Ramat Eshkol

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Ramat Eshkol (About this sound ¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿ (help·info)) (also Ramot Eshkol Hebrew: ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿) is a neighborhood in northern Jerusalem. It was the first neighborhood built in the city after the Six-Day War in 1967. In 1966, the border with Jordan ran parallel to Shmuel Hanavi Street. Beyond was a no man's land and the bunkers and fortifications of Ammunition Hill, the site of fierce battles between Jordanian and Israeli forces in the 1967 war. Ramat Eshkol (lit. "Eshkol Heights") was planned as a neighborhood with tree-lined streets, small parks, a neighborhood health clinic and a small commercial center with a supermarket. Most of the new apartment buildings were limited to four floors. The architecture included prefab elements, but outside walls were faced with a veneer of Jerusalem stone. Construction on Sderot Eshkol (Eshkol Boulevard), named for Israeli prime minister Levi Eshkol, began in 1968. Israel Levitt of the Israel Defense Force Engineering Corps cleared the mines on what is now Etzion Gaver street. Levitt, also a trained architect, designed the first buildings there.