Until 1860 Jerusalem consisted only of the area between the walls of the Old City. In that year the building of residential neighbourhoods outside the walls began, and so, in fact began the development of the New City of Jerusalem.
From the summit of the Mount of Olives one can see a sizeable proportion of the New City.
To the north, on the continuation of the Mount Scopus hills can be seen the Hebrew University and the northern districts of the city such as Ramat Eshkol and Ramat Shlomo.
Further to the west, going up the hill, lie the Ultra-Orthodox neighbourhoods of the city and beyond them the complex of the Municipality buildings. Directly to the west is the city centre with its towers and the Great Synagogue "Hechal Shlomo"; to the front, the old established King David Hotel and the newer King Solomon Hotel.
Continuing on one can see the City Centre and the residential neighbourhoods of Rehavia, Kommemiut (Talbieh) and Gonen (Katamon) and above them the white houses of the Givat Masuah neighbourhood. To the south lies Ramot Rachel and the hills of Kibbutz Ramat Rachel.

Seven Arches Hotel	Herodium	Armon Hanatziv Hills
The Jewish Cemetery	The City of David	The Kidron Valley
Mount Zion	Southern Wall Excavations	The Jewish Quarter
The Old City Walls	The New City	The Temple Mount
The Golden Gate	The Hebrew University	Augusta Victoria
The Lions' Gate	The Rockefeller Museum	Emek Tzurim
The Gihon Spring	The Kidron Valley Tombs