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Drum legend Rodney Green in the Tel Aviv Museum
In the ‘Hot Jazz Series at the Tel Aviv Museum’, drum legend Rodney Green (from New York ) will give two concerts: on February 24th and February 25th. Green will be joined by Seamus Blake (saxophone), Asaf Kehati (drums) and Noam Wisenberg (bass). For tickets: 03-57.33001 … Read entire article »
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 »
Filed under: architecture, exhibitions, museum
The Pollack House on Herzl Street
Herewith some pictures (July 17th 2009) from the Pollack House (1910) on Herzl Street no. 1. In this building was the studio of Avraham Soskin (1881- 1963). Thanks to him we have photo archives of the early history of Tel Aviv. His most famous picture is of course: the seashell lottery, 3 km north of Yafo on April 11th 1909. I think it is time that the Municipality of Tel Aviv start to honor her most famous photographer and start to restore the building and re-open his studio as a museum! … Read entire article »
Filed under: architecture, art, history, photography