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The “House of Jars”
On no.16 at the Nahalat-Binyamin Street, corner Rambam Street, you will find a beautiful large building designed in 1925 by Zeev Rechter: the House of Jars. On the Rambam Street the building is designed with half-domes. The facade on each side is symmetrical, using Greek amphora’s as decoration. Taller then the surrounding buildings and more exposed, the building has been declared as dangerous and all the tenants moved out. It needs badly a restoration!!! … Read entire article »
Filed under: architecture, restoration
The Braun-Rabinski House
On the corner of the Rothschild Boulevard and the Maze Street, you will find a three storey high Bauhaus-building with a beautiful glass stairwell, designed in 1933 by Josef and Wolf (Zeev) Berlin: the Braun-Rabinski House. The 584 square meters building was renovated in 1989, the stairwell and protruding concrete slabs were painted green and pink and the former smooth rendering replaced with a rough rendering. Just go inside the stairwell and to the first floor and see this beautiful glass-design. … Read entire article »
Filed under: architecture, art, history, restoration
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
Restoration works on Bauhaus building
A restoration company is working this moment on a beautiful designed Bauhaus-building (1934) at the Frishman Street 21. The front of the building (the facade at the Frishman Street) is restored a few month ago and is today the home of the ShenArt Gallery. (pictures: June the 16th) … Read entire article »
Filed under: architecture, art, restoration
Maybe a little paint would help??
This funny picture I took a few days ago near Allenbey Street: At the left a restored Bauhaus-building (with the adding of two floors) and on the right a building that (at least!!) needs a facade-painting soon!! … Read entire article »
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“Don’t let me down…”
Halfway Lilienblum Street, you will find the 2nd kiosk of Tel Aviv, in a bad state. Once the people, who visited, the now broken-down, Eden Cinema nearby, bought in this kiosk during the breaks their refreshments. The first kiosk, on the corner of Rothschild Boulevard and Herzl Street was beautiful restored (with the help of the Hackmey-family) in the year 2000; today this historic ‘structure‘ in Lilienblum Street needs badly a ‘little help from some friends’, so it can be restored in his old glory. Like John Lennon once shouted: “Don’t let me downnnn…” … Read entire article »
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What is this restauration architect trying to say?
Two nights ago, on my way to the ZOA-House, I passed again this building in the Yehuda-Ha-Levie Street (nr 185): a restored Bauhaus building of 1936. But were is this so-called restored building gone?? The ‘restoration’ architect did hide (in 1995) it behind a large (glass) curtain-wall. But, against this wall, he did put an small-structure (in an horrible color!!). On top of this structure he put old stone ornaments of a building of 1918 (a Romantic-style building), that was pulled down in 1993. So…if this architect loves old buildings and style, why he didn’t just restored the old Bauhaus-building, instead of putting all this kitch in front of it? … Read entire article »
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Back to school…
A horrible example of so called restoration/renovation work, you will find in the Levotine Street (a side-street of Allenbey): The ‘Generali’ building, designed in 1928. In 1995, the architect Cahana (after restoring the old building) added a large block of aluminium on top of this historic building…it just looks disgusting. Mr. Cahana, I have a ‘tip’ for you: at Delft University of Technology (TUDelft, Netherlands) they teach about restoration/renovation and ethics: maybe it is time, you start your study all over again? … Read entire article »
Filed under: architecture, history, restoration
The first dance studio in Tel Aviv
In Ehad-Ha’amstreet no 42 , you will find a ‘simple’, small building designed in 1928 by the architect Ya’acov Ornstein. A building, of wich you will find hundreds of them in Tel Aviv; today with a black/brown facade and the concrete ‘rotten’. You will pass it by, without even notice it…. But this small building became the first dance studio in Tel Aviv, and Ya’acov Ornstein designed it for his wife Margalit Ornstein. The family emigrated, from Vienna, in 1920 to Palestine. The Ornstein-family was a pioneer of dance in Palestine. The ‘free’ (expressive) dance-revolution and the principles of the culture of the body, found fertile ground in this studio. Margalit Ornstein was the founder and theoretician of this new style of dancing. Later, she was the choreographer of the ‘Ornstein Sisters’, … Read entire article »
Filed under: architecture, dance, history, music, theater
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