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The Israeli ‘shikun’: Living in urban ugliness and how to deal with it
There must be some consequence to how most of us grow up with dubious architecture. The “shikunim,” dour apartment blocks not quite as gargantuan as those of eastern Europe, but about equally ornate, make up a great deal of the urban and suburban Israeli landscape. They were mostly built during the 1950s and 60s to…
By Yuval Ben-Ami September 12, 2010
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