Liberty Bell Park, Public garden in Talbiyeh district, Jerusalem, Israel.
Liberty Bell Park is a public garden in the Talbiyeh district of Jerusalem, Israel, with flower beds, open plazas, an amphitheater, basketball courts, and exhibition areas. The park runs along King David Street and offers a mix of green spaces and paved zones spread across a compact area.
The park opened in 1976, the year of the United States bicentennial, on much of the former Omeriya compound after a plan for luxury towers and hotels there was cancelled following public protest. A smaller scheme by a team led by architect David Kroyanker included the park and open ground. The Liberty Bell replica had reached the Knesset in 1955 from Philadelphia's Friends of Israel and was moved here at Mayor Teddy Kollek's request.
The Train Theater in the northern part of the park uses an old railway car as a stage for puppet shows and children's performances throughout the year. Families from across the city come here regularly, making it one of the most visited spots in the park for local residents.
The park has several entrances along King David Street and is easy to walk through thanks to wide, flat pathways. It is open during the day and can be visited at any time without booking in advance.
The bell in the park is a copy of the Liberty Bell that the Philadelphia Friends of Israel gave to the Knesset in 1955; it stood in the President's Garden (later Wohl Rose Garden) before Teddy Kollek asked for it to be moved here when the park opened. In the northern plaza, a concrete dragon called Jerry by its park sign rises out of the ground, a play sculpture by Ulrik Plesner, the Danish-born architect who designed the park.
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