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The Controversial Architecture that Changed the Skyline of Jerusalem

12/29/2014

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Architecture is often charged with political power, as throughout history some of the most memorable buildings have had a strong connection to political power and influence. A heartbreaking event that came to its conclusion in 2014 and shook the very existence of the Israeli politics, is the so called Holyland Park affair, which brought to the conviction of former Israel’s Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, over accepting bribes in this corruption case. This complex of about 1,200 apartments that came to change, or perhaps I should better say destroy the skyline of beautiful Jerusalem has been at the center of a scandal. Since its groundbreaking in 1995, when the Holyland Hotel that housed the famed open air model of ancient Jerusalem (now housed at the Israel Museum) was removed, and this ugly monster Jerusalem has ever experienced erected, many critics have been questioning the integrity of this complex, until all questions were answered this year. The two images below depict the model of ancient Jerusalem.
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Dan link
11/9/2016 04:14:51 am

Wow, this is an astonishing piece of architecture, not in the good way. I would never have guessed it was a 90s piece of work but more so a 60s brutalist masterpiece. Terrible what gets built and destroyed due to backhanders and bribes, still goes on and sadly always will.
Beautiful model of the old city by the way

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