Tel Aviv Plans Park in Levant Fair Ground

A large park is to be laid out in the new Levant Fair Grounds here which, together with the improved bathing beach will provide Tel Aviv with recreation grounds long needed by the city. The vicinity of the sea and certain natural features of the site provide difficulties in the laying out and developing of this park, which will follow the lines of the Riviera gardens. After consultation with experts including Asaph Grasovsky, Senior Horticultural Officer, Government of Palestine; Amihud Grasovsky, Senior Forest Officer, Government of Palestine, and Mr. Zemalb, newly appointed principal of the Kadoorie School, it has been decided to set up a committee of specialists to supervise all the arrangements in connection with the laying out of the park.

Technical problems connected with the construction of permanent fair buildings were discussed at a meeting held recently at the Tel Aviv municipality, held under the chairmanship of J. Shiffman, municipal engineer. Plans for the technical organization, building systems, and materials were among the subjects discussed. It was pointed out that materials to be used should be as far as possible soundproof in order to ensure protection within the pavilions from the noise, inevitable with the traffic movement of large numbers of people in the Fair Grounds, and that at the same time, precautions should be taken that the pavilions should be adequately ventilated.

Particular problems are presented in the construction of the pavilion which will be at the same time the largest auditorium and theatre in Tel Aviv. This pavilion is to be used in period between exhibitions as a theatre and for the holding of conventions, and large assemblies. The main pavilion will be constructed on the shore and will also serve as a Kurhaus or Casino in connection with the plans for the development of the seashore as a modern bathing beach. The general development plan for the entire area is being prepared by R. Kauffmann, well-known town-planner.