Jerusalem Boulevard, Jaffa
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Jerusalem Boulevard (Hebrew: Sderot Yerushalayim) ({{langx|he|שדרות ירושלים}}), is a long historical avenue that crosses the city of Jaffa parallel to the shoreline a few hundred meters to the west, from the border of Tel Aviv to Bat Yam in the south (Sderot HaAtsma'ut) to the Yehezkel Kaufmann Street in the north, where it continues as a boulevard to the beach.
History
=British Mandate=
Soon after being appointed governor in 1914, Hassan Bey, also known as Hassan Bek, adopted a development programme for Jaffa that included the construction of an avenue connecting the seaside city with the orange groves at its outskirts.{{cite web |last= Neiman |first= Rachel |title= Love wins the day in fight to preserve 26 trees in Jaffa |publisher=ISRAEL21c |date= 5 November 2018 |url= https://www.israel21c.org/love-wins-the-day-in-fight-to-preserve-26-trees-in-jaffa/ |access-date=9 February 2021}} In 1915, during World War I, Hassan Bey paved the street using forced Jewish and Arab labor and named it Jamal Pasha Boulevard after his superior, the Ottoman governor of Greater Syria.{{cite journal |last= Jakoel |first= Eriola |title= Yafo, Jerusalem Boulevard: Final Report (28 June 2011) |journal= Hadashot Arkheologiyot |publisher=Israel Antiquities Authority |volume= 123 |year= 2011 |url= http://www.hadashot-esi.org.il/Report_Detail_Eng.aspx?id=1714&mag_id=118 |access-date=9 February 2021}}
In 1915, Jewish engineer Gedalyahu Wilbushewitz, the brother of Manya Shochat, was appointed Jaffa's director of public works by Sultan Mehmed V. Under Wilbushewitz' supervision the new thoroughfare was built and lined with Washingtonia palm trees, ficus trees (sycomore and Chinese banyan), delivered by the Mikveh Yisrael agricultural school and planted by its students. In late 1917, British imperial troops occupied Jaffa and the avenue was renamed King George V Boulevard after the British monarch.{{cite web |title= "The First Boulevard" Exhibition – Jerusalem Boulevard, Jaffa |publisher= Amnon Bar Or – Tal Gazit Architects Ltd., Tel Aviv |url= http://www.amnon-baror.co.il/exhibition/תערוכת-השדרה-הראשונה-שד-ירושלים-יפ/?lang=en |access-date=9 February 2021}}
=State of Israel=
In 2016, there were 860 ficus trees along the length of Sderot Yerushalayim. DUring the construction of the Tel Aviv Light Rail, some were removed or relocated.
References
External links
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- [https://www.panoramio.com/photo/43988726 Sderot Yerushalayim] on Panoramio
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