HaYarkon Street is a major street which runs roughly parallel with the coastline in Tel Aviv, Israel, carrying traffic north and south. The Opera Tower on HaYarkon Street replaces a building from 1945 that housed the Kessem Cinema. In 1948, it became the home of Israel's First Knesset. Sessions were held there until the end of 1949, when the parliament moved to Jerusalem. The HaYarkon Street has several examples of Bauhaus, or more accurately: International Style architecture. Other notable sites (selection): Branch office of the US embassy * * Opera Tower * "Crazy House"