1 9 2 4 , ▁the ▁French ▁went ▁further ▁and ▁demol ished ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁mod est ▁sh ops ▁and ▁st ables ▁on ▁the ▁northern ▁edge ▁of ▁the ▁Jewish ▁M ella h ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁build ▁a ▁wide ▁road ▁for ▁vehicles ▁( R ue ▁Bou kh ess iss at ▁or ▁Bou ▁K hs isat ; ▁later ▁also ▁R ue ▁des ▁M ér in ides ) ▁between ▁the ▁M ella h ▁and ▁the ▁southern ▁wall ▁of ▁the ▁Royal ▁Palace . ▁The ▁former ▁sh ops ▁were ▁replaced ▁with ▁more ▁ost ent ati ous ▁bout iques ▁built ▁in ▁the ▁architect ural ▁style ▁of ▁the ▁Jewish ▁houses ▁of ▁the ▁M ella h , ▁with ▁many ▁open ▁bal con ies ▁and ▁out ward ▁orn ament ation . ▁ ▁While ▁the ▁population ▁of ▁F es ▁and ▁F es ▁el - J did ▁increased ▁over ▁this ▁period , ▁in ▁the ▁second ▁half ▁of ▁the ▁ 2 0 th ▁century ▁the ▁M ella h ▁became ▁stead ily ▁dep op ulated ▁of ▁its ▁Jewish ▁inhabitants ▁who ▁either ▁moved ▁to ▁the ▁Ville ▁Nouvelle , ▁to ▁Cas ab lan ca , ▁or ▁em igr ated ▁to ▁countries ▁like ▁France , ▁Canada , ▁and ▁Israel . ▁In ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 4 0 s , ▁estimates ▁of ▁the ▁Jewish ▁population ▁include ▁ 1 5 , 1 5 0 ▁in ▁the ▁M ella h ▁and ▁ 2 2 , 0 0 0 ▁in ▁all ▁of ▁F es . ▁However , ▁major ▁waves ▁of ▁em igration ▁after ▁this ▁essentially ▁de ple ted ▁the ▁Jewish ▁community .