The heat wave is over, normal summer weather has returned.
Now it is just plain hot, but unlike Moscow,
we can open our windows at night for a breeze.
Not having rain does not seem so bad either,
compared to the severe flooding in much of the world.
In all weather though, sheputzim, renovations, are a part of life in Jerusalem.
Whether it is an old apartment being gutted and redone by new owners,
or an old house being enlarged
or a new floor or two added on top of an old building,
someone is always sheputzing.
The noise and dust of drills and hammers working on stone often fill the air.
Change seems everywhere…
The area close to the Old City’s Jaffa Gate has experienced some drastic changes.
Across from recently completed Mamilla Mall,
the Waldorf Astoria construction is finally above ground.
The area between these construction sites and
Gan Haatzmaut, Independence Park was in need of a sheputz.
November 5, 2009
August 10, 2010
August 11, 2010
The land is now clear, cleaned of everything except for a few trees.
At the other end of the road,
near the fence where the Museum of Tolerance is being excavated,
on June 6, 2010 a man was smoothing fresh cement.
Construction bags were near by.
August 10, 2010 large sheputzim bags
were at the other end of the old Muslim cemetery.
Fresh new stones
seem to be everywhere.
What a sheputz,
from one end to the other it is hard to find any litter.
Now Agron Street leading to Mamilla Mall has a new look.
Could it be that the “clean up building material” signs in the city are working?
UPDATE
August 13, 2010
Seems that over 300 of the new tombstones were fake and have been removed.
Great stuff as usual, thanks. Imagine what it will be like when they finally fix Rechov Yaffa, hehehe
It is incredible how far the audacity of the Arab population/part of the government is that they can construct 300 fresh new tombstones in “downtown” freely (how did they get the permit from the Iriya – we’ve been trying for 10 years?)!!!!