davidka square is one of the few commercial squares in the city. it is surrounded on three sides by shops, and opens on to jaffa road, a major commercial artery. for decades it stood as a dreary, gray corner. in 2009, when work on the jerusalem light rail project necessitated extensive infrastructure and redesign work on all three squares on jaffa road – the others being tzahal square near the old city walls and zion square – the jerusalem municipality hired mexican architect ricardo legorreta to renovate davidka square.