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“Letter from Tel Aviv”

I did find a very interesting article about the architecture of Tel Aviv in the Metropolis Magazine by James Trainor: ‘Letter from Tel Aviv’. I agree a 100% with him about his comments in connection with the Peres Center for Peace, at Kedemstreet no.132 in the Ajami neighborhood in Jaffa.The building, designed by the Italian architect Massimillana Fuksas is a enormous green concrete block and doesn’t fit at all in his surroundings. The only open view is towards the sea and towards the street the heavy construction is closed off, like a safe, windowless, doorless and forbidding instead of inviting. It is the wrong building in the wrong place. The costs, NIS 55 million (around $ 15 million ) was 3 times (!) more then the original forecast. [costs … Read entire article »

Filed under: architecture, city, featured, life

A letter from 1944

On the ‘flea-market’, once a week at Dizengoff Square, I bought last week a ‘rare’ envelope: a registered (no.0032) letter from February 19th, 1944 to Mordechai Schwieli at the Rothschild Boulevard no.110 in Tel Aviv. … Read entire article »

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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 Jewish ‘Little Apple’. But I never like the ‘bubble’ label, as Tel Aviv has been hit with the brutal reality of terror and there are memorials all over the city as reminders. Tel Avivians are just ‘davka’ about enjoying city life, no matter what. They may be different from Jerusalemites – but that’s what makes live interesting. Miriam Abrahams Woodmere, New York [from Jerusalem Post Daily] … Read entire article »

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