The Sde Dov Journal
Long reads on the district, written from the record, with a source on every figure. History, plans, tenders, projects, and the questions that matter before you buy.
Shavnu illustrationFifty Years Of Plans: What Was Proposed For Sde Dov Before TA/4444
From Patrick Geddes's 1925 coastal vision through outline plan TA/3700, cabinet decisions, court dates, and a mayor's counter-proposal: the schemes that preceded the validated district plan, and what the record does not yet say.
The Big Bloc: 1,892 Owners, Fifty Years, One Court Ruling
Inside Sde Dov, a historic block of private parcels sat under the runway for generations. A court finished the rights table in September 2025. Here is what that means for lots 102, 105, and 108, and for any buyer comparing private land to a RAMI tender plot.
What Israel Does With Military Land
More than ninety percent of Israel's land is publicly held. When a defense site becomes housing, the Israel Land Authority's tender system decides who builds. Sde Dov is one documented instance of that pattern, not a private sale.
Zahara Levitov And The Names On The Map
The district's streets, complexes, and light-rail stops carry a few recorded names. This is a short piece about the people the file actually names, starting with the pioneering pilot Zahara Levitov.
How Tel Aviv Grew North, And Why Sde Dov Was Last
Patrick Geddes drew the coast as city when the airfield was new. Blocks later pressed against the fence while the runway stayed. The typed record explains what built up around the strip and why this sand was the last to turn.
The Airfield At War: Sde Dov's Military Decades
Opened during the Arab Revolt, used by the RAF, home to Israel's first air-force squadron, and still hosting IAF movements at closure: the operational military history the typed timeline and catalog record, with dates only where the file gives them.
Closing An Airport: How The Decision To Shut Sde Dov Was Made
Cabinet papers, a billion-shekel defense deal, a Supreme Court date, a mayor's lost alternative, and a final summer of flights: the political and planning path that closed Tel Aviv's city airport and handed the sand to housing.
Eighty-One Years on the Sand: The Complete History of Sde Dov Airport
From a 1938 strip opened during the Arab Revolt to the last departure on 30 June 2019: how Tel Aviv’s city airport was built, named, fought over, and taken apart, and what Runway Park still keeps.