{"id":20273,"date":"2011-05-31T09:51:43","date_gmt":"2011-05-31T13:51:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=20273"},"modified":"2013-01-21T15:29:23","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T20:29:23","slug":"jerusalem-walking-signs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2011\/05\/31\/jerusalem-walking-signs\/","title":{"rendered":"Jerusalem walking signs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-20274\" href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2011\/05\/31\/jerusalem-walking-signs\/jerusalem-walkingman\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20274\" title=\"jerusalem-walkingman\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2011\/05\/jerusalem-walkingman.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"503\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2011\/05\/jerusalem-walkingman.jpg 600w, https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2011\/05\/jerusalem-walkingman-300x251.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I recently visited Jerusalem, where I was charmed by their nattily-dressed walking man signs &#8212; you can even see the heel of his shoe. They&#8217;re reminiscent of Berlin&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2008\/07\/31\/berlin-ampelmann\/\" target=\"_blank\">ampelmann<\/a>, but less stylized and with more detail.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-20275\" href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2011\/05\/31\/jerusalem-walking-signs\/jerusalem-slow\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20275\" title=\"Jerusalem-slow\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2011\/05\/Jerusalem-slow.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2011\/05\/Jerusalem-slow.jpg 600w, https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2011\/05\/Jerusalem-slow-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Also charming were the &#8220;watch for pedestrians&#8221; signs, which showed an image of a parent and child walking hand-in-hand.<\/p>\n<p>This symbol was used in many contexts in Israel, for example to signal the pedestrian presence in the lovely walking-and-cycling promenade down the midde of Rothschild Boulevard in Tel Aviv.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-20276\" href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2011\/05\/31\/jerusalem-walking-signs\/jerusalem-rothschild\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20276\" title=\"Jerusalem-Rothschild\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2011\/05\/Jerusalem-Rothschild.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2011\/05\/Jerusalem-Rothschild.jpg 600w, https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2011\/05\/Jerusalem-Rothschild-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I recently visited Jerusalem, where I was charmed by their nattily-dressed walking man signs &#8212; you can even see the heel of his shoe. 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