King George Street (Jerusalem)

Coordinates: 31°46.892′N 35°12.988′E / 31.781533°N 35.216467°E / 31.781533; 35.216467
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The southern part of King George Street
The northern part of King George Street
King George and Jaffa Street pedestrian scramble, 2007
King George Street 1945
Froumine House, early 1950s

King George Street (

King George V on December 9, 1924.[2]

History

King George Street was dedicated in honour of the seventh anniversary of the British conquest of Jerusalem under

Herbert Samuel, the High Commissioner for Palestine, Sir Ronald Storrs, the military governor of Jerusalem,[4] and Raghib al-Nashashibi, the Arab mayor of Jerusalem.[5]

King George Street today

Jerusalem's first traffic light was installed at the intersection of King George Street and

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.[7]

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
  • Shiber Pit, the former Menorah Garden – the small park with the bronze horse statue at the junction with Ben Yehuda Street.[8]

See also

References

Gallery

  • Commemorative plaque on King George Street
    Commemorative plaque on King George Street
  • Dedication of the street in 1924
    Dedication of the street in 1924
  • Construction of high-rise building on King George Street, 1940
    Construction of high-rise building on King George Street, 1940
  • The carillon of the shopping center at the beginning of the street
    The carillon of the shopping center at the beginning of the street

31°46.892′N 35°12.988′E / 31.781533°N 35.216467°E / 31.781533; 35.216467