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HaYarkon Street

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HaYarkon Street is a major street which runs roughly parallel with the coastline in Tel Aviv, Israel, carrying traffic north and south. The Opera Tower on HaYarkon Street replaces a building from 1945 that housed the Kessem Cinema. In 1948, it became the home of Israel's First Knesset. Sessions were held there until the end of 1949, when the parliament moved to Jerusalem.The HaYarkon Street has several examples of Bauhaus, or more accurately: International Style architecture. The Embassy of the United States was located on HaYarkon Street before its move to Jerusalem in May 2018. It continues to operate as a branch office.Other notable sites (selection): Dan Hotel, Tel Aviv New Sheraton Tel Aviv Hotel Cinema Paris (one of the oldest cinemas in the city) The "Crazy House" at No. 181 (1985, by French architect Léon Gaignebet), considered an "architectural curiosity" and inspired by the Paris Métro's 1900 Art Nouveau style The Embassy of the United Kingdom, Tel Aviv The Russian Embassy in Israel Isrotel Tower London Square, a public park and town square HaGra Synagogue, founded in 1934 by Rabbi Yosef Zvi HaLevy The Levant Fair complex

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HaYarkon Street
HaYarkon, Tel Aviv-Yafo The Old North - Northern part

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HaYarkon 143
6343527 Tel Aviv-Yafo, The Old North - Northern part
Tel Aviv District, Israel
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