Lev HaIr
Encyclopedia
Lev HaIr or officially named as Lev Tel Aviv is a commercial district and residential neighborhood in Tel Aviv
, Israel
. It is located in the central part of the city. Many of Tel Aviv's popular main streets are located in the neighborhood, for example Rothschild Boulevard
and Shenkin Street.
and 1940s
, or even earlier. The buildings were built originally with three floors, but a roof-floor was later added to most of them. In many streets the style is European - the front turns to the sidewalk, without a fence or a backyard. This differs from the Israeli-style buildings of the 1950s
, with the first floor on columns above the backyard or the parking. In some buildings you can still see the Shield Wall - a brick wall which covers the stairway entrance as refuge from the snipers firing from Jaffa at the Independence War, before most houses were designed with built-in shelters.
Today, new houses are built in the International style
and Eclectic style. Most of the old houses are either being torn down, or preserved and reconstructed.
Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv , officially Tel Aviv-Yafo , is the second most populous city in Israel, with a population of 404,400 on a land area of . The city is located on the Israeli Mediterranean coastline in west-central Israel. It is the largest and most populous city in the metropolitan area of Gush Dan, with...
, Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
. It is located in the central part of the city. Many of Tel Aviv's popular main streets are located in the neighborhood, for example Rothschild Boulevard
Rothschild Boulevard
Rothschild Boulevard is one of the principal streets in the center of Tel Aviv, Israel, beginning in Neve Tzedek at its southwestern edge and running north to Habima Theatre. It is one of the busiest and most expensive streets in the city, being one of the city's main tourist attractions...
and Shenkin Street.
Neighborhood Properties
Most of the buildings in the neighborhood were built in the 1930s1930s
File:1930s decade montage.png|From left, clockwise: Dorothea Lange's photo of the homeless Florence Thompson show the effects of the Great Depression; Due to the economic collapse, the farms become dry and the Dust Bowl spreads through America; The Battle of Wuhan during the Second Sino-Japanese...
and 1940s
1940s
File:1940s decade montage.png|Above title bar: events which happened during World War II : From left to right: Troops in an LCVP landing craft approaching "Omaha" Beach on "D-Day"; Adolf Hitler visits Paris, soon after the Battle of France; The Holocaust occurred during the war as Nazi Germany...
, or even earlier. The buildings were built originally with three floors, but a roof-floor was later added to most of them. In many streets the style is European - the front turns to the sidewalk, without a fence or a backyard. This differs from the Israeli-style buildings of the 1950s
1950s
The 1950s or The Fifties was the decade that began on January 1, 1950 and ended on December 31, 1959. The decade was the sixth decade of the 20th century...
, with the first floor on columns above the backyard or the parking. In some buildings you can still see the Shield Wall - a brick wall which covers the stairway entrance as refuge from the snipers firing from Jaffa at the Independence War, before most houses were designed with built-in shelters.
Today, new houses are built in the International style
International style (architecture)
The International style is a major architectural style that emerged in the 1920s and 1930s, the formative decades of Modern architecture. The term originated from the name of a book by Henry-Russell Hitchcock and Philip Johnson, The International Style...
and Eclectic style. Most of the old houses are either being torn down, or preserved and reconstructed.