My experience of the Chautauqua Institution derives entirely from summer, since I visit
this National Historic Landmark during that season, when its nine-week season
of public affairs and arts programming is held. I imagine that, 2½ months since
the last time I was there, the look of this gated community in the southwestern corner of New York State has changed with the coming of
the fall foliage.
The other change, I would imagine, is how its
streets feel, now that all the tourists have gone. When I snapped this shot
back in the beginning of August, this was a pretty fair representation of how this
community, which limits automobile access on the grounds, feels: thronged with
people, either strolling leisurely or making its way from one event to another,
but also largely in control of the environment there.
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