Asian Pagoda in Tel Aviv

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The Pagoda House is one of the most beautiful and well-known buildings in Tel Aviv. The house was built in 1924 in the Eclectic Style and is located in the Albert Square, at the corner of Nachmani and Montefiore streets, unlike most of the buildings built at that time in the city in the Bauhaus style. The house is best known for its upper part, designed as an East-Asian pagoda which gave it its name. Other prominent architectural elements are Greek-classical style support columns and oriental arches, hence the eclecticism of its style.

The house was built for Moshe-David Bloch, a rich textile merchant who lived there with his family. It became a familiar and well-known building in the city, and tour guides would bring visitors to it so that they could be impressed by it.

In 1935, the Pagoda House was the first private residence in Tel Aviv to have an elevator installed. Before the establishment of the state of Israel, the Polish consulate was located on its third floor. 

Over the years, the house was neglected. Small workshops and offices replaced its tenant apartments. Its condition continued to deteriorate, until it was abandoned. In the early 1990s it was purchased by a Jewish businessman from Sweden, who invested a large fortune to renovate it and restore it to its previous beauty and prestige.

(Anecdote authored by: עמיר)

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