Rehavia
Rehavia (also: Rekhavia, Rechavia; Hebrew: רחביה ) is a district of Jerusalem, between the city center and Talbiya. The name means " further place of Yahweh ( God ) ."
History
Rehavia was founded in 1921 on a site of the Greek Orthodox Church, which was acquired by the Palestine Land Development Company ( PLDC ). The Jewish National Fund bought the land and commissioned the German - Jewish architect Richard Kauffmann with designing a garden settlement. Later Rehavia again came into the possession of the PLDC in exchange for land in the Jezreel Valley, although the Jewish National Fund held some land in his possession. The gymnasium of Rehavia, the Yeshurun synagogue and the building of the Jewish Agency were built on this land. Model for Rehavia were the garden settlements in Europe, architecturally oriented themselves in the International style.
The first phase, called Rehavia A was bounded by King George Street to the east, Ramban Street to the south, Ussishkin Street in the west and Keren Kayemet Street to the north. To get the quiet character, allowed the district administration shops to open only at the corners of the two main streets. The narrow side streets did not allow too much traffic. The tree-lined boulevard in the middle of the neighborhood was a pedestrian zone. Subsequent construction activities were confined largely to the south towards Gaza Street.
Famous people
- The residence of the Prime Minister is in Agion House, at the corner of Balfour and the Smolenskin road.
- David Ben- Gurion
- Arthur Ruppin
- Golda Meir
- Chaim Potok
- David Flusser
- Moshe Goshen - Gottstein
- Avraham Burg
- Werner Kraft
- Else Lasker-Schüler
- Teddy Kollek
- Benjamin Netanyahu
- Walter Eytan