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Sign: Tel Aviv - "Bustan Batim" - Outdoor sculpture by Siona Shimshi


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Uri Tsvi Grinberg St, Tel Aviv-Jaffa, Israel
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On the sign:
"בּוסתן בּתים"
ציונה שמשי
תשנ"א 1990
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The sign belongs to the series of signs depicting outdoor sculptures throughout the city of Tel Aviv - Jaffa.

The statue that was placed in 1990 consists of eight columns, each symbolizing one of the seven species and another column symbolizing the orange tree. The columns are built from four types of stones found in Israel.

The QR code links to a map of outdoor sculptures in Tel Aviv

The statue was photographed that day Click for a larger image Click for a larger image Click for a larger image

In the center of the statue are stones forming a square Click for a larger image

When the central stone in the square is a stone with the sign on it. The following text appears on the rest of the bricks:
ד"ר מיכה לוין יועץ ראש העיר לעניני אמנות, עוזר: אורי רוזנויין
נאוה דיסנצ’יק עוזר ראש העיר לעניני תרבות ואמנות
הועדה העירונית להצבת פסלים בעיר ולשלוב אמנות בבניה

[translation]
Dr. Micha Levin, adviser to the mayor on art matters, assistant: Uri Rosenoin
Nava Disenchik Assistant Mayor for Cultural and Art Affairs
The municipal committee for placing statues in the city and incorporating art in construction
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אתר פסלים זה יזמת
שלמה להט
ראש העיר תל-אביב יפו

להנצחת פעלם של יושבי ראש ארגון בעלי הקרקע בגוש 6620
יצחק זילברשטיין ז"ל ברוך סטרטונר ז"ל רו"ח חיים ולד ז"ל
שעשו לגאולת הקרקע, פיתוח ובניית "אזורי חן"

[translation]
This sculpture site is an initiative
Shlomo Lahat
Mayor of Tel Aviv Jaffa

To commemorate the work of the chairmen of the landowners’ organization in block 6620
The late Yitzchak Zilberstein, the late Baruch Strattoner, the late CPA Haim Wald, the late
who did for the redemption of the land, development and construction of "Azorei Hen"
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אתר זה מוקדש לעיר תל-אביב יפו
ולתושבי "אזורי חן" - מיוזמי ובוני "אזורי חן"
"אזורים" חברה לבנין בע"מ ועו"ד אברהם נאמן

[translation]
This site is dedicated to the city of Tel Aviv Jaffa
And to the residents of "Azorei Hen" - from the initiators and builders of "Azorei Hen"
"Azorim" Building Company Ltd. and Avraham Naman, attorney
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ארץ חטה ושערה וגפן ותאנה ורמון ארץ זית שמן ודבש:
ארץ אשר לא במסכנה תאכל בה לחם לא תחסר כל בה
ארץ אשר אבניה ברזל ומהרריה תחצב נחשת (דברים ח’)

[translation]
[The sign with the name of the statue]
a land of wheat and barley, and vines and fig-trees and pomegranates; a land of olive-trees and honey:
a land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack any thing in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest dig brass (Deuteronomy 8)
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ביצוע
עדי בן-צבי

הפקה: אבי ורבר. הנדסה: יעקב אכברט, מיכאל גרינשטיין, דוד וינטרוב
יגאל אוחנה, ערן שריג, איתי ויגיק, "היוצקים" קסטרו תל אביב
מנסרות: איסמעיל בית-לחם, "הקסטל","שיש שפרעם", מנופי אוחנה ירושלים

אדריכל "אזורי חן" ניסן כנען
משרד אלחנני-כנען אדריכלים
אדריכלי נוף": תיכנון נוף בע"מ

[translation]
The establishment of the site
Adi Ben-Zvi

Production: Avi Verber. Engineering: Jacob Echbert, Michael Greenstein, David Weintraub
Yigal Ohana, Eran Sharig, Itai Vigik, "The Pourers" Castro Tel Aviv
Sawmills: Ismail Bethlehem, "Hcastel", "Sheesh Shfaram", Menofi Ohana Jerusalem

Architect "Azuri Chen" Nissan Canaan
Elhanani-Kanaan architects office
Landscape Architects": Landscape Planning Ltd
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The QR code was added in 2023-2024
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The following pictures show the 8 poles enlarged:
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Translation of the text on the sign:
Bustan Batim (House orchard)
Siona Shimshi
1990



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