Florentin – from Salonika to Soho
A very loveable article, I did find in the METRO (Jerusalem Post, Friday January 15th) written by Joanna Paraszcur about the Florentin neighborhood in Tel Aviv, founded almost 90 years ago by Greek immigrants: “Florentin – from Salonika to Soho”. The neighborhood is today a new catch for real-estate developers. … Read entire article »
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Exhibition of fire marks
Again on Ha’aetz.com there is a very interesting story [LINK] about so called fire marks from Israel. I was quite intrigued by this story. These fire (insurance) marks were the sign that insurance was payed for the specific building and in the British Mandate period quite common. Until February 25 the fire marks are on display at the HerzLilienblum Museum in Tel Aviv, next to fire fighting equipment from the early days of the state. Nice! … Read entire article »
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Beautifully restored at Barzilay Street
In the Barzilay Street no.6, near the Rothschild Boulevard, you will find a beautiful restored Bauhaus (or International Style) building from 1934. It is one of the more then 4.000 International Style buildings, you will find in the inner-city of Tel Aviv, designed between 1930 and 1938. … Read entire article »
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Walking with Irgoen Oleh Holland
On Friday 6th and 13th of November, I took a group (64 people all together) of Irgoen Oleh Holland (The Dutch new immigrant organization) for a walking tour of historic Tel Aviv: the architecture in the Neo-Classic, Neo-Romantic, Eclectic and Bauhaus or International Style. At the end of the 3 hours tour, the group received a light lunch at the first kiosk of Tel Aviv (1909), now restored at the corner of Herzl Street and Rothschild Boulevard. … Read entire article »
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Solel Boneh arcade destroyed
An other historic icon in Tel Aviv is gone The Solel Boneh Arcade at Allenby Street no. 111, a covered passage-way, was designed in the 1950s by Dov Karmi and Arieh Sharon in a modernist style and came to symbolize the era. Within the arcade were 20 small businesses and the famous Tamar Cinema. The 3 upper-floors contained Soleh Boneh, once the largest construction in Israel, offices. The arcade was destroyed to make space for the 27 floors glass tower the American architect Richard Meir designed on the corner of Allenby- and Rothschild Boulevard. The pictures were taken on Friday-afternoon, November 14 th. … Read entire article »
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The Kiosk is serving again…
Last week, the 3rd kiosk in Tel-Aviv, on the corner of Allenby Street and Rothschild Boulevard started serving again. The famous kiosk was for many, many years in a horrible state and is beautiful restored. … Read entire article »
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The worst show in town
A very good commentary I did find in Ha’aretz, November the 6th: “The worst show in town” about the ‘rape’ (so called restoration) of our national theater building Habima by the (so called) architect Ram Karmi. The editor of Ha’aretz wrote,e.g: “When every city resident wanting to expand a window or close off a balcony must go trough the purgatory of municipal red tape, it is puzzling that such brutal, environment-altering structure could have emerged (an enormous block of concrete, sealed by walls, rising like a dam along the street) in such an attractive part of central Tel-Aviv…” … Read entire article »
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Munich mounts Tel Aviv Centennial show
A new exhibition honoring Tel Aviv’s Centennial celebrations opened at the famous House of Architecture in Munich, Germany. The exhibition curator is Arieh Berkowitz and features his and artist Sergio Lerman‘s works. It will run until December 11th, 2009. The showing express a longing for the city of Tel Aviv old, romantic architecture, typical of the 1920s and 1930s. Sergio Lerman ‘s beautiful drawings of historic architectural buildings you will find also in a most interesting book called Born with Love (2004) with color drawings of the conservation of historical buildings of Ramat Gan, a suburb of Tel Aviv. … Read entire article »
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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 »
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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 »
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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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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 »
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