The Making of City Hall Complex, Jerusalem
Jerusalem: Ariel Publishing House, 1993. First edition. Hardcover. Oblong Quarto. 467 (9)pp., one foldout. Original tan cloth with gilt lettering on cover and spine in original illustrated dustjacket, blue lettering on spine. Blue endpapers. Frontispiece photograph. The chapters are separated with pigeon blue double-page half-titles. Profusely illustrated with striking color and b/w photographs, impressive architectural drawings (in color), models and plans, designs of details, e.g. the pavement and other ornamentation, and maps. Text in English and Arabic. Dustjacket with very light wear along edges, light creasing at top of back cover.
"This book describes, analyzes and sums up the history of the planning and building of Jerusalem's City Hall, with the city's development and the political upheavals as background. A period of 125 years is covered, beginning with the founding of the Municipality in 1867, when its offices were located in the Old City, in a Mamluk period building dating from 1388. The present-day chapter in this chronicle describes the creation of a city square as the central meeting place on the "seam" between East and West Jerusalem. City Hall Square is one of the most important, impressive and prestigious construction projects undertaken in the city in this century." (Publisher). Near fine condition. Item #47434
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