Kiryat Haim

Kiryat Haim (Hebrew: קריית חיים  pronounced [kiʁˈjat χaˈjim]) is a neighborhood of Haifa. It is considered part of the Krayot cluster in the northern part of metropolitan Haifa. In 2008, Kiryat Haim had a population of just under 27,000.^[1][2] Kiryat Haim is within the municipal borders of the city of Haifa and lies on the shore of the Mediterranean Sea.

Kiryat Haim promenade

History

Kibbutz Kfar Masaryk, a group formed in Petah Tikva in 1932 and originally known as "Czecho-Lita", as its members came from Czechoslovakia and Lithuania, moved to Bat Galim in 1933 and then to the sand dunes of Kiryat Haim, west of the railway.^[3] The kibbutz raised vegetables and opened a dairy farm. At this point it adopted a new name: Mishmar Zevulun (Guardian of Zevulun Valley).^[4]

Kiryat Haim has been named after Haim Arlosoroff. It has been developed autonomously as the refugees (olim khadashim) temporary camp, and then - as a separate town. In 1950 it has been appended to Haifa as its district.

Gallery 1929-46

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  Kiryat Haim in 1929
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  Kiryat Haim in 1930
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  Kiryat Haim, aerial photo by Zoltan Kluger, 1937-1938
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  Kibbutz Mishmar Zevulun in Kiryat Haim, 1942
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  Kiryat Haim, 1946

Administrative structure, development

Administratively, Kiryat Haim is divided into two parts, Kiryat Haim West and Kiryat Haim East. Kiryat Haim West is located on the western side of the railway line between that and Kiryat Haim beach.

Kiryat Haim East was expanded to later and is located on the eastern side of railway. The housing initially consisted of low-density single-family housing, with a number of public housing projects located at edge of the neighbourhood. In later decades, some of this has been replaced by higher-density developments and apartment buildings.^[1] Kiryat Haim East hosts the commercial "heart" of the suburb, with a number of shops, restaurants and a supermarket located along Achi Eilat Street, the suburb's main thoroughfare.

Coastal promenade

As part of its coastal development plan, the Haifa Economic Corporation built the Kiryat Haim Promenade, named for Israeli minister of the environment Yehudit Naot.^[5]

Demographics

Kiryat Haim absorbed large numbers of immigrants from the former Soviet Union who arrived in the 1990s.^{[citation needed]} The suburb also has a large population of Ethiopian Israelis.

Sports

A soccer match at Kiryat Haim Stadium

Thomas D'Alesandro Stadium, sometimes referred to simply as Kiryat Haim Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium in Kiryat Haim used mainly for football matches. It was originally the home of Hapoel Haifa and Maccabi Haifa until Kiryat Eliezer Stadium was built. It was named for Baltimore mayor Thomas D'Alesandro.^[6]

Kiryat Haim is home to a handball team, Maccabi Hakiryatim [he].

Transportation

Kiryat Haim is served by the Kiryat Haim Railway Station,^[7] which is on the main Coastal railway line to Nahariya, with southerly trains to Beersheba and Modi'in.

Three Egged bus lines route through Kiryat Haim, route 13 that travels between Kiryat Ata and Kiryat Yam,^[8] route 15 that routes via the western half of Kiryat Haim from the Krayot Central Bus Station in the north of Kiryat Motzkin to Hutzot HaMifratz,^[9] and route 26 that travels between Kiryat Ata and Kiryat Haim beach.^[10]

At night, Kiryat Haim is served by night bus 210, which runs a meandering route through the Krayot with terminuses in Kiryat Ata and Kiryat Bialik.^[11]

Notable residents

Yehuda Poliker

• Moshe Ya'alon, Former minister of defense and chief of joint staff
• Rotem Sela, actress, model and television presenter
• Yehuda Poliker, (born 1950), Israeli singer, songwriter, musician, and painter
• Tal Banin, soccer player and coach
• Shiri Maimon, singer
• Dan Tichon, politician

References

1. "קריית חיים פרופיל גיאוגרפי" [Kiryat Haim geographic profile]. עיריית חיפה (in Hebrew). City of Haifa. Retrieved 2015-10-17.
2. "חיפה: מאפיינים לפני אזורים" [Haifa: Characteristics by region] (PDF) (in Hebrew). City of Haifa. June 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-02-19.
3. Nadav Man (14 February 2009). "Naaman factory: Settlement's building blocks". Ynetnews. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
4. History of Kibbutz Kfar Masaryk Archived 2010-07-02 at the Wayback Machine
5. Kiryat Haim Coast^{[permanent dead link]}
6. Emanuel Benavidor (9 November 2009). "אצטדיון תומס ד'אלסנדו –הידעתם" [Thomas D'Alesandro Stadium: Did you know?] (in Hebrew). Retrieved 24 July 2014.
7. "Israel Railways - Kiryat Hayyim". Israel Railways. Israel Railways. Archived from the original on 2016-01-13. Retrieved 2015-10-22.
8. "bus.co.il - Israel Public Transportation Information". bus.co.il. Retrieved 2015-10-22.
9. "bus.co.il - Israel Public Transportation Information". bus.co.il. Retrieved 2015-10-22.
10. "bus.co.il - Israel Public Transportation Information". bus.co.il. Retrieved 2015-10-22.
11. "bus.co.il - Israel Public Transportation Information". bus.co.il. Retrieved 2016-01-09.

External links

• Satellite image from Google Maps

32°50′N 35°4′E