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Date
3-1980
Description
The International style dominates residential structures in Tel Aviv developed between the 1920s and 1960s. Patrick Geddes, at the request of Mayor Dizengoff, drafted a plan for the city that was adjusted for the comfort of the pedestrian. This photograph shows a residential neighborhood in Tel Aviv that is designed in accordance with the Geddes Plan. The Geddes Plan was drafted in 1926 and put into effect in 1927.
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Creator 1 Role
Photographer
Creator 2 Dates
1854-1932
Creator 2 Role
Urban Planner
Recommended Citation
Chester E. Smolski photographic slides and publications, MSS-0041, Special Collections, James P. Adams Library, Rhode Island College.
Recommended Citation
Chester E. Smolski photographic slides and publications, MSS-0041, Special Collections, James P. Adams Library, Rhode Island College.
Keywords
housing, architecture, International style, modernism, Geddes Plan
Notes
Dusvshani, Gilead. Notes on Local Architecture in Israel. (Berlin: Ernst Wasmuth Verlag Tubingen, 2008) pp. 174-176
Hatuka, Tali. Violent Acts and Urban Space in Contemporary Tel Aviv. (Austin: University of Texas, 2010) pp. 9-11
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Geddes
(accessed October 19, 2011)