The sign is placed on a dedicated stone pole in a spherical shape and is similar to many signs of gardens in Tel Aviv
The square is also known as the pencil square because of its statue in its center. The statue, made by Rafi Peled, was removed around 2021.
The square photo was taken that day
Click for a larger image The following photo taken in 2018 clearly shows the "pencils" statue
Click for a larger image In 2023, a new statue was placed in the square
Click for sign's details And the sign bearing the name of the square was replaced, in the new format of squares in Tel Aviv
Click for sign's details, with the same text.
As you can see in the following photo taken in 2023
Click for a larger image Click for a larger image Translation of the text on the sign:
"Square Three"
Donated by the Schiff family in memory of the three members of the Haganah who fell on their vigil in the month of Kislev, December 1947, in the defense of the city of Tel Aviv.
Nissim Aziz - 18 years old
Michael Fisher - 21 years old
Jacob Schiff - 19 years old
Remember them forever
Established by the Tel Aviv Development Fund - 2004
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