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Kaplan Street is a major
thoroughfare A thoroughfare is a primary passage or way as a transit route through regularly trafficked areas, whether by road on dry land or, by extension, via watercraft or aircraft. On land, a thoroughfare may refer to anything from a multi-lane highwa ...
in central
Tel Aviv Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the ...
,
Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
, running from the
Azrieli Center Azrieli Center ( he, מֶרְכָּז עַזְרִיאֵלִי; ''Merkaz Azrieli'') is a complex of skyscrapers in Tel Aviv. At the base of the center lies a large shopping mall. The center was originally designed by Israeli-American archite ...
interchange on its eastern edge, to Ibn Gabirol Street on its western edge.


History

Named after
Eliezer Kaplan Eliezer Kaplan ( he, אליעזר קפלן; be, Эліэзер Каплан; ) was a Zionist activist, Israeli politician, one of the signatories of the Israeli declaration of independence and the country's first Minister of Finance and Deputy ...
, an important Israeli politician, the street connects the city center to the Ayalon Highway, and is one of the busiest streets in the city. Right next to it, lies the old Templer neighborhood of Sarona, which has undergone a major renovation programme, in addition to the street itself, which has been widened in recent years. The
Israeli Intelligence Community The Israeli Intelligence Community is made up of Aman (military intelligence), Mossad (overseas intelligence) and Shabak (internal security). Current agencies * Military Intelligence Directorate (Aman): the supreme military-intelligence bran ...
had offices on this street. File:Kaplan street.JPG File:Templar buildings in the Sharona colony on Kaplan Street.jpg, Grounds of the Templer buildings in the Sarona colony on Kaplan Street File:Templar buildings in the Sharona colony on Kaplan Street 2.jpg, Grounds of the Templer buildings in the Sarona colony on Kaplan Street File:Beit Yachin 01.jpg, Beit Yachin (Yachin House) in Kaplan Street File:PikiWiki Israel 6191 Towers in Tel - Aviv.JPG, Kaplan street (renewed) File:PikiWiki Israel 7484 azriali mall.jpg, Azrieli mall File:Beit Hasohnut Hayehudit.JPG,
Jewish Agency for Israel The Jewish Agency for Israel ( he, הסוכנות היהודית לארץ ישראל, translit=HaSochnut HaYehudit L'Eretz Yisra'el) formerly known as The Jewish Agency for Palestine, is the largest Jewish non-profit organization in the world. ...
Building File:Dizengof Center Tel Aviv.jpg, Dizengoff Center. Castro (clothing), SuperPharm and
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signs are noticeable


See also

*
Streets in Tel Aviv Streets is the plural of street, a type of road. Streets or The Streets may also refer to: Music * Streets (band), a rock band fronted by Kansas vocalist Steve Walsh * ''Streets'' (punk album), a 1977 compilation album of various early UK punk b ...


References


External links


Kaplan Street renovation project
at the Ayalon Highway website {{coord, 32, 4, 23.17, N, 34, 47, 11.68, E, display=title Streets in Tel Aviv