"The City of Jerusalem"

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THE MUNICIPALITY OF JERUSALEM, BUILT AROUND THE SABRA AND LOGAN DANIEL SQUARE, WAS ESTABLISHED IN THE 1990S, AND WAS EQUIPPED WITH ALL OF THE ACTIVITIES OF THE JERUSALEM MUNICIPALITY WHICH WAS UNTIL THEN LOCATED IN 32 DIFFERENT BUILDINGS THROUGHOUT JERUSALEM. THE MUNICIPALITY WAS SELECTED IN THE MID-1980S BECAUSE OF ITS LOCATION IN THE CITY CENTER, EAST AND WEST, NEAR THE OLD CITY OF JERUSALEM AND THE HISTORIC MAIN STREET OF THE CITY, JAFFA STREET. A SIGNIFICANT FACTOR IN CHOOSING THE PLACE WAS THE PRESENCE OF THE HISTORIC JERUSALEM MUNICIPALITY IN THIS PLACE.

DUE TO THIS LOCATION, WHICH IS LOCATED IN THE CENTER OF THE CITY, MANY PLANNING CONSIDERATIONS WERE HELD IN ORDER NOT TO HARM THE ARCHITECTURAL-HISTORIC PATH OF THE REGION, AND TO ENABLE FUNCTIONAL USE OF BUILDINGS FOR ALL MUNICIPALITY NEEDS. THESE CONSIDERATIONS LED TO THE DEFINITION OF SEVERAL HISTORIC BUILDINGS THAT WERE PRESERVED AND RENOVATED, AND ESTABLISHED TWO MODERN BUILDINGS AROUND THREE SQUARES, THE MAIN ONE IN WHICH IS THE SABRA SQUARE, WHICH IS A CENTRAL SQUARE FOR CONFERENCES. IN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE RENOVATION, PARTS OF THE PROTECTOR OF DANIEL WERE DEMOLISHED, AND THE FRENCH CONSULATE BUILDING WAS DEMOLISHED AND IN ITS PLACE THE SABRA SQUARE WAS BUILT.
IN SEPTEMBER 2019, THE CRY WAS RECOGNIZED BY THE ISRAEL HERITAGE SITES CONSERVATION COUNCIL, AS A HISTORIC HERITAGE SITE.

JERUSALEM MUNICIPALITY BUILDINGS THROUGHOUT HISTORY

THE JERUSALEM MUNICIPALITY HAS BEEN BUILDING OVER THE YEARS IN FOUR DIFFERENT CENTRAL BUILDINGS (AND MANY SUB-BUILDERS).

THE TOWN HALL DURING THE OTTOMAN PERIOD
BY THE MID-19TH CENTURY, THERE WAS NO MUNICIPAL BODY IN JERUSALEM. PRIOR TO THE MID-19TH CENTURY, THE CITY OF JERUSALEM WAS ONLY “MEJIAL AL ADARA” – A REGIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL – THE SECOND LEVEL OF THE OTTOMAN LOCAL GOVERNMENT (ONE RANK BELOW THE COUNCIL OF THE PALMACH—THE “MEJIAL” (THE “MUSTICAL”). THE CONSTRUCTION WORK IN THE CITY WAS RUN BY THE PALM COUNCIL AND IN MOST CASES THE DIRECT ORDER OF THE OTTOMAN CENTRAL GOVERNMENT. IN THE MID-19TH CENTURY, THE CITY WAS FOUNDED, UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE PERCEPTION OF FRENCH LOCAL GOVERNMENT, THE MAJLIS IN LADIDA – THE CITY COUNCIL. IN FACT, THE MUNICIPALITY OF JERUSALEM WAS ONE OF THE FIRST MUNICIPALITIES TO TAKE PLACE IN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE. THE MUNICIPALITY WAS FOUNDED IN 1867, AND HEADED BY RAPOLO ESTHER AFUNDY, THE TRANSLATOR OF THE GOVERNOR OF JERUSALEM. THE CITY COUNCIL CONVENED IN THE SERBIAN BUILDING (WHICH WAS BUILT IN 1388), LOCATED ON THE STREET FROM THE AL-HAYAI, NEAR THE ENTRANCE TO THE TEMPLE MOUNT.

THE DEPARTURE OF THE CITY'S BUILDINGS FROM THE ANCIENT CITY WALLS

BY THE MID-19TH CENTURY, THE RESIDENTS OF JERUSALEM LIVED IN THE WALLS OF THE OLD CITY. FOLLOWING THE EASING OF OTTOMAN LEGISLATION, MADE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF EUROPEAN POWERS, THE 19TH CENTURY BEGAN PURCHASING LAND AND MASSIVE CONSTRUCTION OUTSIDE THE WALLS OF THE OLD CITY. THE FIRST RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE OUTSIDE THE WALLS WAS THE HOME OF THE BRITISH CONSUL JAMES FINN IN THE TALAVIA AREA, AND IT BECAME CLEAR THAT THE PROTESTANT SCHOOL OF BISHOP GIOVANNI WAS BUILT IN 1856. OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT DECADE, SEVERAL JEWISH NEIGHBORHOODS WERE BUILT: FROM NEIGHBORING SHARIEN, THE CAMP OF ISRAEL, AND SEVEN. IN 1874, THE CONSTRUCTION OF A HUNDRED GATES BEGAN, AND AFTER WHICH THE NEIGHBORHOODS WERE MADE OF A TURTLE (1881), THE HOUSE OF JOSEPH (1886), AND THE HOUSES OF PERLMAN (1887). IN PARALLEL TO JEWISH NEIGHBORHOODS, MUSLIM NEIGHBORHOODS WERE ALSO BUILT NORTH OF THE GATE THAT YOU AND THE GATE OF FLOWERS. THE JAFFA GATE AREA BECAME THE COMMERCIAL CENTER OF THE OLD CITY, AND IN ITS PROXIMITY MANY HOTELS WERE BUILT. THE POPULATION OF THE CITY GREW FROM 2,000 PEOPLE IN THE EARLY 19TH CENTURY TO 45,000 PEOPLE IN THE END.

THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CITY, THE GROWTH OF ITS TERRITORY AND THE GROWTH IN THE NUMBER OF ITS RESIDENTS BROUGHT THE MUNICIPALITY TO EXPAND ITS ACTIVITIES. THE SERBIAN BUILDING WAS NOT ENOUGH FOR THE MUNICIPALITY’S OFFICES, AND IT MOVED IN 1896 TO A BUILDING BUILT FOR THIS CORNER OF THE STREETS ANYWAY AND JAFFA. IN THE MUNICIPALITY BUILDING, WHICH WAS IN FRONT OF THE PALACE HOTEL, WERE SHOPS ON ITS FIRST FLOOR, AND RESIDENTIAL APARTMENTS ON ITS UPPER FLOOR. ONLY ONE FLOOR WAS USED BY THE MUNICIPALITY, WHERE THE CITY COUNCIL WAS BUILT, THE DEPARTMENT OF ENGINEERING AND THE NICKEL DEPARTMENT