القدس الشريف: بناية صنصور في الواجهة خلف السيارة عام 1941....المزيد عنها في قسم التعليقات

Sansour building which stands between Jaffa & Ben Yehuda Streets was built in 1931 by kamal Michael Sansour ,the owner of a sigarettes Company in Bethlehem..It was one of the biggest and famous buildings in Jerusalem. The structure which was built around a courtyard garden as an office building is an example of Arab construction in the early 20th century, based on European values and architecture, designed by a lebanease architects "Samaha Brothers".
In 1934, a famous coffee shop called "Cafe Europe" was opened in the front side of the building which was popular place for Arab, Jews and British..today Bank Leumi occupying the place of the former cafe...after the end of the 1948 war , Sansour left the city and the building was taken by the Israeli Government under the "Absentees Property Law", which sold it later to "Hakhsharat Hayeshouv" Company...in 1950's the first branch of Hamashbir Ha- Zarkhan was opened in the building until it was moved to King George street in 1980's..Today the building is occupied by Insurance and lawyers offices