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Image:Rothschild.jpg| | Image:Rothschild.jpg| Future scenario of Rothschild Boulevard until 2020 <ref name="torenos"> Torenos via photobucket (2011). ''Photobucket > Toreno > Tel Aviv > Photo 65 of 86 > Rothschild '' http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y18/torenos/tel%20aviv/?action=view¤t=Rothschild.jpg (Nov 28, 2011)</ref> | ||
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Strolling along Tel Aviv's oldest and most famous boulevard and its surrounding
Short Introduction to the Area of Study
Rothschild Boulevard is one of Tel Aviv’s major streets, and certainly it’s most famous: As one of the city’s first four streets, it was built on top of sand dunes. First named Rehov Ha’Am (literally – the ‘Street of the people‘), it was changed to Sderot Rothschild in 1910, in honor of Baron de Rothschild, member of the French branch of the famous banking dynasty. It was designed as a boulevard because the Jewish settlers were unable to drain the small wadi that ran there and were compelled to construct on both sides of the street, leaving the center for pedestrians, thus making it into the city’s first boulevard. It is here that the Independence Hall is located, the site where the first Israeli Prime Minister, David Ben Gurion, declared the establishment of the State of Israel, on the 14th of May, 1948.
Nowadays, the boulevard has a designated promenade for pedestrians and bicycle as its centerpiece; it is the financial center of Israel’s only metropolis, with the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange and all the head offices and branches of the big banks and brokerage houses. But it is also a culinary hotspot, with posh restaurants on either side of the boulevard and in adjacent streets; a café mecca that has trendy spots in and around the avenue; a nightlife center with nearby Lillinblum St. offering the city’s largest concentration of bars.
The boulevard starts in Neve Tsedek on its southwestern end and goes east, intersecting with Herzl and Allenby until it reaches the Habima National Theater. It’s one of the most expensive streets in TA, thanks to some beautiful structures that have been kept in excellent condition or have been carefully renovated, forming part of the White City recognized by UNESCO as World Heritage Site since 2003. The boulevard is residential between Habima and Mazeh Street. Its most active (and expensive) part lies north of its intersection with Allenby Street. Many of the smaller streets connecting with Rothschild here have the same historical-yuppie atmosphere, architectural style and cultural significance. Thus, one should not just walk up and down Rothschild but stroll around in search for some “gems“. South of the Allenby intersection, business is less active but experts consider that area to be the boulevard's future as some luxury residential projects are planned for the area.
The boulevard and its surrounding attract the young and the beautiful, the rich big spenders, as well as parents with strollers or dog walkers with plastic bags. You can spend few lovely hours walking around, mixing a bit of people-watching, resting on one of the promenade's benches, sipping coffee or having business lunch in one of the cafés or restaurants.
Exercise 1: Sketching the Landscape
Time frame: October 25 - November 15, 2011
Student activities:
- Creation of analytical drawings and sketches
- Presentation of results
Sketches and Drawings
Exercise 2: Landscape Layers
Time frame: November 15 - 29, 2011
- time based changes and 'landscape biography':
- historic pictures
People promenading on Rothschild Blvd. and Herzl Street, the main and "only" streets of Tel Aviv before WWI, drawing by Nahum Gutman [1]
Tel Aviv's water tower, and the first kiosk erected on the corner of Rothschild Boulevard and Herzl Street, photo by Avraham Soskin, 1910 [2]
Rothschild Blvd. and Herzl St. Tel Aviv, 1911 (to the southwest). Note the kiosk under the red arrow at the corner. [3]
Buildings under construction on Rothschild Boulevard [4]
Rothschild Blvd towards Neve Tzedek neighborhood, 1921 [5]
Rothschild Blvd in the 1920s [6]
Rothschild Blvd in the 1930s [7]
Rothschild Blvd, 1947 [8]
- future development
Future scenario of Rothschild Boulevard until 2020 [9]
- topography, open spaces, built, green, traffic and water structures on different layers.
- Definition of zones with coherent character
- Description of this character.
- topography
Please publish your findings here
Exercise 3: Behaviour Patterns
Time frame: December 6 - 20, 2011
- How do people behave in this area? How do they use the space? What is important for them?
- Observation of study area, interviews with local people and mapping of use patterns.
- Preparation of short presentation
Please publish your findings here
Exercise 4: Communication Concepts
Time frame: December 19, 2011 - January 17, 2012
- Based on the different landscape assessment approaches students will develop a communication concept for their area of study
- Which measures would be necessary for enhancing the awareness for the area?
- Students are free to choose their method.
Please publish your findings here
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References
- ↑ Sharon, Arieh (2011). Kibbutz + Bauhaus > Tel Aviv on the Mediterranean - A Town on Pilotis 1932-1939 > Tel Aviv's First Buildings > Picture 2 of 8: Drawing by Nahum Gutman http://www.ariehsharon.org/TelAviv/Tel-Avivs-First-Buildings/img003/1243297080_CKnRn-M.jpg (Nov 28, 2011)
- ↑ Jewish Heritage Online Magazine (2011). Arts > Documentators of the Dream > Avraham Soskin. Tel Aviv's water tower, and the first kiosk erected on the corner of Rothschild Boulevard and Herzl Street, 1910. Silver Prints Collection. http://jhom.com/arts/doc_dream/ill9_large.jpg (Nov 28, 2011)
- ↑ Heiss, Jerry (2011). 1911:Rothschild Blvd. and Herzl St. Tel Aviv http://www.flickr.com/photos/jerry_heiss/5827747028/in/photostream/ (Nov 28, 2011)
- ↑ Sharon, Arieh (2011). Kibbutz + Bauhaus > Tel Aviv on the Mediterranean - A Town on Pilotis 1932-1939 > Tel Aviv's First Buildings > Picture 4 of 8: Buildings under construction on Rothschild Boulevard http://www.ariehsharon.org/TelAviv/Tel-Avivs-First-Buildings/16368851_hJrTMT#1243298947_3UVpZ (Nov 28, 2011)
- ↑ Neiman, Rahel (2011). Nostalgia Sunday – Up Rothschild Boulevard http://israelity.com/wp-content//2011/07/Tel-Aviv-Rothschild-Blvd1921.jpg (Nov 28, 2011)
- ↑ Neiman, Rahel (2011). Nostalgia Sunday – Up Rothschild Boulevard http://israelity.com/wp-content//2011/07/Tel-Aviv-Rothschild-Blvd-1.jpg (Nov 28, 2011)
- ↑ Neiman, Rahel (2011). Nostalgia Sunday – Up Rothschild Boulevard http://israelity.com/wp-content//2011/07/Tel-Aviv-Rothschild-Blvd-2.jpg (Nov 28, 2011)
- ↑ Farmer, C.A. (2011). Palestine 1947 > Gallery > Page 5 of 9 > Rothschild Boulevard http://www.palestine1947.co.uk/images/main/Rothschild_Boulevard.jpg (Nov 28, 2011)
- ↑ Torenos via photobucket (2011). Photobucket > Toreno > Tel Aviv > Photo 65 of 86 > Rothschild http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y18/torenos/tel%20aviv/?action=view¤t=Rothschild.jpg (Nov 28, 2011)
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