{"id":7217,"date":"2011-06-13T03:49:20","date_gmt":"2011-06-13T07:49:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/?p=7217"},"modified":"2012-12-26T16:14:38","modified_gmt":"2012-12-26T21:14:38","slug":"professional-clown-offers-opinion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/quote-of-the-day\/06\/13\/professional-clown-offers-opinion\/","title":{"rendered":"Professional Clown Offers Opinion"},"content":{"rendered":"
Tom Smith, a professional clown who has lived in a three-bedroom co-op on Riverside Drive in Hamilton Heights for seven years, is torn about the new campus. He said he did not like the institution\u2019s use of eminent domain to get its hands on some key parcels. \u201cI\u2019m not really an eminent-domain kind of guy,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Yet he thinks Columbia will help curb street crime, which in turn may make the area a more pleasant place to walk. \u201cThere will be a lot less chicanery and hustling going around,\u201d he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n