In the street's heyday, it was described as the "Champs-Élysées of Tel Aviv".
In Hebrew slang, a new word was coined based on the iconic status of this street: "l'hizdangef" (Hebrew: להזדנגף), literally "to Dizengoff oneself, ie., to stroll down Dizengoff.
[1] A Hamas suicide bus bombing killed 23 people on 19 October 1994.
[4] The film Dizengoff 99 (1979), which has become an Israeli cult classic,[5][6] describes the way of life around the street and how it changed over the years.
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