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Tel Aviv University: Dormitories
Tel Aviv University was established in 1956 after the merger of the Tel Aviv School of Law and Economics, an Institute of Natural Sciences, and an Institute of Jewish studies. It’s campus was established in 1963 after theuniversity was granted…
Tel Aviv: Fence for Security around Tel Aviv University
This photograph shows security fencing surrounding Tel Aviv University campus. Tel Aviv University is the largest academic institution in Israel, and was founded after the merger of three colleges in 1956.
Tel Aviv: Beit Hatfutsot
This 1980 photograph shows Beit Hatfutsot just two years after it was opened. It is the Museum of the Jewish People on the campus of Tel-Aviv University. The idea was proposed by Nahum Goldman, who wanted to create a monument to the Jewish Diaspora.…
Tel Aviv: Tel Aviv Marina
The Tel Aviv Beach was developed into a resort after it’s economic potential was realized by Mayor Dizengoff in the 1930s. Originally the development was to follow the Gruenblatt plan, which followed the Geddes plan for the city, but planned to…
Tel Aviv: Beit Hatfutsot, Soldiers
Beit Hatfutsot the Museum of the Jewish Diaspora was opened in 1978. The design for the museum was decided by a competition in which renowned architect Miles van Rohe was the head of a panel of judges. The museum is located on the campus of Tel-Aviv…
Tel Aviv: Construction at Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv University was formed by the merger of three institutions in 1956 eventually becoming Tel Aviv University in 1963. It is the largest academic institution in Israel. This 1980 photograph shows the early phases of constructing of the…
Tel Aviv: Chanky Beach
This section of beach in Tel Aviv, sometimes called Chanky Beach, is part of Tel Aviv’s coastline that draws in large numbers of tourists each year. The proximity to the Mediterranean Ocean brings the city approximately 2.7 million visitors annually.
Tel Aviv: Beach
Renowned as a city that never sleeps, Tel Aviv is a popular tourist attraction largely due to it's beaches. Considered to be some of the best beaches in the world, they play a major role in the city’s tourism industry and economy.
Tel Aviv: City Hall, Machei Israel Square (now Rabin Square)
As early as 1945 Yaacov Ben Sera, city engineer, was suggesting a transformation of Machei Israel Square into the civic heart of Tel Aviv. This 1980 photograph shows the City Hall and the Yigal Tumakrin’s 1975 memorial to the Holocaust, located in…
Tel Aviv: Machei Israel Square, City Hall
Proposed by city engineer Yaacov Ben Sera in 1945, Machei Israel Square was transformed over two decades from a place of recreation to the civic heart of modern Tel Aviv. This photograph show’s the plaza and Menahem Cohen’s city hall. The city hall…
Tel Aviv: Machei Israel Square, Modernist Housing
Following Israel’s independence concrete tenement houses were quickly constructed to accommodate large numbers of refugee’s living in ma’abarot, refugee tent camps. This 1980 photograph of Machei Israel Square also shows some of these modernist…
Tel Aviv: City Hall & Rabin Square Fountain
The City Hall of Tel Aviv is pictured as the right most building in this image. The large collection of water seen is Rabin Square’s Fountain. Every summer, the city of Tel Aviv hosts a water fight in which people either run around the square with…
Tel Aviv: City Hall
This image portrays another side shot of the City Hall in Tel Aviv, Israel. Since its completion in 1966, the building has undergone several renovations. Starting in 2004, the asbestos-cement grid on the south side has been completely taken down.…
Tel Aviv: City Hall & Rabin Square
Along the left side of this image amongst the crowds, a side view of Tel Aviv’s Ciry Hall can be seen. Comprised of a total of 14 floors, this concrete building stands 52 meters tall. The surrounding area around the building is known as Rabin Square.…
Jaffa: Hassan Bek Mosque
This Ottoman style mosque was built in 1916 by Hasan Bek, the governor of Jaffa at the time. Ottoman style of architechture flourished from the 1550s to about 1700. Certain elements typical of the style include its use of ornamental patterns of…
Tel Aviv: Urban Greenery, Residential Neighborhood
This photograph of a residential street in Tel Aviv shows traces of Scottish planner Patrick Geddes plan in the narrow street and the patches of greenery. The Geddes Plan, drafted in 1926, attempted to design Tel Aviv in the style of garden cities, a…
Tel Aviv: Carmel Market “Shuk Ha’Carmel”
Known in Israel as “Shuk Ha’Carmel”, the Carmel Market is Tel Aviv’s largest and busiest city market. Boardered by Allenby Street and Magen David Square, the market rests mainly on Carmel Street and houses a wide variety of vendors from clothing to…
Tel Aviv: Carmel Market Butcher
Seen in this photograph is one of Carmel Market’s many street vendors. This one in particular seems to be advertising an abundance fresh poultry for sale. According to the Tel Aviv Guide online, there are two amazing butchers in the market that offer…
Tel Aviv: Carmel Market
This photo was taken of Tel Aviv’s largest marketplace, Carmel Market. The market is a narrow alleyway that houses many vendors offering a huge variety of goods. Coming from the side towards Allenby Street, there are many clothing vendors followed on…
Tel Aviv: Carmel Market, Allenby Street
Located off Allenby Street, the Carmel Market is the largest bazaar market in the city. This photograph shows clothing for sale, but the market specializes mostly in food and home accessories.
Tel Aviv: Allenby Street
Allenby Street is a commercial street in Tel Aviv that is also a hub of nightlife known for clubs, pubs and restaurants. It has a reputation for hosting some of the cities undesirable areas, such as tourist attractions and adult clubs.
Tel Aviv: Bus Stop on Allenby Street
Allenby Street is a main commercial street in Tel Aviv. It is also a main route on the city bus system. At night, Allenby Street is a destination for nightlife, while during the day it is a busy area for retail shopping. Alleby Street is known for…
Tel Aviv: Atarim Square
Since its completion in 1975, this multi level entertainment and tourism center has greatly degraded in popularity and recognition. This complex is an excellent example of Brutalist architecture. These types of buildings tend to be made out of…
Tel Aviv: Atarim Plaza
Built by Ya’akov Rechter between the years of 1971 and 1975, Atarim Square was meant to be a recreation and leisure center. The square is nestled between the Tel Aviv Marina, seen clearly in this photo, and Gordon swimming pool. In the lower levels,…
Tel Aviv: International Style in Residential Architecture
The Geddes Plan, which drew influence from the garden city movement, is illustrated in this photograph of a residential street in Tel Aviv. Drafted in 1926 and put into effect in 1927, the plan favoured the city dweller, regulating everything from…
Tel Aviv: Residential Street
The International style dominates residential structures in Tel Aviv developed between the 1920s and 1960s. Patrick Geddes, at the request of Mayor Dizengoff, drafted a plan for the city that was adjusted for the comfort of the pedestrian. This…
Tel Aviv: Dizengoff Shopping Mall
Seen in this picture is the large number of people that have come to enjoy the many retail offerings of the Dizengoff Center. With its 420 stores, the center welcomes around 20,000 people on weekdays and an estimated 45,000 people on Fridays. The…
Tel Aviv: Dizengoff Center
Named after the city’s first mayor, Meir Dizengoff, the Dizengoff Center was Israel’s first mall. The building was built by the architect Mordechai Ben-Horin starting in 1972. It has since been completed in 1983, but the first store opening was in…
Tel Aviv: Dizengoff Street
This photograph shows the cafe culture and wide sidewalks that once lead people to compare Dizengoff Street to Champs-Elysees. Since the 1970s commercial activity on the street has declined, perhaps due to the construction of the Dizengoff Center, an…
Tel Aviv: Dizengoff St. Retail
This photograph was taken at 99 Dizengoff St. in 1980. The film 99 Dizengoff had just been released the year before which perhaps prompted the taking of this photograph at this particular address. Also pictured are some of the retail clothing shops…
Tel Aviv: Dizengoff Street
Named for Mei Dizengoff, former Mayor of Tel Aviv, Dizengoff Street was once a shopping destination for locals and tourists alike. The construction of the Dizengoff Center, a shoppoing mall, has been cited a sa reason for the areas commercial…
East Jerusalem: Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetary
The Jewish Cemetary on the Mount of Olives has been active for over 2000 years. The site is desirable for those of Jewish faith as a Bible verse (Zech. 14:4) claims that the resurrection will begin here when the messiah arrives. The Mount of Olives…
Tel Aviv: Dizengoff St.
Dizengoff Street, named for Meir Dizengoff, the first mayor of Tel Aviv, is the home for designer shops and leisure in Tel Aviv. Since the 1970s the street has seen some decline, but continues to be a destination for those seeking designer fashions…
Jerusalem: Basilica of the Agony/The Church of All Nations and the Church of Saint Mary Magdalene
The Basilica of the Agony was designed by Italian architect Antonio Barluzzi. It is also known as the Church of All Nations because the construction of the church was funded through donations collected from many countries. Each of the donating…
Tel Aviv: Metzudat Ze’ev (also known as Beit Jabotinsky) & Tel Aviv City Hall
This photograph shows Metzudat Ze’ev, an office building in Tel Aviv named for Vladimir Jabotinsky. Jabotinksy was a leader of the right-wing, anti-socialist movement within Zionism. Jabotinsky argued that the future of the Jewish state depended on…
Jerusalem: Eastern Wall, Jewish Cemetery, Church of Mary Magdalene
This photograph shows the North East section of the Eastern Wall in Jerusalem. At the left is the Golden Gate, dating from the 7th century AD. The Golden Gate is significant in the Jewish, Christian, and Muslim traditions.
At the left of the…
Tel Aviv: Aerial (6 of 6)
Tel Aviv quickly earned the nickname the White City, and from this photograph (5 of 6) it’s easy to see where it came from. The city’s architecture is overwhelmingly in the International and Bauhaus style. The architecture is designed to favor…
Jerusalem: Via Dolorosa
This photograph is taken on the Via Dolorosa, a street in Jerusalem which is believed a section of the path Jesus walked on his way to his crucifixion. Traditionally it is the route from Pilate’s house to Golgotha, and there is a long tradition of…
Tel Aviv: Aerial (5 of 6)
Tel Aviv quickly earned the nickname the White City, and from this photograph (5 of 6) it’s easy to see where it came from. The city’s architecture is overwhelmingly in the International and Bauhaus style. The architecture is designed to favor…
Jerusalem: Simoni Cyrenato Crux Imponitur, Via Dolorosa
The stations of the cross were codified by Leonardo of Porto Maurizo, a Franciscan, who established the fourteen stations along Christs walk with the cross. This photograph is of the fifth station, as represented in the Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem. …
Jerusalem: Dome of the Rock
The Dome of the Rock is the earliest remaining Islamic monument. It is constructed on an artificial platform, has a dome measuring 20 meters in diameter, and a exterior richly decorated in mosaic. The shape of the building is octagonal. It was built…
Tel Aviv: Aerial (4 of 6), Former I.B.M. Building
This image shows the urban density of Tel Aviv, Israel’s primary city. At the extreme left, peaking over the horizon, is the former I.B.M building, designed by Yasky & Partners in the 1970s. Quite literally in the shadow of the I.B.M. Building…
Jerusalem: Dome of the Rock
The Dome of the Rock is the earliest remaining Islamic monument. It is constructed on an artificial platform, has a dome measuring 20 meters in diameter, and a exterior richly decorated in mosaic. The shape of the building is octagonal. It was built…
Jerusalem: Dome of the Rock Outer Wall Facade
The Dome of the Rock was the first artistic endeavor of the Umayyads, and is the earliest surviving example of an Islamic monument. The architecture was meant to rival the splenduer of contemporary Christian and Judaic architecture. The building’s…
Jerusalem: Dome of the Rock
The Dome of the Rock was built to rival the splendor of Christian and Judaic architecture of the time. It’s dome is 20 m wide and consists of two wooden shells supported by a drum 16 m in height. The building uses design elements from Christian…
Tel Aviv: Aerial (3 of 6) - City Hall at Rabin Square, Former I.B.M Building
This aerial image of Tel Aviv shows some structures of note, including the Tel Aviv City Hall at Rabin Square (far left) and the former I.B.M. Building on Weizmann Street (far right), designed by Yasky & Partners.
Tel Aviv quickly earned the…
Jerusalem: Dome of the Rock, Exterior Detail
This 1980 photograph shows the facade of the outer wall at the Dome of the Rock. The mosaic design is significant in that it does not contain any representational imagery. The Dome of the Rock introduced decorative principles that heavily influenced…
Tel Aviv: Aerial (2 of 6)
Tel Aviv quickly earned the nickname the White City, and from this photograph (2 of 6) it’s easy to see where it came from. The city’s architecture is overwhelmingly in the International and Bauhaus style. The architecture is designed to favor…
Tel Aviv: Aerial (1 of 6)
This photograph (1 of 6) shows the Tel Aviv beach, a major economic asset to the city, which was realized as early as the 1920s. Also pictured is the dense development of architecture in the International and Bauhaus style that have become the image…
Tel Aviv: Coastline
Photographed from one of the many hotels along Retsif Herbert Samuel, the beaches in Tel Aviv are one of the cities main tourist attractions. The beaches are ranked amongst the best in the world, attracting visitors and locals alike and playing a…