History of a street · 1020 Brussels

Avenue de l'Arbre Ballon

In Dutch: Dikkebeuklaan

Avenue de l'Arbre Ballon, in Brussels, has 21 buildings on the Atlas map, for 23 addresses. It was mostly built since 2010: 67% 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 – 18490
1850 – 18790
1880 – 19130
1914 – 19440
1945 – 19693
1970 – 19890
1990 – 20094
since 201014

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 177: 1958. 3 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: Descriptive name
Theme: Economic life
Named in: 1956

Le nom de la rue fait référence à un arbre, en forme de ballon, qui aurait été déraciné lors d'une tempête en 1912. Depuis, deux arbres furent replantés au même emplacement, sur la crête séparant Wemmel de Jette, mais aucun des deux n'a la forme suggérée par le nom. (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives