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Shapira is being renovated under the auspices of Project Renewal, a national project to rehabilitate poor neighborhoods.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/stop-sending-us-your-tired-your-poor-your-huddled-masses-1.251273|title=Stop sending us your tired, your poor, your huddled masses}}</ref>Work is under way on roads, curbs and sidewalks, water infrastructure, sewage and drainage, lighting, communications and landscaping.<ref>[http://www.ram-handasa.com/en/sub_page.asp?sp=347&p=249 Development of Mesilat Yesharim Street in Tel Aviv's Shapira neighborhood]</ref> |
Shapira is being renovated under the auspices of Project Renewal, a national project to rehabilitate poor neighborhoods.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/stop-sending-us-your-tired-your-poor-your-huddled-masses-1.251273|title=Stop sending us your tired, your poor, your huddled masses}}</ref>Work is under way on roads, curbs and sidewalks, water infrastructure, sewage and drainage, lighting, communications and landscaping.<ref>[http://www.ram-handasa.com/en/sub_page.asp?sp=347&p=249 Development of Mesilat Yesharim Street in Tel Aviv's Shapira neighborhood]</ref> |
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Shapira is now home to a large community of migrants and foreign workers.<ref>[http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4237612,00.html Israel mulling long-term detention of illegal migrants, [[Haaretz]]]</ref> |
Shapira is now home to a large community of migrants and foreign workers.<ref>[http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4237612,00.html Israel mulling long-term detention of illegal migrants, [[Haaretz]]]</ref> |
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Shapira (Hebrew: שכונת שפירא) (Shechunat Shapira) is a neighborhood in south Tel Aviv, Israel with a population of 8,000.
History
The neighborhood was founded by Meir Getzel Shapiro, a Jewish real estate dealer and philanthropist from Detroit. It lies south of the Tel Aviv Central Bus Station and extends to the Ayalon Highway in the east, Mount Zion Boulevard in the west, and to Kibbutz Galuyot Street in the south.[1]
Shapira is being renovated under the auspices of Project Renewal, a national project to rehabilitate poor neighborhoods.[2]Work is under way on roads, curbs and sidewalks, water infrastructure, sewage and drainage, lighting, communications and landscaping.[3]
Shapira is now home to a large community of migrants and foreign workers.[4]In 2005, it was described as one of the most heterogeneous neighborhoods in Tel Aviv.[5]
References
- ^ "Infinite Design map of Tel Aviv neighbourhoods".
- ^ "Stop sending us your tired, your poor, your huddled masses".
- ^ Development of Mesilat Yesharim Street in Tel Aviv's Shapira neighborhood
- ^ Israel mulling long-term detention of illegal migrants, Haaretz
- ^ A model of a heterogeneous neighborhood, GeoJournal
Further reading
- Neither in Jaffa nor in Tel Aviv: Stories, Testimonies and Documents from the Shapira Neighborhood, Sharon Rotbard