NEW YORK | One 45 - Museum of Civil Rights | 2 @ 393 FT | 32 & 29 FLOORS

[NYguy]

A huge development for Harlem....

[Busy Bee]

Good deal

[Crawford]

Looks pretty good. Huge improvement for the 145th Street corridor.

[Manitopiaaa]

Very nice, but I feel like every city these days has a Museum of Civil Rights. It's becoming the new Holocaust Museum. I would prefer museums that are more unique to New York.

[NYguy]

Originally Posted by Manitopiaaa

Very nice, but I feel like every city these days has a Museum of Civil Rights. It's becoming the new Holocaust Museum. I would prefer museums that are more unique to New York.

Why would you think New York had no part in civil rights? It's like asking why there should be any type of museum in any city. People don't go to the Natural History museum to only see the history of the city and it's people.

[NYguy]

I visited the Civil Rights museum in Atlanta, and it does a good job of showcasing the various elements of civil rights, which isn't simply what people think it is.


https://bleumag.com/2021/02/23/new-y...ights-protest/

New York Hosted the Largest Civil Rights Demonstration in 1964

FEBRUARY 23, 2021
BY JAMIE ROLLO

Too often, the northern U.S is left out of civil rights history to push the narrative that racism is a southern issue. Many people accept the notion that social inequities and segregation only existed south of the Mason-Dixon line, but that couldn’t be more false. Even to this day, northern states, New York especially, have a real problem with racial school segregation.

Back in February of 1964, parents and students, frustrated with the unfairness of redlining and school districts, planned a public school boycott. More than 450,000 students refused to attend school while some thousands of demonstrators peacefully rallied at the Board of Education, City Hall and the office of former N.Y Governor Nelson Rockefeller. It marked the biggest civil rights protest of that era and it’s seldom brought up to push the narrative that the liberal north was more refined, educated and above racism whereas the south was just barbaric.

[chris08876]

Preliminary Renderings Reveal A Dual-Tower Mixed-Use Development In West Harlem, Manhattan

Renderings from SHoP Architects reveal One45, a proposed mixed-use development that will house the new Museum of Civil Rights, income restricted housing, and unspecified community facilities. The development site comprises a five-lot assemblage in West Harlem between 144th and 145th Streets, Lenox Avenue, and Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Boulevard. Elevation diagrams for the proposed buildings reveal an 85-foot-tall base with two towers, each rising to a height of approximately 363 feet. Roof mechanicals account for an additional 30 vertical feet.

Residential spaces at One45 account for the majority of floor area and will yield up to 939 rental units. This figure includes up to 282 affordable homes. Residential area will occupy between 643,000 and 700,000 square feet.

The new Museum of Civil Rights will serve as the headquarters for Reverend Al Sharpton’s National Action Network. The facility will span roughly 48,000 square feet of floor area. The lower level of the building will house a 17,300-square-foot banquet hall and event space, along with a community facility measuring 33,000 square feet.

Before construction can begin, the developer, listed as One45 Lenox, LLC, must be granted zoning text amendments by the Department of City Planning. Amendments include an increase in height and density allowances and a reduction in the number of parking spaces typically required for a residential component of this scale.

The latter will yield up to 141 vehicles or about half of what is typically required in the West Harlem neighborhood for this type of building.

The developer must also file an Environmental Impact Statement with the Department of City Planning to determine if and to what degree the zoning text amendments will spur residential and business displacement, adverse impacts on community facilities, public schools, and early childhood programs, the creation or reduction of open space, and the disruption of historic properties, along with a litany of environmental factors.

Existing conditions include partially vacant land, a gas station, single-story commercial businesses, and a community facility. If the development is allowed to proceed, the developer estimates full completion by 2026.

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[NYguy]

https://patch.com/new-york/harlem/ha...pton-drops-out

Harlem's One45 Project Loses Civil Rights Museum As Sharpton Drops Out
Rev. Al Sharpton is withdrawing his museum from the contested project, where it had been a centerpiece tenant. Developers are pressing on.





Nick Garber
May 2, 2022

Harlem's hotly contested One45 development lost its centerpiece tenant on Monday, as the Rev. Al Sharpton announced he was withdrawing his proposed Museum of Civil Rights from the proposal after weeks of uncertainty.

The withdrawal comes as the two-tower proposal enters the final stage of its public review process — though developers vowed Monday that the project would push forward.

The news was delivered in the form of a letter sent to One45's developers by Sharpton and Jonathan Lippman, a former State Appeals Court judge who has worked with Sharpton on the museum.

...Bruce Teitelbaum, One45's lead developer, told Patch in a statement Monday that "Our project is on."

"We are moving ahead and will have more to say in the coming days," Teitelbaum said.

A rival developer, Don Peebles, claimed that Sharpton had agreed to move the museum to his own proposed skyscraper in Midtown. A top ally of Sharpton's denied those claims to Patch in March, but conceded that NAN had "listened" to offers about joining that project, which remains far from winning all the approvals it would need to be built.

The museum had been slated to occupy a 44,000-square-foot space along West 145th Street, in between One45's two 363-foot-tall towers.

Sharpton and Lippman's letter offered few details about why that space had been deemed insufficient, saying only that the museum's mission of telling the story of the Civil Rights Movement in the Northern U.S. could not be done "within the confines of the available space that you have told us can be leased to us."

The letter urges One45's developers to put the museum space toward a different use: "more affordable housing and senior housing," which has been the dominant request of those opposed to the project.

Last week, the City Planning Commission approved the required rezonings for One45, after the project faced disapproving recommendations from Community Board 10 and Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine.

Its fate now lies in the City Council, which has until mid-June to hold a final vote, whose outcome will be far from certain.

Historically, the Council has often respected the wishes of the local member when considering land-use actions. If that policy holds, One45 would be certain to fail, as Harlem Councilmember Kristin Richardson Jordan has embarked on a self-described "crusade" to defeat the project.

Last year, however, the Council approved the contentious New York Blood Center rezoning over the objections of Upper East Side City Councilmember Ben Kallos, suggesting that the "member deference" policy may be waning. Indeed, City & State reported in January that Richardson Jordan had "ruffled feathers" among her Council colleagues, in part by voting against Adrienne Adams for speaker — suggesting that One45 could ultimately pass without her support.

[chris08876]

900 units will do wonders. We need more of these popping up (maybe better quality)... but more density is always good. Much better than what is currently on these parcels.

[NYguy]

https://www.amny.com/news/labor-unio...-council-vote/

Labor unions rally for One45 Harlem apartment towers ahead of City Council vote


Dean Moses
MAY 10, 2022

Labor unions took to the steps of City Hall Tuesday morning to support the construction of embattled Harlem towers just before a City Council committee vote.

Unions 32BJ and Local 79 defended the project known as One45, a duo of 363-foot-tall towers planned to be built on West 145th Street and Lenox Avenue. While Harlem locals have raised concern about the skyscrapers, worrying that they could be the harbingers of gentrification, union leaders believe that the plans pose a great opportunity for the community investment and growth.

“After good talks with the developer, we have come to see how many opportunities are being dealt within this project,” political organizer for 32BJ Marissa Williams said. “This is exactly the type of project that we need in our city. It is a development that will ensure good building service jobs but also be a development that will include high quality workforce housing, senior housing, MIH and market rate.”

According to the groups, the towers would accommodate members of the workforce at affordable pricing. This is something they say the city is lacking in. The unions cite that households headed by one or two union members cannot qualify for typical Mandatory Inclusionary Housing and often cannot afford market-rate rents. With One45 supporters believe they will be able to live where they work.

Crowding on the steps leading to City Hall, 32BJ and Local 79 members chanted for their cause and even set up a poster depicting the new buildings.

[chris08876]

I could of swore I heard this development was challenged a lot. More roadblocks.

[chris08876]

Oh boy… yeah it wasn’t favorable. Was just listening to the zoom meeting.

It’s like they didn’t even bother to listen to them. They knew their answer before this meeting. Threw the pandemic in there, “telling the truth” (what does that mean…), and even referenced the Bronx Point (which is rising).

Kangaroo court vibe.

[Busy Bee]

While Harlem locals have raised concern about the skyscrapers, worrying that they could be the harbingers of gentrification...

Is there another place on planet earth where people resist nice things because they might bring more nice things?

[chris08876]

^^^^

Which is unfortunate. That's almost a 1000 unit potential right here. We will probally see some big downgrade. The museum has been removed as well.

They even mentioned traffic. Most folks will walk to the nearest subway line.

[NYguy]

https://patch.com/new-york/harlem/am...ly-replacement

Harlem's One45 Project Defeated; Storage, Condos Likely Replacement
The bitterly disputed two-tower proposal was withdrawn hours before a planned vote, ending a yearlong fight that roiled the neighborhood.


By Nick Garber
May 31, 2022

The proposal to build two towers with hundreds of apartments on a Harlem block was withdrawn by developers late Monday, bringing an end to the battle that has roiled the neighborhood for more than a year.

A source with knowledge of the situation told Patch that the project, dubbed One45, was withdrawn late Monday — hours before it was set to be voted on by a City Council committee. That vote appeared likely to fail, largely due to the opposition it faced from Harlem Councilmember Kristin Richardson Jordan.

One45 would have entailed a pair of 363-foot-tall towers on the corner of West 145th Street and Lenox Avenue, adding housing, offices and retail space to a low-rise block currently home to a strip of stores, a gas station, and the Rev. Al Sharpton's National Action Network headquarters.

An initial proposal to build a civil rights museum between the two towers was dropped this month when Sharpton, its main proponent, withdrew his support — allowing developers to replace it with affordable housing for senior citizens.

But the block will eventually be transformed regardless — now, likely with a fully market-rate project that will still displace the block's current tenants, including the National Action Network.

….. the corner of 145th and Lenox will likely become home to a project with no affordable housing at all. Having failed to get the zoning changes needed for One45, developers Bruce Teitelbaum and his partners will likely build a combination of market-rate condominiums, a self-storage facility and an unspecified community facility, according to a source familiar with the plans.

Levine, the borough president, sounded uneasy about One45's rejection on Tuesday, noting that the latest proposal had "met the most important condition my office had laid out" by increasing the number of affordable units.

"Given that the developer has now pulled the rezoning application, the site will indefinitely remain as is—a vacant lot, an abandoned gas station, and a small amount of single story retail," Levine said in a statement shared with Patch.

"The corner of Lenox Ave. and 145th St. deserves much better than that. It is a bustling location, on top of a subway station, on a street that serves as the gateway to the Bronx. Most importantly, the desperate need for additional affordable housing in Harlem, and citywide, is getting ever more acute."

[Busy Bee]

Idiots. Total idiots.

[MAC123]

Congradufuckinglations.

Now instead of any affordable rate units, you're going to get storage and market rate units. You idiots played yourself.

Not to mention this site is just gonna sit there for years as a joke.

My god the incompetence.

[chris08876]

Truck Depot On Harlem's One45 Site Almost Ready, Developer Says
The widely dreaded truck stop will open within days on the Harlem block where a developer sought to build nearly 1,000 apartments.

HARLEM, NY — A large truck depot will open within days on the site of the defeated One45 development in Harlem, the developer said Monday, laying blame for the deeply unpopular depot at the feet of the local lawmaker who helped bring down the 900-apartment rezoning.

Patch broke the news about the planned truck stop in September. Now, developer Bruce Teitelbaum says, concrete has been poured and signage has been put up, with the first trucks slated to roll in later this week or early next week.

For years, Teitelbaum and his partners had sought to transform the block by building a pair of towers containing housing, offices, and — at one point — a museum devoted to the Civil Rights Movement. In its final form, the proposal would have included 458 affordable apartments, including housing for senior citizens.

But Teitelbaum withdrew the project in May as it faced near-certain rejection from the City Council, due to opposition from local member Kristin Richardson Jordan. Since it was withdrawn instead of voted down, a new rezoning could have been proposed for the site — but Teitelbaum suggested that Richardson Jordan was not receptive to more talks.

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https://patch.com/new-york/harlem/tr...developer-says

[Busy Bee]

It serves the idiot councilperson right. That said a "truck depot" is a pretty good way to landbank the property so another push for redevelopment can be made in the future. That wouldn't surprise me at all if that is what they are thinking. Maybe the proposal could come back with the taller tower on the corner like originally proposed. Regardless this is exhibit A fir why councilperson powers regarding project approvals be stripped. Gentrification... Give me a break.

[chris08876]

Yeah I agree Busy Bee. Land is to valuable to just sit there. Something will rise in time. And in Manhattan, not a lot of land opportunities such as this parcel.