Dizengoff Street

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::summary Street in Tel Aviv ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/71/Dizengoff_Street.jpg" caption="רחוב דיזנגוף}}, ''Rehov Dizengoff'') is a major street in central [[Tel Aviv]], named after Tel Aviv's first mayor, [[Meir Dizengoff]]."] ::

The street runs from the corner of Ibn Gabirol Street in its southernmost point to the port area of Tel Aviv in its northwestern point. Dizengoff Street is one of the most important streets in Tel Aviv, and has played an essential role in the development of the city. Since the 1970s, Dizengoff Street has suffered urban decay.

History

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/Dizengoff_St_looking_north_1930s.jpg" caption="The street in the 1930s"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/29/Dizengof332-1939.jpg" caption="Sadkin house. Dizengoff Street 332 (1939)."] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/Tel-aviv-interchange-ben-gurion-dizengoff-streets-july-2016.jpg" caption="The interchange of Dizengoff and Ben Gurion streets"] ::

In the street's heyday, it was described as the "Champs-Élysées of Tel Aviv". In Hebrew slang, a new word was coined based on the iconic status of this street: "l'hizdangef" (), literally "to Dizengoff oneself, ie., to stroll down Dizengoff." Since the 1970s, Dizengoff Street has suffered urban decay. The advent of the shopping mall, Dizengoff Center is cited as a principal reason for the decline, along with changes in the configuration of Dizengoff Square.

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5c/Dizengof_St_Tel_Aviv_2011.jpg" caption="White City]]."] ::

The stretch of Dizengoff Street northward to Dizengoff Square was once very upscale but has since declined. North of Dizengoff Square, the street still has better and more upscale shops, filled with designer name stores, especially towards Basel Street. The street is still full of coffee shops and clothes stores, in addition to a large number of bridal clothing stores. Towards the southern end of the street is the landmark Dizengoff Square and Dizengoff Center shopping mall.

A Hamas suicide bus bombing killed 23 people on 19 October 1994. An Islamist mass shooting killed three people on 1 January 2016. On 7 April 2022, three people were killed in another shooting. On 9 March 2023, three people were shot by a Hamas gunman.

In popular culture

Film

The film Dizengoff 99 (1979), which has become an Israeli cult classic, describes the way of life around the street and how it changed over the years. ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Car_free_day_Tel_Aviv_Israel_Yom_Kippur.jpg" caption="work=Haaretz}}"] ::

References

References

  1. [http://www.frommers.com/destinations/telaviv/0089024195.html Frommers]
  2. "Yahoo Tel Aviv".
  3. "Three dead in terror attack in Tel Aviv". ABC News.
  4. "Hamas gunman wounds three in Tel Aviv attack". Reuters.
  5. he, accessed 7 December 2008
  6. [http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3248951,00.html Israeli beauty], [[Ynetnews]], 10 May 2006
  7. (29 September 2025). "How Yom Kippur Became Israel's Car-free 'Bicycle Day'". Haaretz.

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