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Save the Amphitheater, Don't Demolish It

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Karen Pfeffer
11 years ago

it has been the heart of the Institution for years. Progress is not always better.

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Carole Harris
11 years ago

There must be a way to save the Amp!! Once it's gone, there will be no heart left ...

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rebecca Poynton
11 years ago

Once you tear this down, you can never regain it's history. Please save the amphitheater!

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Matthew Nemeth
11 years ago

A decision to tear down the historic Amphitheater is baffling to say the very least. An institution that is predicated on the ideals and preservation of historic American culture would be commiting a hypocritical act to destroy its most prized venue. A long list of pivotal historical figures have spoken at the Amphitheater. The experience of sound and mind can not be matched anywhere else. Visitors can feel a century's worth of incredible history within its wooden beams. All that will be lost if it were to be replaced.

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Susan Gregory
11 years ago

this is the centerpiece of the institute. Please save this treasure!

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Nancy Sheridan
11 years ago

Restore, not demolish

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Virginia Coyle
11 years ago

In 1964 I spent the summer at the institue as a Martha Holden Jennings awardee, I studied with the Clevelad Payhouse that summer. I stayed in a house directly across the street from the amphitheater. There were 30 of us from Cleveland who were housed within steps of the amphitheater. We spent evenings on the porch listening to the concerts. These memories will last forever and helped form who I am today.

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Mary P Foster
11 years ago

a replica is a dis service to the original building. Restore the Ampitheater, do not destroy it"s history and heart of Chautauqua Institution.

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Rich Wise
11 years ago

No way!

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Jaime Lyon
11 years ago

U can't even believe they would consider doing that

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Amy Smith
11 years ago

too much of a historic place to be demolished

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Edith Dinnocenzo
11 years ago

This would be a complete shame.

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PT Dixon
11 years ago

Isn't it a historical landmark?

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Bonnie Fraser, Ph.D.
11 years ago

I am shocked if the original announcements are truly a deception.

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Craig Minsky
11 years ago

Typical do as I say not as I do Progressive Liberals who will spend 30m on a facility so they can here about starving children around the world.

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William White
11 years ago

Preservation and restoration do not begin with destruction. Keep the amp and repair & update

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Andrea Jacobs
11 years ago

Don't rip the heart out of CI!

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Kevin McAuliffe
11 years ago

The Amphitheater is an institute in and of itself - it should be preserved and regarded in the highest esteem for all Chautauquans to enjoy!

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Jackie Green
11 years ago

No Way! That ampitheater needs to be on the federal historic register and protected - not torn down. You could not come even close to building it in teh same manner and same quality with today's prices. Shame on you for tearing down history.