HaYarkon Street

HaYarkon Street is a major street which runs roughly parallel with the coastline in Tel Aviv, Israel, carrying traffic north and south.

View of HaYarkon Street from Opera Tower

The Opera Tower on HaYarkon Street replaces a building from 1945 that housed the Kessem Cinema. In 1948, it became the home of Israel's First Knesset. Sessions were held there until the end of 1949, when the parliament moved to Jerusalem.[1]

The HaYarkon Street has Bauhaus architecture.[2][3]

The Embassy of the United States was located on HaYarkon Street before its move to Jerusalem in May 2018. It continues to operate as a branch office.[4]

Other notable places (selection):

• The Dan Hotel Tel Aviv
• The new Sheraton Tel Aviv Hotel
• The Cinema Paris (one of the oldest cinemas in the city)
• The Crazy House(considered an "architectural curiosity" and imitation of Anthony Gaudi's buildings in Barcelona).
• The British Embassy in Israel
• The Russian Embassy in Israel
• The Isrotel Tower
• The London Square (a public park and a town square)
• The Gra Synagogue (founded in 1934 by Rabbi Yosef Zvi Halevi)
• The East Fair Complex

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  Branch office of the Embassy of the United States in Israel.
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  Meeting point between Hayarkon Street (left) and the Herbert Samuel platform (right).
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  Opera Tower
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  "Crazy House"

See also

• Culture of Israel
• Architecture of Israel

References

1. Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am. "Taking a stroll along Tel Aviv's HaYarkon Street". www.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 2020-09-07.
2. "The Best Bauhaus Buildings in Tel Aviv". Culture Trip. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
3. "Kamele vor „Bauhaus-Architektur" Was eine Postkarte aus Tel Aviv erzählt". davidkultur.at (in German). Retrieved 2020-09-14.
4. Everything you need to know about the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem