A group of leading international architects is appealing to Israel’s government to halt its controversial plan to build a cable car to Jerusalem’s Old City.
Some 30 architects, including Spanish Santiago Calatrava, famed for designing Jerusalem’s Chords Bridge, celebrated American architect Thom Mayne, and Israeli-born Moshe Safdie added their voices to public outcry against the project, in a letter to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The planned cable car to Jerusalem’s Old City, as seen in a screenshot from a video by the NGO Emek Shaveh.
It calls the cable car a threat to Jerusalem’s “ancient landscape and precious heritage,” and accused powerful interest groups of prioritizing tourism and political agendas over religious and cultural values.
Approved last fall by Israel’s Tourism Ministry as a way to ferry visitors to Jerusalem’s Old City, over traffic-clogged streets, the project has prompted a flood of complaints from Palestinian residents and urban planners.
— AP
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