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Dizengoff Street (, ''Rehov Dizengoff'') is a major street in central
In the street's heyday, it was described as the "
The stretch of Dizengoff Street northward to Dizengoff Square was once very upscale but has since declined. North of Dizengoff Square, the street still has better and more upscale shops,Frommers
/ref> filled with designer name stores, especially towards
Israeli beauty
describes the way of life around the street and how it changed over the years.
Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv-Yafo ( or , ; ), sometimes rendered as Tel Aviv-Jaffa, and usually referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the Gush Dan metropolitan area of Israel. Located on the Israeli Mediterranean coastline and with a popula ...
, named after Tel Aviv's first mayor, Meir Dizengoff
Meir Dizengoff (; born Meer Yankelevich Dizengof, ); 25 February 1861 – 23 September 1936) was a Zionism, Zionist leader and politician and the founder and first Mayor of Tel Aviv, mayor of Tel Aviv (1911–1922 as head of town planning, 1922†...
.
The street runs from the corner of Ibn Gabirol Street
Ibn Gabirol Street () (colloquially Ibn Gvirol or Even Gvirol) is a major street in Tel Aviv, Israel.
Ibn Gabirol Street is named after the medieval Hebrew poet and philosopher Solomon ibn Gabirol. It carries traffic north and south, and is a bus ...
in its southernmost point to the port area of Tel Aviv in its northwestern point. Dizengoff Street is one of the most important streets in Tel Aviv, and has played an essential role in the development of the city. Since the 1970s, Dizengoff Street has suffered urban decay
Urban decay (also known as urban rot, urban death or urban blight) is the sociological process by which a previously functioning city, or part of a city, falls into disrepair and decrepitude. There is no single process that leads to urban decay. ...
.
History
In the street's heyday, it was described as the "Champs-Élysées
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of Tel Aviv". In Hebrew slang
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, a new word was coined based on the iconic status of this street: "l'hizdangef" (), literally "to Dizengoff oneself, ie., to stroll down Dizengoff." Since the 1970s, Dizengoff Street has suffered urban decay
Urban decay (also known as urban rot, urban death or urban blight) is the sociological process by which a previously functioning city, or part of a city, falls into disrepair and decrepitude. There is no single process that leads to urban decay. ...
. The advent of the shopping mall
A shopping mall (or simply mall) is a large indoor shopping center, usually Anchor tenant, anchored by department stores. The term ''mall'' originally meant pedestrian zone, a pedestrian promenade with shops along it, but in the late 1960s, i ...
, Dizengoff Center is cited as a principal reason for the decline, along with changes in the configuration of Dizengoff Square
Dizengoff Square or Dizengoff Circus (, fully Zina Dizengoff Square, , ) is an iconic public square in Tel Aviv, on the corner of Dizengoff Street, Reines Street, and Pinsker Street. One of the city's main squares, it was built in 1934 and inau ...
.
The stretch of Dizengoff Street northward to Dizengoff Square was once very upscale but has since declined. North of Dizengoff Square, the street still has better and more upscale shops,Frommers/ref> filled with designer name stores, especially towards
Basel Street
Basel Street (Hebrew language, Hebrew: רחוב בזל, Romanization of Hebrew, romanized: ''Rehov Basel'') is a major street in Tel Aviv, Israel named after the Switzerland, Swiss city of Basel, where the World Zionist Congress, First World Zionis ...
. The street is still full of coffee shops
A coffeehouse, coffee shop, or café (), is an establishment that serves various types of coffee, espresso, latte, americano and cappuccino, among other hot beverages. Many coffeehouses in West Asia offer ''shisha'' (actually called ''nargile ...
and clothes stores, in addition to a large number of bridal clothing stores. Towards the southern end of the street is the landmark Dizengoff Square and Dizengoff Center shopping mall.
A Hamas
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suicide
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bus bombing
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killed 23 people on 19 October 1994. An Islamist mass shooting
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killed three people on 1 January 2016. On 7 April 2022, three people were killed in another shooting
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. On 9 March 2023, three people were shot by a Hamas
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gunman.
In popular culture
The film '' Dizengoff 99'' (1979), which has become an Israelicult classic
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,Ynetnews
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History
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, 10 May 2006See also
*List of leading shopping streets and districts by city
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References
External links
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