1975
A-Tur, Ruba el-Adawiya st.

About the project

The Alton & Winnie Newell Garden & Playground is located next to the El-Muqased Hospital and opposite a small commercial area in A-Tur. It provides seating areas and play equipment under large shade trees. In a letter written to the donor, then-Mayor Teddy Kollek summed up the significance of the project, noting that it consisted of “a Jewish businessman making a donation in honor of a Baptist friend to an Israeli Mayor of Jerusalem to create a garden in an Arab neighborhood…”

The donors

On the map

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