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The government tried to act
ome say the word "mamil-
la" is a contraction of the quickly, moving the squatters
Arabic ma'aman and Al- who had sat under Jordanian
lah, meaning "with God's guns for 19 years to faceless high-
security" — a good name for a rises on the edge of the city. That
cemetery thought to hold Moslem created the first outcry.
Next came heated opposition
warriors killed by Crusaders
to the initially grandiose plans
some seven centuries ago.
But the phrase has just as drawn up for the area by archi-
tect Moshe Safdie.
much significance for the
The main debate was between
modern-day planners and de-
velopers of the mammoth project those who rejected his plans en-
which — nearly three decades af- tirely, feeling the Old City should
ter it first sought to restore its be treated as a gem in Jerusalem's
pre-1948 status as Jerusalem's crown — that is, kept surround-
business heart — is finally at the ed by a green belt and left alone
in its glory — and others who be-
final stages of construction.
Stretching from the ancient lieved it should be integrated into
Mamilla cemetery at the corner the modern city.
Among the latter group, how-
of Jerusalem's King David and
Agron streets across to the Old ever, there were endless differ-
City walls, the 28-acre site is
the largest single construc-
tion project in Israel today.
Once complete, the com-
plex will hopefully linchpin
the capital's Jewish and
Arab parts, and provide a
much needed shot in the arm
for an ailing economy. In all,
Mamilla is bound to account
for 10 percent of the city's ho-
tel rooms, and contain 400
new luxury apartments as
well as parking for 2,000
more vehicles, a graceful The future of Arab-Jewish relations will decide
new park, and offices and how projects will develop.
additional space designated
for shopping and entertainment. ences about Mr. Safdie's proposed
"Ifs an extremely complex pro- dialogue in urban design between
ject," says real estate magnate Al- old and new, about how closely
fred Akirov, whose Al-Rov (Israel) new buildings should approach
Ltd. is the leading builder of the the Old City's 16th century Ot-
project. "If our considerations toman walls, and what the pur-
were solely business-oriented, we pose of these buildings should be.
Progress, according to Mr.
wouldn't have undertaken it.
We're working on a very visible, Safdie, is a process of challenge
high-prestige project which has and response, and what has fi u
the eyes of the world upon it. nally emerged for Mamilla is a
We're trying to please a highly design in which the standards of
conservative citizenry, whose the past are combined with those
immediate tendency is to dislike of the present and the future.
The style of building echoes
anything new."
The project is circumscribed traditional Jerusalem motifs. The
by the need to preserve vistas height of buildings has been kept
and historic buildings, replete low. Costly Jerusalem stone coats
with Jerusalem limestone, every structure, every pathway
"which adds about $300 to the and every courtyard. Wherever
cost of every square meter, and possible, views are unobscured,
pushes up the cost of the project framed by the archways of the
as a whole by as much as 20 per- new buildings.
Along with this reverence for
cent," says Mr. Akirov.
As would befit its physical di- history and esthetics, however,
mensions and historic sensitivi- the new Mamilla is to function
ty, the Mamilla project has had as much more than just a re-
a long and contentious history. stored, modernized urban plan-
The reunification of Jerusalem ning project. The intention is to
in 1967 transformed this area recreate the charm which the
from a battered and dangerous area boasted a century ago, when
hunk of no-man's land into the Mamilla was the social and com-
capital's geographic center and mercial heart of Jerusalem. ❑
one of the world's most precious
(c) Jerusalem Post 1997
pieces of real estate.