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The site in the mask: This is how these historic buildings changed their purpose
Today is International Urbanism Day, and in his honor we went back in time, to introduce you to historic buildings built for a specific purpose and converted into something completely different.
So who won these glorious spaces?
A fascinating glimpse
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Monday, 08 November 2021, 10:10
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The history of the Land of Israel included the construction of buildings that were used for certain purposes, but in the last 150 years we have evolved and over the years they have not been used for the original purpose.
Therefore, these sites have been converted and become something completely different.
In honor of International Urbanism Day starting today, we decided to give you a peek.
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Post Office House 1934: Post Hostel Jerusalem
This is what it looked like then.
The Post Office House (Photo: Archive)
And that's today.
Post Hostel Jerusalem (Photo: Ben Rothstein and Hadar Deflot)
From the Palestine Post Office to the hotel
Post Hostel Jerusalem is located in the building of the Post and Telephone Office of Palestine, together with the municipal telephone exchange and the municipal post office. The building was erected during the British Mandate as part of four representative government buildings built in this area (along with the historic Jerusalem City Hall, the Anglo-Palestine Bank building and the Generali Building). Negotiations on the purchase of the plot continued for some time during the 1920s. The building was built in 1934-1938 in the design of the Chief Architect of the Public Works Department of the British Mandate, Austen St. Barb Harrison, the inauguration ceremony of the building took place on June 18, 1938, in the presence of the High Commissioner and hundreds of guests. The upper two floors of the building were used by the post offices. The planner took advantage of the height differences between Jaffa Street and Cyrus Street, and on Cyrus Street there is another floor for the building (basement floor) which was used for the postal distribution services.
The facade of the house is built in a quiet representative style.
Although the building is clad in dressed stone (as required by the Mandatory planning and building laws), the façade is built in the international style (except for the arches which are a traditional Jerusalem characteristic).
The color of the stone facade is white, except for the first five courses of the building, which are covered with black basalt stone brought from the Golan Heights.
At the back of the building, the stone cladding is alternately white stone and black stone, as a hint of the Mamluk architectural style typical of Jerusalem.
Influences from a variety of periods and cultures are visible on the outside of the building, and seven arches can be seen along the main entrance.
Some were originally used as windows for stamp sales.
The captions in English, Hebrew and Arabic, which appear along the windows, indicate that this special place is a meeting point of different cultures and religions.
The hostel "The Post" was established taking into account the existing structure and emphasizing the historical and architectural importance of the building.
During a gentle peeling of its layers the process revealed walls, floors and ceilings of the original structure.
The First Philharmonic Building, 1933: Spot Hostel TLV
The first concert at the Philharmonic (Photo: Yachz)
Another tune.
Spot Hostel Tel Aviv (Photo: Ben Rothstein and Hadar Deflot)
Spot Hostel TLV is housed in the first building of the Philharmonic which was established in 1933. For the opening concert, the first of the Israel Symphony Orchestra (Philharmonic) held in the building on December 26, 1936, Huberman invited the great conductor of the generation, Arturo Toscanini, to conduct the orchestra in the orchestra. His acclaimed NBC Orchestra to "provide paternal care to the newborn."
The great maestro, who had earlier fled his native Italy because of the rise of fascism, said, "I do this for the sake of humanity."
Migdal Shalom, 1965: The Urban Place co-working space complex
Peace Tower after its opening (Photo: Archive)
From the "Burj Khalifa" of Israel - to a work space
The Peace Tower was the "Burj Khalifa" of its time, in Israel in 1965. It rises to a height of 123 meters and is considered the tallest tower in Asia, until 1968 with the completion of the "Ksumigsky Building" in Tokyo, Japan. The tower also held the title of "tallest tower in the Middle East" until 1979 with the completion of the "World Trade Center" building in Dubai. The building held the title of the tallest skyscraper in Israel for about 34 years, until the inauguration of the round Azrieli Tower in 1999. Until the second decade of the 21st century, the building housed many government offices. There was a municipal library on the third floor. In the basement of the tower was a bowling alley.
On May 30, 1975, a small amusement park called "Ireland" was built on the lower open roof of the tower.
The park was active until 1994. On June 7, 1973, the "Israeli Wax Museum" was established by Rafael (Rafi) Baruch.
The museum, which was the only wax museum in Israel, had about a hundred wax dolls.
It closed in 1995. After the museum closed, puppets by Chaim Nachman Bialik, Leah Goldberg, Natan Alterman, Alexander Penn, Avraham Shlonsky and Hannah Rubina, designed by Michael Rapoport, were placed on the first floor of the tower.
The films "Aliza Mizrahi" (1967) and "Tel Aviv Stories" (1992) were shot in the tower, and they commemorate the places that were there: the department store, the wax museum, the amusement park and the observatory.
Urban Place's common spaces complex (Photo: Nissim Silam)
Roman Levy (Photo: Yachz)
The building is built in a modern style. It is rectangular in its plan, consisting of rows of horizontal windows, and covered with beige Italian mosaic tiles. Access to the mezzanine floor is possible only after ascending the escalator where the Urban Place shared workspaces complex is currently located. Urban Place Migdal Shalom complex, suitable for those looking for a boutique workspace in the heart of Tel Aviv, located in the business area of Tel Aviv near restaurants and bars in Rothschild.
The complex, which is open 24/7 and dog-friendly, is spread over 1,000 square meters that includes two floors and a balcony, open space with fixed stations, well-equipped and spacious private offices for 1-7 people, meeting rooms in a variety of sizes, several lounges, dining tables and a bar. The complex was designed with the technical aspect (such as soundproof walls), and the cozy home decor of the place in mind.
Roman Levy, CEO and co-founder of the Urban Place joint work complex, made aliyah to Israel in his adulthood, sees the location of Urban Place Migdal Shalom as a Zionist decision: "Migdal Shalom is considered the good news in Israel in its establishment, a national pride.
The tower has an amazing view overlooking the Mediterranean Sea and the view of the whole of Tel Aviv and at the same time, we designed a workspace complex in a soft design of a house, with opaque acoustics that allows concentration - in the heart of the urban center of Tel Aviv.
All you have to do is come and fall in love with the connection between the historic structure and the people. "
Building from the Templar period: call center, Bezeq Online
This is where Bezeq Online's hotline sits (Photo: Yachz)
Bezeq Online in the heart of the Templar colony
Avi Atias (Photo: Yachz)
Inside a conservation building in the heart of the Templar colony of Haifa, Bezeq Online has established the new site for Arabic and Hebrew speaking service professionals. The new site is located at 19 Ben Gurion Street in Haifa. The work environment of the center was built while preserving the shape of the building with an entrance porch with arches and its contents. The buildings on Ben Gurion Boulevard express the glorious past of the German colony that existed in the area. The Templar colony was a modern German town - an extraordinary entity within an environment that was a relatively desolate area at the edge of the Ottoman Empire.
The German Colony was founded in 1869 by the German Templar Association.
Christian Hoffman had gathered a group of believers in southern Germany a few years earlier who had obeyed the tenets of his teachings - correcting their lifestyles, returning to the basic values of Christianity and creating a new and reformed society that would bring Messiah, the Redeemer to the Land of Israel, the chosen land.
The colony in Haifa was one of 7 colonies he established together with his believers in Israel.
Haifa was chosen because of the port, the comfortable climate, the accessibility to the Galilee and the valleys and cooperation with the Muslims in those days.
The Templar colony in Haifa prospered at the end of the Turkish rule, and the way of life of its inhabitants became a role model in the area.
Avi Atias, CEO of Bezeq Online: "We chose to establish the center in the building in the heart of the German colony, because the historical story of the place and the building was very unique and the building suited our needs. The historical and cultural value we bring to our employees
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