By the Haifa photographer Nili Benno
This week we went shopping at Talpiot Market on Sirkin Street. This is an area of Hadar Hatton, which used to be a wonderful place to live. The facades of the buildings testify to this to this day. I particularly like the Bauhaus style, it combines normal straight lines, arches and rounded lines.
Those who look at the special structure of the Talpiot Market see that it was not built in haste and original and elegant architectural work was invested here for those days. The structure of the Talpiot market was designed by the well-known architect Moshe Gerstel, who died. The building was designed in the late 30s and inaugurated on April 20, 9. Imagine the wasted potential in this special place.
I travel a lot in the modern world and have already visited many markets. They always look wonderful - the new and the old and the tourists fill them with pleasure. Why is it so shabby and unattractive in Haifa? Too bad!!!
As a Haifaite since forever and it's been a long, long time 🙂 ) I was very saddened to see the old structure of the covered Talpiot Market and its crumbling and shabby surroundings. It hurts that the old is not preserved and the past is not respected. The building is very special and the neighborhood could be a wonderful site to look at, especially for tourists. as is customary throughout the civilized world. Painful and disappointing!
I loved the colors and sounds inside the market. The colorful appearance and the atmosphere could have been an attraction for travelers and tourists and we Haifa people enjoy shopping there. An abundance that would not embarrass any country in the world, the sellers are loud and kind. The buyers are diverse and interesting for a person who looks from the side like me and is not only busy with choosing good goods from the abundance on display. Every few steps the smells change and the busy faces are fascinating.
The plastic bags hanging over the heads of the sellers, are filled with wonderful goods into the hands of the buyers. I must mention that it was quite clean and at night the smells didn't bother me. I hope we never run out and the market will be full of goods and buyers! Just please renovate and improve the place and its surroundings.
As an amateur photographer I really enjoyed the visit, as a Haifa resident I was sorry to see the miss.
I grew up from the age of zero in the house across from the entrance to the market. The place was always full of people who came to shop. Over the years in the streets around the market the shops have become shops with the same character as those in the market. You could buy cows, vegetables, meat and fish in many shops around the market. My grandmother Alia HaShalom worked for many years as a seller in the market. We moved to a different neighborhood but made sure to go to the market once a week for shopping. Although my parents took a taxi to return home with the shopping to the "Tel Amal" neighborhood, it was worthwhile because the prices in the Talpiot market were much lower.
Has it also happened to you in the last two years that you buy two kilos of fruit for 5.80 which comes out to 11.60 and the seller throws you 24.00. And it's not just at one stand and not a single merchant outside of one Peretz merchant who doesn't know his first name, the rest are simply abusing the prices. I understand that there is no work like it used to be, that the livelihood is difficult and the taxes are excruciating, but taking a hawa from a buyer is strictly prohibited for both a Jewish and an Arab peddler, not to mention a method The intentional concealment of the digital weight monitors in a deliberate and sophisticated manner and the lack of required regulatory review
It actually revives the market. The good traders went home and the animals came and animals from zoos
disconnected from reality
The place has always looked like the territories.
Disgusting to pass and walk there.
Since I was little, which is 40 years..
I only have trauma from this place
A beautiful and comprehensive article that best defines the city's misappropriation. I, to Tommy, thought that the new mayor would not miss such an important issue and would turn the market into an economic tourist anchor and leverage the entire area. I am sure that the Ministry of Tourism and the Economy will be partners in the renovation. I hope that the article will contribute to the city's captains waking up. Thank you Neely About the colors and lectures you brought.
True, in Israel culture is an assigned word, there is no such thing.
It is time to preserve such magical places.
Nostalgia will be preserved
It's a shame that no one is trying to revive the market in any normal city, they would only guard here, no one cares, it's a shame the mayor with all the promises before the elections
I lived in Sirkin as a child. The street has become similar to a neighborhood in Gaza. Only in Gaza it is more renovated. It's a shame.
Too bad
Apparently because of the air pollution there is no motivation to live and preserve
Beautiful article and spectacular photos. It is very sad that there is no proper preservation. It was possible to make the market and its surroundings the pearl of the city
Thanks to Neely Beno for the article and the beautiful photos.
Although it's a shame that all the beautiful houses don't move
Renovation and improvement.
as in the civilized world.
There is a problem, in our country the word civilized does not appear
in the lexicon.