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Foreign billionaire buys Tel Aviv flat for $7 million
Tel Aviv luxury towers continue to attract wealthy people from around the world. A Jewish billionaire purchased an apartment (600 square meters) at the new to build luxury tower at the Rothschild Boulevard no.17 (near Ahad-Ha’amstreet). The two old buildings (in the front of the tower) will be preserved. The tower will include 64 apartments. The land was purchased in February 2000 from the Banin family and the entire deal, including the land purchase, cost of construction and restoration of the two old buildings, is valued at….$121 million (!) … Read entire article »
Filed under: architecture, future, history, life, restoration
Paul Anka to give second concert in Tel Aviv
The once teener-idol of the 1960s, Paul Anka, will give a second concert in the Nokia Hall in Tel Aviv. All the tickets for the concert of November 19th are sold and following the audience demand, Mr. Lonely Boy, will give an other concert, in the same Nokia Hall on November 18th. The music of the 1960s appears to appeal to the Israeli public, in spite of the high prices, between $100 and $300 for a ticket. … Read entire article »
John Shannon returns to Tel Aviv
The Obliqsound recording artist John Shannon will be back in Israel. The singer, who received last year world-wide critical acclaim with his album: American Mystic will perform on Sunday, November 15th at Levontin 7 ( 22.30). Information/tickets: 03-5605084 … Read entire article »
The Three Routes of Tel Aviv
As the Centennial Year draws to an end, one of its most special projects will be introduced in a weekend of walking tours…the so called Three Routes will be officially inaugurated on October 30th and 31st. The Three Routes are special walking trails which tell the story of the city trough three distinguishing colors: White, Blue and Green. The White Route goes through the White City and historic Tel Aviv. The Blue Route runs along the city’s coastline. The Green Route follows the Yarkon River and Ganei-Yehoshua. Each route includes key stations that highlight important sites and prominent inhibitants. The stations are marked by special solar-tiles (!). Information about each station can be heard through any cellular device (!) by dialing: 054-4004414 and pressing the route and station number. To download the maps of the routes … Read entire article »
Filed under: architecture, centennial, history, holidays, life, restoration
Architectural tour of Tel Aviv
On Friday 6th and 13th of November the IOH (Irgoen Oleh Holland) will organize an architectural tour of Tel Aviv. See the Gems of the city in Neo-Classic, Romantic, Eclectic and Bauhaus or International Style (1909-1938). The (walking)tour will start at the corner of Herzl-street and Rothschild-boulevard, near the first kiosk (1909) of Tel Aviv and ends (after 3 hours) in the beautiful, restored Neve-Tsedek neighborhood. For all architecture-lovers a must!! For information:Milly Horowitz (03-5169096 ) … Read entire article »
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Volker Marz in the Chelouche Gallery
From October 29th (opening at 20:00) the Chelouche Gallery (5, Hissin Street) will show a site-specific installation: Kafka in Paradise by Volker Marz. For information: 03-528.9713 … Read entire article »
Filed under: art, exhibitions
Eating from the Tree of Knowledge
Yesterday, October 19th) I did find an interesting article in Ha’aretz about the sculptor Ya’acov Agam (81 years old) written by Ellie Armon Azoulay: Eating from the Tree of Knowledge. Ya’acov Agam, not one of the easiest guys in the world, become famous e.g. with his sculpture on the Western facade of the Dan-Hotel (HaYarkon Street) in Tel-Aviv (1970) and the (hated or loved!!) notoriuos fountain on Dizengoff Square (1986). … Read entire article »
Filed under: architecture, art, history
Viva Tel Aviv…
A nice PR-article for Tel Aviv, I did find in TheJC.com, October 15th, 2009, written by Jenni Frazer: Viva Tel-Aviv, A City of Endless Reinvention… She writes: “One of the joys of Tel Aviv is that you never quite know what you will see when you turn a corner…” … Read entire article »
Tel Aviv Dance 09
From October 16th until November 13th ballet- and dancelovers will have the time of their lives… 14 Dance companies from 10 countries will give their performances at the Suzanne Dellal Centre (Neve-Tsedek) and at the Opera House Performing Arts Center. The Nederlands Dans Theater (choreography: Jiri Kylian) will perform Last Touch First, the Spain Cienfuegos Danza eu Dance will perform: Cisnes Negros and the Israeli Batsheva Company will perform: Hora. There will be other ballet/dance groups from China, USA, France and Korea too. For information, dates and times: Suzanne Dellal: 03-5105656 Opera House: 03-6927777 … Read entire article »
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An other landmark in Tel Aviv destroyed?
The last few months, we wrote a few items about the rape of our Habima theater building by Ram Karmi. But the Municipality of Tel Aviv has no limits at all. A few weeks ago, they agreed to a plan to destroy an other famous Tel-Aviv landmark: The Asia House in Weizmann Street 4, designed in 1960 by Ben Horin. This beautiful shaped building was a relief for a lot of architecture-lovers after a long period of Brutal style architecture (concrete, concrete, concrete!). The new owner of the building is Alfred Akirov… He build, the last few years towers all over the center of Tel Aviv, e.g. destroying the Rotschild Boulevard with this large ugly steel and glass monsters. The new plans for the Asia House are just unbelievable: a 12-stories … Read entire article »
Filed under: architecture, history, restoration
Gay tourism comes to Tel Aviv
The Tel Aviv-Yafo Tourism Association, together with Israeli Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Association are to host the International Gay & Lesbian Travel Association (IGLTA) conference for the first time ever between October 10th and 16th. The event will be attended by the world’s 20 leading travel agents in the field. The week-long tour of the country will offer the visitors an indepth look at Tel Aviv as a gay-friendly city, aiming to get the city marketed as a favoured destination for gay vacation consumers. The highlight of the conference will be a symposium to be held at the Gay Center at Gan Meir Park on October 11th. … Read entire article »
Simon & Garfunkel to be honored in Tel Aviv
On October 15th at 21:00 there will be an evening in the Tzavta Theater in honor of Simon & Garfunkel, performed by Moni Arnon & Larry Fogel. This will be 90 minutes of pure musical pleasure, because who want forget: Bridge over Troubled Water, The Boxer, Sound of Silence, Mrs. Robinson, etc. … Read entire article »
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