The Nachlat Binyamin market is the largest pedestrian market in Israel. I documented my trip to share the economic creativity that exists in this market in Tel Aviv.
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1. Nachlat Binyamin Arts and Crafts Market Tel Aviv,
Israel
2. Introduction Established in 1988 200+ artists 10,000
visitors each week Opening hours: Tuesdays 10:00 - 17:00 and
Fridays 10:00 - 16:30 The artists must be accepted by a special
committee. Products made of wood, glass, fabric, plastic, paper,
rocks, newspapers, wires, metal, - anything Source:
http://www.nachlat-binyamin.com 2012
3. Wine bottle holders with candles (hand carved out of
wood)
4. Wire-mesh sculptures (cost: 300 2000 NIS)
5. Glowing door bells
6. Paper trees
7. Ceramics
8. Kaleidoscopes
9. Kaleidoscopes (2)
10. Clocks
11. Office organizers, etc. (made out of newspapers)
12. Soap
13. Melted-down bottles (now spoon rests)
14. Animal Sculptures
15. Figurines
16. Shoebox towns
17. Wire art
18. Mezuzahs
19. Final notes Major tourist attraction Formerly a run-down
province of the textile and haberdashery trade, rejuvenated as a
busy pedestrian-friendly precinct full of fashionable cafs and arty
shop (Lonely Planet, 2011) In terms of an economic strategy, the
visitors are drawn in by the arts and crafts, but then can stay to
frequent the many restaurants
20. Final notes Artists are friendly, and quite plesant Prices
are diverse as there is a wide range of low- priced (soap) to
higher priced items (custom leather bags) Security-bag check by the
police is a little strange, but didnt seem to distract too much
from the experience
21. CREDITS Photographed and researched by: Andrew Bacchus
www.streetecology.com www.facebook.com/streetecologyResearch made
possible by a grant from The Joseph and Wolf Lebovic Foundation at
The University of Waterlooin Waterloo, Canada.