Is Chautauqua Quasi-Public?
Although the property inside the gate that is designed for the use of Chautauquans is technically private, it is arguably quasi-public, in terms of the whole idea of the place. At this website we raise this question of the status of the common spaces that we enjoy every time we enter the gate. This is important because the Institution has a delicate balancing act on and off season. Two often incompatible courses of action are in play. First, the Institution markets and cultivates a sense of common experience to be enjoyed and invested in (through gate passes and gifting), and the common experience by definition means the common experience of the spaces that are marketed, celebrated, and each season re-dedicated to the use of Chautauquans. But secondly, the Institution reserves the right to buy, sell, improve, demolish, anything on the properties that it owns. Miller Park is a haven for the little children learning about oak trees and soccer kicks, and the romantic and the poet, but nex
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