Beit Mani, Heritage site and tourism office on Yehuda Halevi Street, Tel Aviv, Israel
Beit Mani is a two-story kurkar stone house built 1910–1915 by Shlomo Berski at 36 Yehuda Halevi Street, on the edge of Ahuzat Bayit. Its rear section now forms the lobby of the 12-story National Bank office tower completed in 2003, while the front of the house stands as a separate building.
Shlomo Berski built the house as a residence between 1910 and 1915 on the edge of Ahuzat Bayit, using kurkar stone. In 1924 it was sold to the Anglo-Palestine Bank, which resold it six years later to Judge Yitzhak Malchiel Mani; he lived there from 1930 to 1933 and gave the house its name. Mani's heirs sold it to Bank Leumi in 1978, and after a public campaign the bank had to keep the house and fold it into its new office tower, approved in June 2000 and opened in 2003.
The building plays a role in preserving Tel Aviv's architectural heritage while serving as an information center for visitors exploring the city. The sandstone structure shows how older residential design sits alongside modern functions in the urban landscape.
The building is located at 36 Yehuda Halevi Street in the city center, easily reached on foot from most attractions. The location offers good transportation links and provides visitors with convenient access to information and nearby points of interest.
Two rooms inside Beit Mani were restored in early-20th-century style, including a reconstruction of the historic Jaffa branch of the Anglo-Palestine Bank. The rear of the house was absorbed into the lobby of the 12-storey office tower completed in 2003, while the front facade remains a separate structure.
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