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Council Member Salaam inquires about plans for the rooftop banquet hall
0:59:34
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Council Member Yusef Salaam questions developer Bruce Teitelbaum about plans for the rooftop banquet hall space in the One45 for Harlem project. Teitelbaum expresses commitment to creating a space that reflects Harlem's culture and history while looking towards its future.
- Salaam emphasizes the importance of the space evoking Harlem's people, culture, and food
- Teitelbaum commits to working with the community to find a suitable concept for the space
- The developer describes the opportunity for a gathering, recreation, and conference space that respects Harlem's past and future
Yusef Salaam
0:59:34
I wanna move to the banquet hall space.
0:59:37
Mhmm.
0:59:40
It's important to the community and to me that the rooftop gathering space evokes what best what's best about Harlem, the people, the culture, and most definitely the food.
0:59:51
How will you work with the community and my office to ensure this goal is met?
Bruce Teitelbaum
0:59:55
Well, that's probably something nearer and dearer to my heart, councilman.
0:59:59
So I'm I'm committed to going on tour of all the great food and other venues around the country so we can find something that's suitable to Harlem.
1:00:06
Look, we spoke about this.
1:00:07
It's a great opportunity to do some kind of gathering space, recreation space, conference space.
1:00:13
But as we've talked about and I've spoken to folks in the community, it's got to be something that reflects what Harlem is, Harlem was, what Harlem could be.
1:00:21
I'm very excited about that.
1:00:22
It's another opportunity that I'm eager to get to work with you on to find the best in class and to do something that would make the community proud.
1:00:32
Again, respecting what the the past history was and then looking forward to the great future.
Yusef Salaam
1:00:39
Absolutely.