Blues by the Beach
Mike’s Place: April 30th, 2003 – April 30th, 2009 Dominique, Yanay, Ran We will NEVER, NEVER forget you…
‘A tale of two capitals’
Yesterday, I saw this interesting article in the Jerusalem Post (April 28th) by Liat Collins: “A tale of two capitals”. And, as always,you will find this ‘love/hate’ (most of the time more ‘hate’) relation between this two cities: Tel Aviv and Jerusalem! Liat Collins wrote “…I have always been rather intimidated by Tel Aviv. I speak the language, but I… Read more →
What about the UNESCO protection of our inner-city?
On the corner of Rotschild Boulevard and Allenbey Street is a big building-site at this moment. On this spot will arise an other, ugly high-rise tower: the so called ‘The Meir on Rotschild Tower’ designed by the American architect: Richard Meir. Unit prices in the 27 floor high tower will start (!) at 1.3 million Euro. ‘If I am not… Read more →
Renovation a matter of taste?
From where do this restoration/renovation architects in Tel-Aviv (at least a part of them) received this horrible ‘ taste’?? On the Ben-Jehuda Street no. 8, you will find the famous Hershberg House, designed in 1926 by Joseph Berlin. Berlin was born in 1877 in the Ukraine. He studied architecture in Odessa and in St.Petersburg. He emigrated to Palestine in 1921…. Read more →
JP: Letter with praise from New York
Jerusalem Post, April 28th 2009 Letters: Hurrah for Tel Aviv!! We love Tel Aviv and have to justify that the modern orthodox community we are part of, who think Jerusalem is the one and only city in Israel. As New Yorkers, we especially enjoy Tel Aviv vibe: the art galleries, street live and beaches. We do agree it is a… Read more →
Aharonovitch-house needs a face-lift ‘badly’
A very beautiful Bauhaus design, you will find on the corner of Rothschild Boulevard no.117 and Bar-Ilan Street no.17. It is the ‘Aharonovitch House’ designed in 1933 by Yizhak Rapoport, with this typical Bauhaus-style glass- windows staircase and balconies. Rapoport was born in 1901 in the Ukraine and emigrated with his parents in 1914 to Palestine. He attended the Jewish-French… Read more →
Gay and lesbian couples wed at Pride Parade!
On June the 12th 2009, Tel Aviv will have his 11th annual Pride Parade. This time with an event, organizers believe to be the first ever for such an event anywhere in the world and certainly in Israel: Gal Uchovsky, journalist and film-producer, will marry two couples: one gay and one lesbian pair. A campaign will be launched on the… Read more →
Tel Aviv hotel ranked 23rd in magazine’s hot list!
Conde Nast Traveller Magazine ranks boutique ‘Hotel Montefiori’ (at Montefiori Street no.36) as one of the top 70 hotels in the world for 2009: rank no.:..23 !!! The building, designed in 1922 in the ‘Eclectic’ style, was restored in 2000/2001. In 2002, Yoram and Elana Wakshlak opened in the building on the 2nd and 3rd floor the ‘Time for Art… Read more →
Street Art
On a ‘rolling-shutter’ of a printshop at the end of Petach-Tikwa Road (near the ‘old’ busstation) you will find a magnificent piece of graffity (art), made last January.
