The Saga of One45: From Apartment Complex to Truck Depot

A daily mix of stories about cities, city life, and our always evolving neighborhoods and skylines. [Curbed]( MONDAY, JANUARY 9 AFFORDABLE HOUSING [The Saga of One45: From Massive Apartment Complex to Truck Depot]( Developer Bruce Teitelbaum seems to be making good on his threat to use the 145th Street site as a giant parking lot. Photo: Google Maps Last spring, a one-block stretch of 145th Street in Harlem was at the center of a battle about affordable housing: how much was enough and what affordability meant in a neighborhood where the median income is [about $45,000]( — and is just $36,804 in the immediate vicinity, according to local City Council member Kristin Richardson Jordan. While the proposal for a massive two-tower complex and a civil-rights museum was withdrawn by the developer when it failed to get Richardson Jordan’s approval last year, the fight around the five-lot parcel drags on. [Continue reading »]( Want more on city life, real estate, and design? [Subscribe now]( for unlimited access to Curbed and everything New York. [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( The Latest [Compass Is Doing Totally Fine, Okay? It’s just subleasing its headquarters and doing a third round of layoffs.]( By Clio Chang [Adam Charlap Hyman Thinks His Epitaph Will Mention a Cheese Booth He Designed The architect answers Curbed’s “21 Questions.”]( By Drew Zeiba [An Entirely Wood-Paneled Condo The very 1960s apartment comes with very 1960s furniture.]( By Adriane Quinlan [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( [Read More From Curbed]( [Sign up for Reread: Real Estate Mania](, a newsletter resurfacing the wildest real-estate stories from the New York archives. Photo: New York Magazine [GET THE NEWSLETTER]( If you enjoyed reading Curbed’s daily newsletter, forward it to a friend. Or [sign up for our Design Hunting newsletter]( for a visual diary from design editor Wendy Goodman. [logo]( [facebook logo]( [instagram logo]( [twitter logo]( [unsubscribe](param=curbed) | [privacy notice]( | [update preferences]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. Was this email forwarded to you? [Sign up now]( to get this newsletter in your inbox. [View this email in your browser.]( You received this email because you have a subscription to New York. Reach the right online audience with us For advertising information on email newsletters, please contact AdOps@nymag.com Vox Media, LLC 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, 12th Floor Washington, DC 20036 Copyright © 2023, All rights reserved