Eddie Salib
Eddie Salib (Arabic: وادي الصليب, transliterated into Hebrew: Wadi crucifixion) is a neighborhood in downtown Haifa, which lies between the CBD north of Haifa Port, Coast Oil Halisa south east Hadar.
The neighborhood was originally called as "Wadi - Crucifixion" Crucifixion is a cross in Arabic, the name of a large cross which was engraved on a rock up the valley, later built a building on a rock that cross disappeared. The neighborhood is inhabited by Arabs and most of them abandoned the War of Independence. In the post-war occupied abandoned houses mainly by immigrants, most of whom were among the former North - Africa. In 1959, ethnic tensions erupted in riots violence against the Ashkenazi establishment known events of Wadi Salib events. In 1962, valley residents were evacuated alternative housing improved, since the seventies of the neighborhood began the process of disintegration, and today is mostly intended for the rehabilitation of devastated.
Many of the buildings standing along the Golani Brigade are apartments still owned by the church (Catholic and others), and they are rented for workshops and warehouses. This phenomenon, along with the lack of public investment over the decades since the neighborhood was empty again from residents, was one of the reasons that the early 21st century there were no signs of renewal area population and business streets, the neighborhood remained a symbol of urban decay.
The neighborhood was originally called as "Wadi - Crucifixion" Crucifixion is a cross in Arabic, the name of a large cross which was engraved on a rock up the valley, later built a building on a rock that cross disappeared. The neighborhood is inhabited by Arabs and most of them abandoned the War of Independence. In the post-war occupied abandoned houses mainly by immigrants, most of whom were among the former North - Africa. In 1959, ethnic tensions erupted in riots violence against the Ashkenazi establishment known events of Wadi Salib events. In 1962, valley residents were evacuated alternative housing improved, since the seventies of the neighborhood began the process of disintegration, and today is mostly intended for the rehabilitation of devastated.
Many of the buildings standing along the Golani Brigade are apartments still owned by the church (Catholic and others), and they are rented for workshops and warehouses. This phenomenon, along with the lack of public investment over the decades since the neighborhood was empty again from residents, was one of the reasons that the early 21st century there were no signs of renewal area population and business streets, the neighborhood remained a symbol of urban decay.
