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building which used to be the residence for the american musical and dramatic academy on west 70th street between central park -- between columbus i guess and broadway. a block off of central park west. it's just a couple blocks north of your restaurant, joanne's, and again, it's just down the street from where you and your daughter stephanie grew up and spent so much time. the neighborhood, it's a really nice neighborhood in that area. how is what's going on there changing the tone of one of new york city's finer residential neighborhoods? >> well, you know, it's become an avoidance zone. our residents in the building, you know, are fearful of going out at night. there is security inside the building, but the security company that's inside the building was told not to police anything outside the building.