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The Metropolitan Jerusalem Master Plan
The Metropolitan Jerusalem Master Plan
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Jerusalem is rich with its diverse
neighborhoods, traffic routes, little
streets and special buildings that have
yet to be identified and taken advantage
of. Preservation isn’t necessarily
development’s enemy, and there needs to
be mutual recognition of the contribution
each makes to the other. It is important to
emphasize that the city outside the walls
has great potential to attract, but beyond
providing services, this potential will
not be realized without developing focal
points of interest with integral, historically
significant culture and architecture. The
development potential of such areas in
Jerusalem is great. Today, it is easy to
identify sites whose potential has not been
realized, and all too frequently, sites that
have been damaged due to short-term
interests.
It is important to remember that there
can be no preservation without initiative
– public or private – and there can be
no urban preservation without people
living in, and making use of, the space. In
Jerusalem, more than in any other place
– because of its history, its rich legacy of
buildings, its current role, and the desire to
make it an international center of culture
and tourism – it is appropriate to empower
and give momentum to the physical and
cultural legacy of the city in its entirety,
along with its historical and spiritual legacy,
for the good of the city, its population,
and the economy. □
There can be no preservation
without initiatives – public or
private – and there can be no
urban preservation without
the people living in the area
making use of the space
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The Bikkur Holim Hospital
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The Rockefeller Museum
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Terra Sancta College
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The old Knesset building
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The Etz Haim neighborhood
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Jerusalem Rebuilt
The preservation
and development of
old sites in the city’s
first neighborhoods
would create an
expanse for urban
spaces and regional
centers for tourism
and commerce
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Jerusalem Rebuilt