More Pictures of Tel Aviv (March 2010): Port, Lights, Olive Flowers, Storm
Hazy dusk in Independence Park just north of the Hilton. Looking north at the old Tel Aviv port is a mix of new upscale apartments, the renovated port's shops and restaurant, and the Reading power station all bunched together. / April 2010, Tel Aviv, Israel / © 2010
On a warm spring evening, as the sun dipped behind the horizon, Hilton hotel guests, mothers with strollers and small children and a few couples ended up at Independence park. Just north of the Hilton hotel, the park is a tiny piece of land on a cliff between the Hilton and the renovated Tel Aviv port. It overlooks Tel Aviv's beaches and the city from the highest point on the coast.
Lights flag on Azrieli tower records donations. Azrieli uses it's prominent location and visibility to spread a message of giving. The flag's lights signify how much money has been donated. Here the flag is about 3/4 complete. / April 2010, Tel Aviv, Israel / © 2010
Azrieli tower complex (a round, triangle and square buildings) is one of Tel Aviv's most visible landscape. It stands by itself at the eastern border of the city just at the Ayalon highway. The Kaplan-Begin intersection outside Azrieli is one of Tel Aviv's busiest. The light flag faces the south and can be seen by drivers on the highway going north.
Olive flowers blossom for about a week, depends on the weather. The flowers are small (1/8 to 1/4 inch) and give off a sweet fragrance. At the center of Begin Square in front of Tel Aviv's city hall is a old squat olive tree. In early April, olive trees all around central Tel Aviv started blooming. These flowers are just starting to wilt. In a few weeks olives will start forming. / April 2010, Tel Aviv, Israel / © 2010
This spring seemed like a more intense bloom following a wetter and colder winter. As if the trees are saying: we liked the winter so here comes the spring. More rain fell than in many years, which gives hope to the drought of the last five years. Rains help the trees and shrubs not watered by man (drip irrigation systems or by hand.) Most trees around Tel Aviv are not irrigated so when springs comes the rains from the last few months show in bigger blooms. What I can not show is the wonderful fragrances. Even a tiny olive flower has intense fragrance. When you walk by the trees in spring it's a wonderful feeling.
Dark and cloudy morning from the Tel Aviv port boardwalk. Just a few weeks ago the weather was cold and the sea looked stormy. Tel Aviv has a few stormy days, this year we had more rainy and stormy days than in a long time. / April 2010, Tel Aviv, Israel / © 2010
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