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Description 1948. Jerusalem, Princess Mary Ave. (now, ShlomTsiyon HaMalka St.) at the corner with Coresh street (aka Koresh) The British Mandatory administration used barbed wire to block the area (dubbed "Bevingrad") from both Jewish and Arab traffic.

The building on the right was police HQ. It is today still called the Generali Building after the Assicurazioni Generali insurance company of Italy, which built it in 1935.
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Source To the Promised Land by Uri Dan. Doubleday, 1988. p.114
Author Unknown authorUnknown author
Camera location31° 46′ 47.28″ N, 35° 13′ 18.75″ E  Heading=337.5° Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

Present Day Google Street View: ShlomTsiyon HaMalka St., cor. Koresh St. (on right), looking NNW toward Jaffa Rd.


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