Jerusalem's old town hall was one of the four public buildings constructed in

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by the British administration during the British Mandate.

History

When the town hall at the corner of Jaffa and

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streets became insufficient for the needs of the burgeoning city, the Mandatory government built a new office. It was used by the

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for over 60 years, from 1930 to 1993. Construction of the building was financed by

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, whose offices stood in the rounded section which faces the Old City's northwest corner. British architect

Clifford Holliday Albert Clifford Holliday (1897–1960) M. Arch, Dip. C.D., F.R.I.B.A., M.T.P., was a British architect and town planner who worked in several places across the British Empire, including Mandatory Palestine, Ceylon and Gibraltar, as well as in ...

designed the building. In 1972, stained glass windows designed by Israeli artist Avigdor Arikha were installed in the City Council Chamber.

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-inspired

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