History of a street · 1170 Watermael-Boitsfort

Avenue Alfred Solvay

In Dutch: Alfred Solvaylaan

Avenue Alfred Solvay, in Watermael-Boitsfort, has 16 buildings on the Atlas map, for 18 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1970 to 1989, with 50% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. Almost everything there appears after 1914.

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When the street was built

  • before 14000
  • 1400 – 15990
  • 1600 – 16990
  • 1700 – 17990
  • 1800 – 18490
  • 1850 – 18790
  • 1880 – 19130
  • 1914 – 19440
  • 1945 – 19690
  • 1970 – 19898
  • 1990 – 20097
  • since 20101

No building in the street is dated by the heritage inventory: the years are estimates by district.

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
Commemorative name
Theme
Local notables
Named in
1907

Alfred Solvay (1840-1894) était le frère du célèbre industriel Ernest Solvay et se lança a ses côtés dans la constitution de la société chimique Solvay & Cie. (remark in French, as published)

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