Tel-Aviv Israel Dizengoff Square c.1960s postcard

Postcard

 

• Picture / Image:  Tel-Aviv - Dizengoff Square - probably 1960s
• Publisher:  Palphot
• Postally used:  no
• Stamp:  n/a
• Postmark(s):  n/a
• Sent to:  n/a
• Notes & Key words:  has small strip of paper adherence to back, rough cut at bottom

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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information:

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Dizengoff Square (Hebrew: with niqqud:, without niqqud: , Kikar Dizengof, fully Zina Dizengoff Square, Hebrew, Kikar Tzina Dizengof) is an iconic^[1] public square in Tel Aviv, on the corner of Dizengoff Street, Reines Street and Pinsker Street. One of the city's main squares, it was built in 1934^[2] and inaugurated in 1938.^[1]

The square, built in 1934, was part of the original urban plan by Sir Patrick Geddes, and was designed by architect Genia Averbuch. The idea to build a parking lot under the square went unrealized, and instead a roundabout was fashioned around the square, at its center a garden with a fountain and shady seating areas.^[2] For decades the square was a popular location and one of the landmarks of Tel Aviv's historic "White City."^[2]

The square is a circular plaza and has been a focal point of Tel Aviv since its establishment in the 1930s,^[3] its location in the very heart of Tel Aviv being one of the reasons.^[4] Dizengoff Square is named for Zina (Tzina), the wife of Tel Aviv's first mayor, Meir Dizengoff. Its original 1930s design was called "the Étoile of Tel Aviv" due to the form of the square - a roundabout at the meeting of six streets.^[4]

1978, however, the current split-level configuration was introduced, during Shlomo Lahat's tenure as mayor, with Dizengoff traffic flowing beneath it.^[2] The plan was by architect Tsvi Lissar, of Lissar Architects and City Planners.^[5] It was elevated in an effort to ease congestion in the area.^[1] The square was rebuilt using an entirely different design: the square was covered with an elevated pedestrian plaza above Dizengoff Street, Pinsker Street and Reines Street.^[4] The pedestrian area is elevated, connected by ramps to the adjacent sidewalks and to the pedestrian areas of Ben Ami and Zamenhoff streets, while traffic uses the lower level.

The changes met with furious reactions, but the city authorities explained at the time that these were necessary to solve traffic problems.^[2]