Early history (1930s–70s) In 1934,
Genia Averbuch won a competition for the design of a municipal plaza. The square is a circular plaza and has been a focal point of Tel Aviv since its establishment, its location in the very heart of Tel Aviv being one of the reasons. It was elevated in an effort to ease congestion in the area. In addition, the benches were repainted blue.
Redesign (2016–2018) In 2016, the Tel Aviv municipality decided to bring the square back to its original design and move it back to street level, causing public controversy. The works on demolishing the elevated square began on January 8, 2017, and a ground-level road, similar in layout to the underpass under the heightened square, was opened on January 18. At that point, work began on tiling the sidewalk rim and paving a permanent circular road. The circular road, which maintains the second square's traffic directions, was opened – though in an unfinished state – on October 30, with the interchange-style road being closed, and demolished a day later to allow work on the third square's core to begin. On June 2, 2018, all roadworks on the Third square's circular road were completed: its remaining closed section, running from Reines St. to Dizengoff St., was opened, and the crosswalks were brought closer to the square's core. The Fire and Water Fountain, Yaacov Agam's artwork representing
kinetic art and
op art, was back in 2019 but the monument was stripped of its colorful, artistic details and technological mechanism. It is an example of destruction of the artwork. == Activity ==