Old Town, the original Spanish settlement, draws many visitors.
The eccentricity and whimsy of the settlement draw a multitude of day visitors, who make the town a curiosity stop along their vacation route.
A handwritten settlement drawn up by lawyers declared that "both sides agree not to harass each other and to live in peace".
News of the settlement drew widespread attention after the judge, Lewis A. Kaplan, sharply criticized the police department from the bench, based on the early testimony in the case, for apparently failing to investigate Ms. Bryant's claims adequately.
The settlement drawn up by the city requires that the facade be preserved, but officials here said that they would be open to any changes Mr. Koolhaas might propose.
However, in the past two decades Jeri has also become renowned for its wind: in a country with 7,491km of coastline, the settlement draws kite boarders and windsurfers from around the world.
Harel Basel, the real estate broker handling sales, said buyers so far had been religious but not ultra-Othodox families, some from West Bank settlements, drawn by both location and relative affordability.
He has been a force behind the administration's opposition to Israeli settlement expansion, drawing fire from some Israel supporters.
The settlement now draws a clear line between the competing camps, forcing developers to take sides.
The nucleus of that settlement was drawn from an enclave of English émigrés in Leiden, Holland (now in The Netherlands).
