The neighborhood is bordered by Geula to the north, Mekor Baruch to the west, David Yellin Street to the south, and Mea Shearim to the east.
Agnon moved there after a fire burned down his house and library in Bad Homburg.
[2] It was built in 1856 with funds donated by Elise Herz Lamel of Vienna, Austria in memory of her father.
In 1932, the Edison Theater was built on a vacant lot in Zikhron Moshe that later became Yeshayahu Street.
Yves Montand and other acclaimed performers appeared there, and it was the venue for concerts of the pre-state Philharmonic Orchestra.