Out and about in Jerusalem, Miskanot Sha’ananim. The first neighbourhood built outside the wall of Jerusalem in 1860 by Sir Moses Montifiore. Although these were larger and roomier than the warren of hovels inside the walls, it was hard to get people to move out here. 
Behind it is the famous windmill, built also by Sir Montifiore to provide work. Today this is a guest house for visiting artists, authors and other creatives.
By the 1890’s a newer neighborhood, Yemin Moshe was built next door. Also funded by Sir Moses (Moshe) Montifiore, it was named for him.
After the War of Independence, these two neighborhoods were right on the border facing the old city. Newly arrived immigrants from Turkey were housed there. After the Six Day war, they were moved out and the neighborhood was renovated. I spoke to some of the former Turkish residents, although they enjoyed their modern apartments – they did feel that they had been used.
Today this is quaint and lovely, but I can understand the Turkish Jews, their plot in WWII wasn’t that bad and yet the did move to Israel only to be put in broken down buildings right on a very hot border. Ahh, history.
The area is known for its’ doors, blue has always been used in the middle east to ward off the evil spirits. I just noticed how this star of David is inside a cross, no I don’t think a Jew for Jesus lives there, I think it’s just a design choice.
More blue.
Brown. Fitting the doorway into the arch. I’m sure that today the office of Antiquities would be horrified that they included an old capitol in the building. In 1890 no one cared, you used what was available.
An interesting arch with a door to match.
Interesting, are these the homeowners?
The cats are everywhere.
On the road through the Jordan Valley, a camel. I remember as a child ‘riding’ a camel. It’s weird, they stand up hind legs first.
Clearly there are still children around who want the experience.
A new building in the Bauhaus style. I don’t mind when architects refrence back to older styles.
I do mind when they make a very bad replica of Gaudi’s Casa Mila in Barcelona. This is in Tel Aviv, yuck.
I need to find who it is that makes these large buttons. So far I have seen this kind of sign in LA, (the button store), in Victoria BC and now in Tel Aviv.
Thanks for joining me on my trip.
Leah