The house where the Brooks sportswear shop is located today was built for Gottlieb and Paula Glenk in 1915. Born in the German colony of Saron, they were the second generation of the Glenk family, who founded Saron in 1868. This house, like the house of the national assembly, is lined with concrete blocks "under the stone" - products of the famous factory building materials Gera Hugo Wieland at the first railway station in Jaffa (modern Mitham aTahana). Chet Glenk grew citrus fruits and had a chicken coop. Citrus fruits were exported to Germany, and eggs were in great demand in Tel Aviv, then young. Like many other inhabitants of the German colony of Saron, who openly spoke in support of the Nazi regime, the British government of Palestine exiled Glenkov to Australia in 1941. The English commandant of Saron camp, who was surrounded by barbed wire and turned into a closed area of ​​compact German residence, was located in their house. After the war and the declaration of independence of the country, government organizations were located in this house. By the way, about the brooks brand ... Jew John Brooks Goldenberg approximately the same year, when this house was built, bought a small shoe factory in Philadelphia. Then the factory produced bath slippers and ballet shoes. John and his brother Michael turned the factory into one of the world's leading manufacturers of prestigious sports shoes. At the corner in front of the house is a rack with Sarona's cards, but who needs a paper brochure when there are Pinsteps! Spoiling up another entrance to the Sarona Market. Translated with Google Translate