Letter to the editor: A personal view of Jerusalem Stone
To the Editor:
Growing up in Israel, one could not avoid the natural splendor of the elements that creates our living environment. From birth, I was surrounded and inspired by the beauty and texture of Jerusalem Stone. Decades before architects and designers were looking for a natural stone of consistent color, as a young child I remember sitting on a stone counter in our kitchen. We lived in a typical modest Israeli home in the late 1950s. There were no imports of exclusive granite slabs from Italy. To build homes, Israelis depended on local stone. That is all we had, and that is what was used.