A six-day art exhibit held in a long-dilapidated urban landmark has created a distinctly Tel Avivian experience, melding artworks and architecture in a historic building.

The exhibit, titled “HaMivne” or “The Structure,” is open from December 24 to 29 in a raw, industrial interior of Shalom Meir Tower, parts of which have stood empty for the last decade, after former commercial tenants left.

The pop-up show is free, with registration required through its website and availability limited. The site is open from 4 p.m. or 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. each night.

Shalom Meir Tower, usually known simply as Shalom Tower, was Israel’s first skyscraper, completed in 1965, and for decades was the tallest building in the Middle East. It was named after the father of the builders, Mordechai, Moshe and Binyamin Meir of the Meir Brothers construction company.

The concept for the temporary exhibit came from the Mivne real estate group, which now owns this section of the tower.

“It’s their building, it’s theirs to flaunt, and they put this idea together,” said Ariel Kotzer, a trained architect who is the art director of the exhibit.

The 34-floor building, sitting on the corner of Herzl and Ahad Ha’am Streets, is at a central location in Tel Aviv that harkens to the city’s earliest roots, as Shalom Tower connected nearby........

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