Sheraton Tel Aviv Hotel

Sheraton Tel Aviv Hotel
General information
Location Tel Aviv, Israel
Address 115 Hayarkon Street
Opening March 12, 1977
Height 81m
Technical details
Floor count 22
Design and construction
Architect Werner Joseph Wittkower, Yaakov Rechter
Other information
Number of rooms 318

The Sheraton Tel Aviv Hotel is a large hotel on Hayarkon Street in Tel Aviv, Israel.

History

A structure known as the Red House previously stood on the site. It was constructed in 1926 and served as the seat of the city council, and later the headquarters of the Haganah and the Mossad LeAliyah Bet, which coordinated the smuggling of illegal Jewish immigrants into British Mandatory Palestine.[1] During the Israeli War of Independence, the Red House served as the headquarters of David Ben-Gurion and the supreme command of the Israel Defense Forces.[2] After the war, it was briefly the seat of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Red House was demolished to build the hotel, a plaque at the entrance to the hotel commemorates its history.

First Hotel

The first Sheraton-Tel Aviv Hotel was located 1 mile north of today's hotel, on the north side of Independence Park. The 220-room, 7-story structure opened in March 1961,[3] the first Sheraton outside the US and Canada. The 16th Chess Olympiad was held at the Sheraton in 1964.[4] A 136-room wing was added to the hotel in November 1970. The Sheraton was renamed in 1974 and demolished in 1991.[5] The site remains vacant today, but the adjacent beach is still known locally as Sheraton Beach.

Current Hotel

The current hotel was built by Ignatz Bubis[6] and Emilio Bruns, and designed by Werner Joseph Wittkower (who had also designed the 1961 hotel) and Yaakov Rechter.[7] It opened on March 12, 1977[8] as the Tel Aviv-Sheraton Hotel and was later known as the Sheraton Tel Aviv Hotel & Towers.

References

  1. ↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=cJoHiX7mmGIC&pg=PA203&lpg=PA203&dq=red+house+tel+aviv+sheraton&source=bl&ots=97OuAM3s_1&sig=giewrm62zaB6s-NnjyZpfsr_C9k&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiOp6Se-rbMAhVB7mMKHYg8CTgQ6AEIKjAC#v=onepage&q=red%20house%20tel%20aviv%20sheraton&f=false
  2. ↑ http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/does-the-presence-of-the-idf-s-hq-in-tel-aviv-endanger-the-city-s-population.premium-1.435042
  3. ↑ http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1961/03/05/page/156/article/israel-celebrating-bar-mitzvah
  4. ↑ http://www.olimpbase.org/1964/1964in.html
  5. ↑ http://www.globes.co.il/en/article-tel-avivs-biggest-hotel-gets-green-light-1000960677
  6. ↑ http://www.hagalil.com/deutschland/bubis/presse/washington.htm
  7. ↑ http://www.rechter-arch.com/#!hotels/c1z0j
  8. ↑ http://ebays.com.ua/catalog/show/182001382479/

Coordinates: 32°04′54″N 34°46′04″E / 32.0817°N 34.7678°E / 32.0817; 34.7678

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