Editing Talpiot (section)

==History==
In the 1920s, the [[Bauhaus]] architect [[Richard Kauffmann]] presented the [[Mandatory Palestine|British Mandate]] authorities with a plan for Talpiot, which he designed as a [[garden suburb]]. The plan included a large building that he envisioned as a future parliament, redesignated as an art gallery to appease the doubters.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.knesset.gov.il/building/architecture/eng/art1_prologue_eng.htm|title=The Knesset Building in Givat Ram: Planning and Construction|publisher=Knesset.gov.il|access-date=4 January 2015}}</ref> The first residents were clerical and office personnel. Living in the neighbourhood required membership in a mutual society to which dues were paid.<ref name="google.co.il"/> Despite a British Mandate regulation stating that all buildings in Jerusalem must be made of [[Jerusalem stone]], developers in Talpiot were permitted to use stucco-covered concrete because of the high demand for housing.<ref>{{cite book | author = Ruth Kark and Michal Oren-Nordheim | title = Jerusalem and its Environs | page = 187 | publisher = Hebrew University Magnes Press | year =2001 | isbn = 0814329098 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=KzOAxmHDzHUC&pg=PA187}}</ref>

[[File:ירושלים - שכונת תלפיות.-JNF044398.jpeg|thumb|Talpiot 1931]]
The early settlers were evacuated from Talpiot in the wake of the [[1929 Hebron massacre]], but they later returned. When the British left Jerusalem in May 1948, a [[Haganah]] military brigade launched [[Operation Kilshon]] to seize security zones that had been occupied by the British and defend Jerusalem against attacks by the [[Arab Legion]]. The British army camp in Talpiot, known as Mahane [[Allenby]], was one of the strategic sites captured in the operation.<ref>"War of Independence," ''Encyclopedia of Zionism and Israel,'' p. 1196, Herzl Press & McGraw Will, New York, 1971</ref>

After the [[1947–1949 Palestine war]], Talpiot became the frontier, surrounded by [[Jordanian annexation of the West Bank|Jordanian-ruled East Jerusalem]], but Israelis continued to live there. The neighbourhood expanded significantly after the 1967 [[Six-Day War]]. New residential districts were established in the enclave formerly controlled by the United Nations, which had been a [[no man's land]]. A tent camp established on the western outskirts of Talpiot for immigrants after Israel's independence was replaced by a large [[industrial region|industrial zone]] to house the businesses evicted from [[Mamilla]].

On May 24, 2001, the third floor of the [[Versailles wedding hall disaster|Versailles wedding hall]] in Talpiot collapsed during a wedding party, killing 23 and injuring more than 200. The collapse was blamed on poor construction, using a system called Pal-Kal which was deemed unfit for public buildings. The incident is considered one of Israel's worst civil disasters.<ref name="bbc">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/24/newsid_4530000/4530071.stm|title=BBC ON THIS DAY - 24 - 2001: Israel wedding party tragedy|date=24 May 2001|publisher=News.bbc.co.uk|access-date=4 January 2015}}</ref>
[[File:Talpiot2006.jpg|thumb|250px|Talpiot industrial zone, 2006]]
Talpiot today consists of several districts. "Old Talpiot" is the historic residential neighborhood founded in 1922. Adjacent and south of this is [[Arnona]], founded in 1931 but largely undeveloped until the 1980s. North Talpiot, built after 1967, offers panoramic views of the [[Hinnom]] and [[Kidron Valley]]s, and the [[Old City (Jerusalem)|Old City]]. Across [[Derech Hevron]] to the west is the Talpiot industrial zone, now one of Jerusalem's main shopping districts. To the east is the neighborhood of [[East Talpiot]], also known as Armon HaNetziv. Mahane Allenby was torn down and eight-story residential towers were built on the land. A parcel remains undeveloped, awaiting the relocation of the US Embassy from Tel Aviv.

The main offices of the US Consulate General in Jerusalem were relocated to the eastern ridge of Talpiot in 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://jerusalem.usconsulate.gov/about_the_embassy.html |title=About the Consulate |publisher=jerusalem.usconsulate.gov |access-date=November 8, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100707013844/http://jerusalem.usconsulate.gov/about_the_embassy.html |archive-date=July 7, 2010 }}</ref> In 2018 the embassy of USA relocated from Tel Aviv to the premises of the consulate in the Talpiot neighborhood in Jerusalem. <ref>https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/watch-live-america-completes-historic-embassy-move-to-jerusalem-556364</ref>