<P> Moreover, in the past few years, Rothschild Boulevard which is located at beginning in Neve Tzedek had become an attraction both of tourist, businesses and startups . It features a wide, tree - lined central strip with pedestrian and bike lanes . Historically, there was a demographic split between the Ashkenazi northern side of the city, including the district of Ramat Aviv, and the southern, more Sephardi and Mizrahi neighborhoods including Neve Tzedek and Florentin . </P> <P> Since the 1980s, major restoration and gentrification projects have been implemented in southern Tel Aviv . Baruch Yoscovitz, city planner for Tel Aviv beginning in 2001, reworked old British plans for the Florentin neighborhood from the 1920s, adding green areas, pedestrian malls, and housing . The municipality invested two million shekels in the project . The goal was to make Florentin the Soho of Tel Aviv, and attract artists and young professionals to the neighborhood . Indeed, street artists, such as Dede, installation artists such as Sigalit Landau, and many others made the upbeat neighborhood their home base . Florentin is now known as a hip, "cool" place to be in Tel Aviv with coffeehouses, markets, bars, galleries and parties . </P> <P> Tel Aviv is home to different architectural styles that represent influential periods in its history . The early architecture of Tel Aviv consisted largely of European - style single - story houses with red - tiled roofs . Neve Tzedek, the first neighborhood to be constructed outside of Jaffa is characterised by two - story sandstone buildings . By the 1920s, a new eclectic Orientalist style came into vogue, combining European architecture with Eastern features such as arches, domes and ornamental tiles . Municipal construction followed the "garden city" master plan drawn up by Patrick Geddes . Two - and three - story buildings were interspersed with boulevards and public parks . Various architectural styles, such as Art Deco, classical and modernist also exist in Tel Aviv . </P> <P> Bauhaus architecture was introduced in the 1920s and 1930s by German Jewish architects who settled in Palestine after the rise of the Nazis . Tel Aviv's White City, around the city center, contains more than 5,000 Modernist - style buildings inspired by the Bauhaus school and Le Corbusier . Construction of these buildings, later declared protected landmarks and, collectively, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, continued until the 1950s in the area around Rothschild Boulevard . Some 3,000 buildings were created in this style between 1931 and 1939 alone . In the 1960s, this architectural style gave way to office towers and a chain of waterfront hotels and commercial skyscrapers . Some of the city's Modernist buildings were neglected to the point of ruin . Before legislation to preserve this landmark architecture, many of the old buildings were demolished . Efforts are under way to refurbish Bauhaus buildings and restore them to their original condition . </P>

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