estate in Saratoga, NY, during the August racing season, became the gathering hub for the Smart Set including, as she called him, Uncle Sam Riddle, owner of Man of War, as well as the politicians of the era including President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Governor Al Smith.
I attend a lot of events and conferences around the world that act as gathering hubs for very interesting people.
Paul Sant, associate dean at the University Campus Milton Keynes, University of Bedfordshire, is heading up the MK Smart project – a big data hub gathering information on smart parking, smart bin collections, and smart watering for gardens.
In addition, UNICEF's Operations Centre (OPSCEN) is a 24-hour, 7 days-a-week information gathering and dissemination hub within EMOPS.
Yet, to add a hopeful note here, I've seen public libraries in the United States and abroad, in under-resourced areas, become vital open learning hubs, gathering people together around the free WiFi.
The Ontology service serves like a hub for gathering a list of available models and algorithms from remote sites.
That's the thing, I don't really have a "hub" or gathering place at this moment in New York.
The mural helped buoy the neighborhood as a creative hub and gathering place for the movement before the mural was "mysteriously" burnt in a fire.
But just as LA isn't New York, Hollywood Boulevard isn't Times Square a giant public gathering spot and transit hub that resembles a theme park more than an organic part of the city.
Mass gatherings can be a hub for spreading diseases, but studies suggest the risks, though real, are surprisingly small.
Although festivals serve a vital role as communal gathering places and cultural hubs, and they deliver one-stop shopping ease, the cost is a lot of people only halfway paying attention.
