When Your Street Has a Website

June 9, 2006 - 9:03 PM by

Lisa writes:

Well, it’s not exactly my street, but it is about 10 seconds’ walk away from where I live. Sheinkin is synonymous with all that is trendy and cool in Israel, ‘though there are some who use the term “Sheinkin types” as a derisive synonym for artsy-fartsy bleeding heart leftists.

That image is pretty outdated, ‘though. Sheinkin has seen quite a few incarnations over the last 60 years. Once, during the 1930s and 1940s, it was elegant; then it was seedy and rundown for a long time. During the late 1980s it was discovered by the bohemian crowd and became a central meeting place for actors, musicians and writers. Now it’ s roughly equivalent to – oh, West Broadway in Manhattan, Notting Hill in London or Queen Street West in Toronto. Briefly edgy but now mainstream trendy and somewhat commercialized.

I try to avoid Sheinkin on Fridays, the first day of the weekend, when half the teenagers from greater Tel Aviv gather to see and be seen. Traffic – both pedestrian and vehicular – slows to a crawl on that day as Yossi, Yoni, Osnat and Merav stop to greet all their friends. \

Anyhow, check out the site. It’s got a history of the street, links to various shops, video of the day and more – so much more. You can even buy stuff online and have it sent to you.

Tags: • Category: Israeliness, Pop Culture 

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