History of a street · 1000 Brussels

Allée Verte

In Dutch: Groendreef

Allée Verte, in Brussels, has 84 buildings on the Atlas map, for 105 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 70% of its buildings appear in that period.

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When the street was built

before 14000
1400 – 15990
1600 – 16990
1700 – 17990
1800 – 18491
1850 – 18790
1880 – 191359
1914 – 194420
1945 – 19693
1970 – 19891
1990 – 20090
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 43: 1902. 2 buildings in the street are dated by the heritage inventory.

Today's buildings, grouped by the period when the Atlas map first shows building on their plot. Approximate reconstruction.

Where its name comes from

Kind of name: Symbolic name
Theme: Nature

L’artère trouve son origine dans le creusement, en 1550-1561, du canal de Willebroek, qui passait à l’emplacement de l’actuel quai du même nom et traversait l’enceinte de la ville par la porte du Rivage. Lieu de promenade au 18e (remark in French, as published)

Source: Odoniris, database of Brussels street names (EBxl), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives