House of the Artist Ya'akov Eisenberg – "Neve Bezalel" Neighborhood – Building Permit and Architectural Drawings – ...

House of the Artist Ya'akov Eisenberg – "Neve Bezalel" Neighborhood – Building Permit and Architectural Drawings – Jerusalem, 1938
Two building permits issued by the Municipal Corporation of Jerusalem, three sheets with architectural drawings and nine sheets with statical calculations for building additions to the house of the artist Ya'akov Eisenberg in "Neve Bezalel" neighborhood. Jerusalem, 1938. Hebrew and Arabic.
The "Neve Bezalel" neighborhood was found by Boris Schatz, director of "Bezalel", who was planning to settle the artists active in the school in its vicinity. The neighborhood was founded In 1924 and among its first inhabitants were artists Mordechai Ardon, Ya'akov Eisenberg, Moshe Murro and Yehye Yemini.
1-2. Two building permits issued by the Municipal Corporation of Jerusalem in February 1938; one permit for addition to the existing building and the other – permit for a temporary structure in the house of the artist Ya'akov Eisenberg in "Neve Bezalel" neighborhood in Jerusalem. Tri-lingual forms – Hebrew, English and Arabic – with details in Arabic and Hebrew about the planned changes to the building and the conditions of this permit filled in. Ink-stamped with the City's Engineer's Department stamp, Accounts Section stamp and the Sanitary Department stamp.
40X24 cm. Fair condition. Stains. Open tear to top left corner of the sheets. Filing hole. Creases. Ink is somewhat faded.
3-5. Three sheets with architectural drawings for building additions. The sheets are titled "Chazan-Levin Architects" and "Beit Y. Eisenberg Neve Bezalel, plan of additions" (in Hebrew and English; on one of them this title appears in English only). Stamped "Approved Plan" by the City Engineer's Department. The sheets are stapled together with the sheets appearing as items 6-14 hereunder.
53.5X37.5 cm. Two sheets in fair-good condition. Creases. Tears and open tears. Faded colors. Third sheets in poor condition. Numerous tears and large open tears. Creases. Margins of leaves are almost wholly lacking. Filing holes. Drawings in pen on back of sheets.
6-14. Sheet with mathematical calculations for the plans of additions to Ya'akov Eisenberg's house (stenciled). On the first leaf appears the title "Statical Calculation, House of Mr. Eizenberg, Neve Bezalel, Jerusalem". Ink stamped "Approved s[tatical] calculations" and "Applicant's copy". Sheets are stapled to the drawings in the previous paragraph.
21X34 cm. Fair-poor condition. Significant staining. Tears and open tears. Creases. Filing holes. One sheet is detached from the others.
The documents are inserted in the original folder bearing the titles "Building Permit folder" and "Applicant's Copy".