King George Street (Jerusalem)
{{Short description|Street in central Jerusalem}}
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King George Street ({{langx|he|רחוב המלך ג׳ורג׳}}, Rehov ha-Melekh Jorj, {{langx|ar|شارع الملك جورج}} Shara'a al-Malik Jurj) is a street in central Jerusalem which joins the famous Ben Yehuda Street and Jaffa Road to form the Downtown Triangle central business district.[http://travel.nytimes.com/frommers/travel/guides/middle-east/israel/jerusalem/frm_jerusalem_0088020048.html Neighborhoods in brief] The street was named in honour of King George V on December 9, 1924.[http://www.pmo.gov.il/PMOEng/Communication/IsraelUnderAttack/Jerusalem-King+George+Street/Jerusalem-King+George+Street.htm About King George Street]
History
King George Street was dedicated in honour of the seventh anniversary of the British conquest of Jerusalem under General Allenby. The inauguration took place in 1924,[http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/features/a-walk-across-jerusalem-history-1.202461 A Walk Across Jerusalem History], Haaretz in the presence of Sir Herbert Samuel, the High Commissioner for Palestine, Sir Ronald Storrs, the military governor of Jerusalem,{{cite journal |first=Rory |last=Miller |title=Sir Ronald Storrs and Zion: the dream that turned into a nightmare |journal=Middle Eastern Studies |volume=36 |issue=3 |year=2000 |page=114–144 |jstor=4284094 }} and Raghib al-Nashashibi, the Arab mayor of Jerusalem.{{Cite web |url=http://www.isracast.com/article.aspx?id=761 |title=King George Street in Jerusalem |access-date=2010-11-08 |archive-date=2017-06-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170623054830/http://www.isracast.com/article.aspx?id=761 |url-status=dead }}
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Jerusalem's first traffic light was installed at the intersection of King George Street and Jaffa Road.[http://www.timesofisrael.com/hamans-hat-life-in-the-jerusalem-triangle/ Haman's Hat: Life in the Jerusalem Triangle] In 1950–1966, the Knesset, Israel's parliament, met at Beit Froumine on King George Street. It was used by Israel's first five governments, until the Knesset moved to a permanent building in Givat Ram.[https://www.knesset.gov.il/lexicon/eng/beit_fromin_eng.htm Beit Froumine]
Until the advent of the Jerusalem Light Rail, King George Street was one of two Jerusalem streets with a pedestrian scramble; the other is Kikar HaShabbat.
Landmarks
- Great Synagogue and Heichal Shlomo
- Jewish Agency for Israel
- Beit HaMa'alot ("elevator house"), 1935 highrise building with elevator, architects Alexander Friedman and Meir Rubin
- Beit Avi Chai culture centre and Art Gallery
- The National Institutions House
- Independence Park
- Yeshurun Central Synagogue
- Shiber Pit, the former Menorah Garden – the small park with the bronze horse statue at the junction with Ben Yehuda Street.{{cite news |first=Aviva |last=Bar-Am |title=Walking Tour: By George! |newspaper=Jerusalem Post |date=25 December 2008 |url=https://www.jpost.com/Local-Israel/In-Jerusalem/Walking-Tour-By-George }}
See also
References
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Gallery
Image:King george ave.jpg|Commemorative plaque on King George Street
Image:King george ave 2.jpg|Dedication of the street in 1924
File:Jerusalem skyscrapers at head of Ben Yahuda Street.jpg|Construction of high-rise building on King George Street, 1940
File:King George Street Jerusalem Carillon.jpg|The carillon of the shopping center at the beginning of the street
File:BeitAviChaiMay062023.jpg|Beit Avi Chai
{{Streets in Jerusalem}}
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