Winter in the White City: Historic photos capture Tel Aviv cold
Major winter storms are noteworthy in the beachy metropolis and have transfixed photographers for decades; these pictures show bygone winters from days of hand-carts and long lines for bookstores.
It is always something of an event when beachy Tel Aviv is subject to wintry weather, and the three-day winter storm that began on Saturday night is no exception. Ynet and the "White City – Tel Aviv" blog have collected historic photographs capturing Tel Aviv winter weather throughout the decades.
Magen David Square at the intersection of Allenby, King George, Sheinkin, Nachlat Binyamin and Carmel Streets, Tel Aviv, 1940 (Photo: Yaakov Rosner/Harvard University Library)
People cross the street on a cart on a flooded Shalma Street, 1949 (Photo: Fritz Cohen/GPO)
Passersby pose with a snowman in front of the historic Mograbi Cinema, showing "Hamlet" starring Laurence Olivier, on February 6, 1950 (Photo: David Eldan/GPO)
Corner of 15 Allenby Street and 1 Idelson Street in Tel Aviv, 1950 (Photo: David Eldan/GPO)
King Albert Square and Pagoda House in 1950 (Photo: Boris Carmi/GPO)
Crowd waits in the rain outside bookstore at 64 Allenby Street, offering books in Hebrew, English, Polish and French at a 90 percent discount, 1955 (Photo: Fritz Cohen/GPO)
Skipping over a puddle on Dizengoff Street in the 1960s (Photo: Boris Carmi)
Flooding in the Montefiore neighborhood, Tel Aviv, 1974 (Photo: Yaakov Sa'ar/GPO)
Stuck car in the Montefiore neighborhood, Tel Aviv, 1974 (Photo: Yaakov Sa'ar/GPO)
