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  • Lunch with Yuvi (his blue sleeve at right) at Gedera 26

    Lunch with Yuvi (his blue sleeve at right) at Gedera 26

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  • Bialik House, now a museum, 22 Bialik near TA's second town hall

    Bialik House, now a museum, 22 Bialik near TA's second town hall

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  • Ottoman balcony and arches, part of what is now called "Israeli National Style"

    Ottoman balcony and arches, part of what is now called "Israeli National Style"

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  • Tel Aviv's second Town Hall, 1925, at 27 Bialik

    Tel Aviv's second Town Hall, 1925, at 27 Bialik

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  • Looking back from the town hall. Bialik House/museum at left.

    Looking back from the town hall. Bialik House/museum at left.

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  • The Opera Tower (office building and fast food restaurants)

    The Opera Tower (office building and fast food restaurants)

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  • On the way back from the beach

    On the way back from the beach

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  • Pre-school at left, Hotel Shenkin next door

    Pre-school at left, Hotel Shenkin next door

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  • A 1920s building. Palm tree window at center

    A 1920s building. Palm tree window at center

    Nahalat Binyamin Street is a unique combination of simple structures, wild art-deco, eclectic buildings and 1930’s Bauhaus houses. It begins at Magen David Square, where six streets intersect: Sheinkin, King George, HaCarmel, Allenby (in two directions) and Nahalat Binyamin. The square gets its name from the Magen David Adom ambulances that once raced noisily along on their way to nearby Hadassah Hospital. Before Nahalat Binyamin was transformed into a pedestrian mall in the mid 1980’s, as many as 60,000 vehicles passed through daily.

  • An apartment house at #8 Nahalat Binyamin

    An apartment house at #8 Nahalat Binyamin

    One of the most extravagant structures on Nahalat Binyamin was built in 1922 (at #8). Known as the Palm Tree House (Beit Hadekel) it is a terrific example of fancy Art Nouveau design. Architect Y.Z. Tabachnik was intent on creating a unique Jewish type of architecture for buildings in the Land of Israel, and even asked for his style to be copyrighted. Indeed, when he sent his plan in for approval, he wrote: All rights reserved, Original Jewish Style.

  • Palm tree at #8 Nahalat Binyamin

    Palm tree at #8 Nahalat Binyamin

    Tabachnik received permission for almost everything he wanted. There was one exception: the municipality wouldn’t let him erect tablets on the roof bearing the Ten Commandments, insisting that these could be used only on public and religious buildings. So Tabachnik had to be satisfied with the horns of the altar, menorahs woven into the railings, and two Stars of David. There was a palm tree as well, but it was stolen some years ago and only replaced during the house’s recent restoration.

  • #8 Nahalat Binyamin

    #8 Nahalat Binyamin

    eclectic architecture on Nahalat Binyamin http://bit.ly/1PZJit7

  • Binyamin Market just setting up. This may have been HaShomer St

    Binyamin Market just setting up. This may have been HaShomer St

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  • The next photos primarily  show the  new wing of the art museum and the courtyards

    The next photos primarily show the new wing of the art museum and the courtyards

  • TA Museum of Art, newest of two wings, 2011.

    TA Museum of Art, newest of two wings, 2011.

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  • This cube joins the old and new wings

    This cube joins the old and new wings

    The glass corridor (middle left) connects the new wing with the glass cube and also exits to the sculpture court.

  • Inside the new wing

    Inside the new wing

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  • View from Tel Aviv to Ramat Gan hills, 1924

    View from Tel Aviv to Ramat Gan hills, 1924

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  • The Last Painting

    The Last Painting

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  • The Last Painting

    The Last Painting

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  • Entrance cube

    Entrance cube

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  • Sculpture garden. Restaurant behind first floor windows.

    Sculpture garden. Restaurant behind first floor windows.

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  • "Friends," 2001 Restaurant behind. These are the security.

    "Friends," 2001 Restaurant behind. These are the security.

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  • Sculpture court from the restaurant

    Sculpture court from the restaurant

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  • Scallops (on a bed of rissoto maybe?)

    Scallops (on a bed of rissoto maybe?)

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  • Look at the hoop sculpture center-right

    Look at the hoop sculpture center-right

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  • "Scream," Menashe Kadishman, 1998.

    "Scream," Menashe Kadishman, 1998.

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  • Cafe and the two museum buildings in backround

    Cafe and the two museum buildings in backround

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