Skip to main content

Save the Amphitheater, Don't Demolish It

1,492 Comments

J
John C. Pardee
11 years ago

Our family has enjoyed the stroll from Judson St. down to the Amphitheater for about 100 years, and it is the continuity of that structure, among other things, which keeps us in touch with our ancestors and memories of seasons past. Somehow it would not be the same with a brand new structure, and we applaud the motion for preservation.

S
Shirley Steward
11 years ago

" You take paradise and put up a parking lot"

N
Nancy Paul
11 years ago

Slow it down. Back it up. Do it right. I applaud the newly announced National Treasure designation.

R
Ruth A Scanzillo
11 years ago

I'm signing twice because I feel THIS passionately about the Amp. Fix the structural problems; save the history. Thank you!

L
Lisa DePriest Nees
11 years ago

I believe that if the renovated amphitheater does not meet Chautauqua standards, we should simply not pay for it!

M
Mary Lu Mertz
11 years ago

How can anyone think of Chautauqua with a fancy, modern amp?

N
Nancy Thrower
11 years ago

The Amp is the heart and soul of Chautauqua. It would be similar to tearing down and building a replica of the Atheneaum Hotel-'just unimaginable. Let's preserve our grandest Chautauqua gems, not destroy them!

T
Thomas Jordan
11 years ago

Let the org's who rent the amp in 9/2016 if will be available

T
Trude Fitelson
11 years ago

Preservationist, Thousand Island Park, a National Register Historic District on Wellesley island, Thousand Islands. TIPark was founded the year after the Chautauqua Institute as a Methodist Camp Meeting Association. I support Save the Amphitheatre.

A
Anne Whyte
11 years ago

Are you kidding??? An absurd idea!

P
Patricia Draper
11 years ago

I totally agree w this effort. Grew up in Chautauqua: am a graduate of Chautauqua Central School and the Amphitheater is the heart of the Institute.

M
Martha Cook McCausland
11 years ago

Chautauqua simply wouldn't be Chautauqua without it.

C
Colonel Dave DePriest (Ret)
11 years ago

The "Amp" is the heart and soul of Chautauqua. It must be saved!

R
Russell Joy
11 years ago

Historic preservation is key to maintaining the link to past and present, allowing those like me who both performed and were entertained at the Amp. Do not destroy it!

J
Janice B. Dodson
11 years ago

Pictures, through the years, will contain the heart of your great events.

B
Barbara Brandwein Painkin
11 years ago

Keep up your good work. The Amp is a significant part of my Chautauqua Soul,

P
Patricia Ann Schubert
11 years ago

New isn't always better.

B
Beth Maxwell Boyle
11 years ago

The amp has such a big place in my life. The thought of it bring torn down or greatly altered has literally kept me awake at night.

E
Ernesto Hombre
11 years ago

Why not keep this old girl and build something wonderful across the street? move a few golf holes and you've got the land

S
Sigmund Norr
11 years ago

Don't demolish the amp.