King George Street (Tel Aviv)

King George Street
רְחוֹב הַמֶּלֶךְ ג׳וֹרְג׳
	King George Street, looking South
Namesake	King George V
Location	Tel Aviv
Coordinates	32°04′24″N 34°46′30″E / 32.07333°N 34.77500°E
Construction
Commissioned	1920s

King George Street (Hebrew: רְחוֹב הַמֶּלֶךְ ג׳וֹרְג׳, romanized: Rehov ha-Melekh Jorj) is a street in Tel Aviv named for King George V of the United Kingdom who reigned during the British Mandate of Palestine. The street extends from Masaryk Square in the north to Magen David Square in the south, where it meets with Allenby Street, the Carmel Market, and Nahalat Binyamin Street.

At the beginning of the 1920s, the street was called "Carmel Street." In 1935, it was changed to its current name to mark the occasion of the king's Silver Jubilee. Following the death of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir in 2012, his family proposed the street be renamed after him. The western section of the street is still called "Carmel Street", which is where the Carmel Market is located.

The street is a bustling commercial centre with many stores, restaurants and coffee shops. It is adjacent to the Carmel Market, as well as Dizengoff Center mall on Dizengoff Street. Additionally, it holds the Likud Headquarters, known as Metzudat Ze'ev

Among the notable sites are:

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v t e Streets in Tel Aviv
North-south	Allenby Street Basel Street Begin Road Ben Yehuda Street Dizengoff Street HaMasger Street HaYarkon Street Ibn Gabirol Street Jerusalem Boulevard, Jaffa King George Street Nahalat Binyamin Street Rothschild Boulevard Yefet Street
East-west	HaArba'a Street Frishman Street Kaplan Street Sheinkin Street
Highways	Ayalon Highway Highway 2