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Save the Amphitheater, Don't Demolish It

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Happy Balfour
11 years ago

This is Giving Tuesday and I hope everyone will be giving the Chautauqua Foundation a check and their opinion on the Amphitheater Demolition. My sister and I think wrecking the Historic Amp is a very bad idea, for one thing where will all the Little Brown Bats live?

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James Grow
11 years ago

It is Giving Tuesday so why not give us transparent honest leadership in Chautauqua Institution? No more of my money until reall change happens

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Sarah Mitchell
11 years ago

All for transparency and impeachment; this is a breach of trust.

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Michelle Frederick Vanstrom
11 years ago

I'm sorry I want the Amp retained and maintained with historical accuracy. I don't grasp the point of enlarging the space and destroying the historical integrity. Chautauqua is NOT a city, it's a sense of place, a sense of time. It's the preservation of something timeless, classic and unique. Perhaps it's time to unseat the Chautauqua president and the currant board.

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Rob Windhorst
11 years ago

$30 million could certainly be better spent restoring/preserving...thank re-creating. Keep the original Amp.

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Leanna luka
11 years ago

Every attempt should be made to preserve this landmark.

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Judy Casturo
11 years ago

everyone who has been there understands - when it is gone who will understand?

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Margaret Evans McCarthy
11 years ago

So many early petition signatories better state my concerns and views than I express. Keekee Minor’s “An Opinion on the Amphitheater at Chautauqua” resonates the best for me.

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Carole O. Markus
11 years ago

please reconsider the current plan and keep the AMP as close as possible to its historic nature

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Paul Cawein
11 years ago

My view on the Ampatheater debate: It is unfortunate that this got to its current state. This should have been more transparent earlier. At this point, however, I believe that the issues have been adequately clarified, and that the plans should move forward as the architects and engineers have advised. Paul E. Cawein

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Maureen Hanlon
11 years ago

don’t demolish the amphitheater

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Donna Charest
11 years ago

Please find a way to develop a new amp without destroying the history and integrity of our historical buildings.

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JOHN BRYSACZ
11 years ago

HAS LOOKED LIKE A BOON DOGGLE TO ME SINE 2013. I WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED TO SEE"NAMING RIGHTS" FOR BOTH THE AMP AND THE ATHENEAM FOR SALE TOO. HOW ABOUT "THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE AMP' OR WHAT ABOUT THE MARIOTT ATHENEAUM AT CHAUTAUQUA ON BILLBOARDS ALL AROUND I90?

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John Michael
11 years ago

Think about the events that have occurred in this facility that have shaped this nation. Think of this nation's industrialists and movers and shakers who have sat in those benches. Think of loosing all this just so we can be more comfortable when enjoying second tier entertainment. This facility should be reviered, not replaced.

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Sussan o wood
11 years ago

Luck be a lady

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William H. Clark, Jr.
11 years ago

I trusted Mr. Becker, but no more.

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Andrew Krembs
11 years ago

OH

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Diane Clark
11 years ago

So it is old, out-dated and inconvenient, so am I.

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Letitia Okerlund
11 years ago

For years too many people have thrown away historic buildings in this area. I studied the work of Louis Sullivan and Frank L. Wright only to find that the city of Buffalo had torn most of them down or let them deteriorate. This should not be allowed to happen to Chautauqua. The Amphitheater should not be destroyed in the name of "progress".

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Fletcher E. & Rosalie G. Ward
11 years ago

THANK YOU for preserving our heitage