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Rehovot Neighborhood Brief Fistory
The founders of Rehovot made their home in what is now the center of the city. Yaakov Street, named after the head of the "Menuha V'nahala" settlement society. Yaakov Broida, was the first street in Rehovot and it was there, at the top of the hill, next to the charming Dondikov House, that the town bell was located for forty years. The Municipality recently installed a reconstruction of it on the original site. Throughout the years Rehovot maintained its pastoral atmosphere, a moshava in spirit, even while constructing new neighborhoods. Until 1930 Rehovot mainly developed along the parallel streets Menuhah V'nahalah and Herzl and the area between them.
At the beginning of the 1950s nearby agricultural villages played a prominent role in Rehovot’s landscape, among them Kfar Marmorek. The built-up municipal area was consequently limited, allowing only for slight growth, mainly to the west. Al that time, when Rehovot’s population stood at approximately 18,200, the Weizmann Institute of Science began to expand in the north of the city. From 1950 to 1960 the population increased by 10,000, with development taking place almost exclusively in the western part of the city.
The years 1960-1970 witnessed the development of new residential areas, primarily on the outskirts, including the inauguration of the Kiryat Moshe, Havazelet, Kfar Gevirol and Oshiot neighborhoods. Massive public construction took place alongside private initiatives. In the 1970s the population grew even more substantially, almost doubling its number.
From 1980 to 2000 the built-up urban area expanded not only to the south, but also to the East, to the north - Neve Amit, and to the west - Kfar Gevirol. Today, Rehovot is essentially divided into five residential areas with 114,000 residents and has set 150,000 as its target population. Taking into account its growth rate in the past, this goal should be reached in about 20 years.
Source: New Neighborhoods. Rehovot Map Booklet. 2006 Edition. Digitized by MyRehovot. Any usage online is subjected to the condition of the quoting the source of the text, that is Rehovot Map booklet and www.MyRehovot.info
At the beginning of the 1950s nearby agricultural villages played a prominent role in Rehovot’s landscape, among them Kfar Marmorek. The built-up municipal area was consequently limited, allowing only for slight growth, mainly to the west. Al that time, when Rehovot’s population stood at approximately 18,200, the Weizmann Institute of Science began to expand in the north of the city. From 1950 to 1960 the population increased by 10,000, with development taking place almost exclusively in the western part of the city.
The years 1960-1970 witnessed the development of new residential areas, primarily on the outskirts, including the inauguration of the Kiryat Moshe, Havazelet, Kfar Gevirol and Oshiot neighborhoods. Massive public construction took place alongside private initiatives. In the 1970s the population grew even more substantially, almost doubling its number.
From 1980 to 2000 the built-up urban area expanded not only to the south, but also to the East, to the north - Neve Amit, and to the west - Kfar Gevirol. Today, Rehovot is essentially divided into five residential areas with 114,000 residents and has set 150,000 as its target population. Taking into account its growth rate in the past, this goal should be reached in about 20 years.
Source: New Neighborhoods. Rehovot Map Booklet. 2006 Edition. Digitized by MyRehovot. Any usage online is subjected to the condition of the quoting the source of the text, that is Rehovot Map booklet and www.MyRehovot.info
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