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Welcome to TEL AVIV!!!
There's a geocache near the Eiffel Tower in Paris, the Empire State Building in New York and pretty much every major landmark around the world,
It's about time Tel Aviv got one of it's most well known landmark. Chances are, if you're a local or a tourist, you'll be here at some point so it's an obvious location for a hide.
Site
The Azrieli Center is located on a 34,500 m2 (371,000 sq ft) site in Tel Aviv, Israel, which was previously used as Tel Aviv's dumpster-truck parking garage. The $420,000,000 project revitalized the area.
Circular Tower
The Azrieli Center Circular Tower is the tallest of the three towers, measuring 187 m (614 ft) in height. Construction of this tower began in 1996 and was completed in 1999. The tower has 49 floors, making it at the time of its construction the tallest building in Tel Aviv and the second tallest in Israel, after the Moshe Aviv Tower in Ramat Gan, which was built in 2001. The top floor has an indoor observation deck and a high-end restaurant, and the 48th floor is home to Mr. Azrieli's personal office.
A panoramic view from the circular tower
Each floor of the Circular Tower has 84 windows, giving the tower more than 4,000 windows. The tower's perimeter is 141 meters (463 feet); its diameter is 44 meters (144 feet). Each floor covers 1,520 square metres (16,400 sq ft).
On October 31, 2003, the first annual Azrieli Circular Tower run-up competition was held, in which the participants ran up the 1,144 stairs to the tower's roof. Winners of the contest had the chance to participate in the following year's Empire State Building run-up competition in New York City.
Triangular Tower
The Azrieli Center Triangular Tower has a height of 169 m (554 ft). Construction of this tower, like the circular tower, began in 1996 and was completed in 1999. It has 46 floors and its main occupant is Bezeq, Israel's largest telecommunications company; Bezeq occupies 13 floors of the tower. The tower's cross-section is an equilateral triangle.
Square Tower
The Azrieli Center Square Tower was completed in June 2007. The tower has 42 floors, and is 154m high. It is the shortest of the three towers in the Azrieli complex. Construction of the third tower was stopped in 1998 due to urban planning disagreements and was resumed in 2006.
The lower 13 floors house Africa Israel's Crowne Plaza business hotel. The upper floors are used as office space.
Shopping center
The Azrieli Center Mall is one of the largest in Israel. There are about 30 restaurants, fast-food counters, cafes and food stands in the mall. The top floor of the mall is a popular hangout spot for teens, and many online message boards arrange get-togethers there during national holidays
Due to high, constant terrorism threats, the Azrieli towers are guarded to deter terrorist action, like many buildings in Israel.
Other features
The large complex boasted an 8-screen cinema until 2010, when H&M took over the space. Azrieli also features a large fitness club, night schools, a small kid-focused amusement park and a pedestrian bridge leading to Tel Aviv HaShalom Railway Station. A second pedestrian bridge, completed on March 2003, connects the Azrieli Center with the other side of Begin Road and HaKirya. It is expected that a connection between Kaplan underpath and the project's underground carpark, which is one of the largest ever built in the region, will be constructed. When completed, the 34,500 m2 (371,000 sq ft) plot which the Center occupies will offer a 400-seat, open air auditorium.
>THE CACHE/CATCH:
This cache is hidden behind the statue of the jazz band.
please note that you are in a nightmare zone for muggles AND security, this could be a D1 or a D5 depending on which way you wish to approach it, I want this to last so I am giving you a chance to take the easy way out but I will be strict.
I work 2 minutes away from GZ and am able to replace this cache as often as required though please be fair to me as I can see myself having to maintain this one on a weekly basis, If (AND ONLY IF) you see that by searching, you will be sacrificing this cache... I am allowing you to take a photo of your finger pointed at a member of the jazz band from the front (no sofa caching!!)
Enjoy your stay and happy hunting - Cache&Cookies∴