In these difficult days, when the market is almost completely closed due to the corona virus, the plan to renovate the Talpiot market building, where there were stalls of fruit and vegetable vendors and various goods, has been launched. This is the day many Haifaites have been waiting for, who want to see the magnificent building come back to life after many years of neglect.
The importance of the building should not be underestimated, not only because of its architectural beauty, but also because it is an important center for commerce in the heart of the Hadar neighborhood in Haifa.
Video - Talfiot market renovation in Haifa - the first day - demolition (photo: Hagit Avraham)
The Talpiot Market is located in the Hadar HaCarmel neighborhood. The beginning of its construction was at the end of the thirties of the twentieth century. On April 9, 1940 (this month, the market celebrates exactly its 80th anniversary), the market was inaugurated and opened in a solemn ceremony in the presence of representatives of the national institutions of the Haifa Municipality and the government at the time, which was the British Mandate government.
The building, built in an international style, was erected for the purpose of replacing the markets that were in the lower city, especially the El Hasba market, (the Turkish market). The Turkish market is located in Hamra Square and the Saraya building and the Al Jarina Mosque to the east and today the market is a building asset for preservation announced by the Council for the Preservation of Israel's Heritage Site.
As part of its activities to restore the Hadar HaCarmel neighborhood, the Haifa Municipality seeks to restore the market structure as well. Activities for its restoration are carried out by volunteers as part of the activities of the MKS group, whose members are architects and planners. Recognizing the architectural and historical importance of the building, the group requests that it be restored while returning it and turning it into an anchor for the neighborhood
As soon as they finish the construction of the upper floor, they will start renovating the lower floor and the entire building around it. Or then it will be nice to go in and more pleasant to buy in the market.
Horses and donkeys were not in the basement but a warehouse of the wholesale market that was located on the lower floor. When the market moved to its new location in the lower city, the floor was vacated and it was populated by hawkers who were evacuated from the streets of Haifa, those in need of relief and rehabilitated criminals. The main market was on the top floor all these years, but the hawkers who lived on the bottom floor and paid nothing - could offer cheaper prices and then the trade migrated to the bottom floor.
The Horev center was renovated over several years and now looks different. In my personal opinion, just a joke there. In the previous form it was simpler but bustling with life, with more businesses and cafes and less "boring". That's right, without a parquet floor. but live longer. This is my personal opinion, anyway.
At the beginning of the market days, trade was conducted only on the first floor and the horses and donkeys waited in the basement. The horses and donkeys were replaced by the people and now trade is conducted only there and the second floor is dead. Let's hope it changes.
Impressive. A thorough renovation. The time has come. Kudos to the Haifa City Council. Indeed, Haifa Mayor Dr. Einat Kalish Rotem promised when she ran for mayor to renovate the Talpiot market and she held her head high when she did it. Good luck to you Einat.
Maybe on the opening day everyone who lived on Sirkin Street in the past will come.
I would love to meet childhood friends that I haven't seen in more than 60 years
A blessed start to the historic building and its revival, to all the owners of the bastas in the market, to all the residents who will come to buy, to all the surrounding residents who live in the area - little by little. There is always a first step.
Successfully.
Eyal - when they established the Horev center in 1985, every estate center was neglected and abandoned. The center gave a tremendous boost to its near and far surroundings. Following the destruction of the Horev center, all the shops around have exploded, and all the neighborhoods in the area have become sought after and prestigious. Apartments in the area have since become 6 times more expensive. I therefore foresee a renewal also around the Talpiot market.
It is more suitable for the mayor to be responsible for the preservation of old buildings.
Was the center of an estate abandoned and neglected?
bullshit
Over the years, the center of Horeb has become deserted and neglected
The neighborhoods around the Horev center were never neglected!
Where the Horev center stands there was a huge pit and an Egged parking lot.
The lady suffers from a short memory and a fertile imagination, when the Messiah will bring out a difficult population
Ania and a lot of partners who live there and will turn the market environment into a flourishing place
May he bring families to live there!!
This is the beginning. And for those who think that one building does not matter. I don't understand the importance of Talpiot market. A. An amazing building for preservation. In a country that has forgotten the importance of preserving historic buildings.
B. The movement that will take place here in the city of Talfiot. Wake up the whole environment. Restaurants and parking lots will open. This is going to be a lovely place to hangout. I trust our mayor Einat Kalish. this is only the beginning.
One beautiful and big building, however big it may be, cannot help such a deteriorated environment in terms of maintenance, social, environmental, even the smells that come at night from the polluting industry. There are no more city streets there. There are slums neighborhood alleys. The building will be a pig's nose. The housing estates around him are ugly. The whole area needs to be shaved with bulldozers, 50-60 buildings around and rebuild the district. With a market and shops and alleys like they did in Neve Tzedek. Imagine if they renovated only the Suzan Dall center and all the surrounding area leaving ruins and neglect and an ugly market and crime. Because that is exactly what is happening here.
The renovation should have been just one thing out of rebuilding an entire neighborhood by clearing out a huge construction
All over the world they preserve and strengthen, and here too it should be the same in the surroundings, I hope not everything needs to be destroyed with bulldozers
simply incredible