History of a street · 1083 Ganshoren

Avenue de l'Exposition Universelle

In Dutch: Wereldtentoonstellingslaan

Avenue de l'Exposition Universelle, in Ganshoren, has 75 buildings on the Atlas map, for 91 addresses. No period dominates: the street mixes buildings from 5 periods, from the 1910s to the 2020s. 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 – 194424
1945 – 196913
1970 – 198912
1990 – 200919
since 20107

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 103: 1920. 37 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: Commemorative name
Theme: Foreign relations

Il s'agit ici d'une référence à l'Exposition universelle de 1958. Il est curieux de remarquer que sur la commune de Ganshoren, le nom est 'Avenue de l'Exposition Universelle'. Mais très vite, cela change pour 'Avenue de l'Exposition' et reste ainsi sur toute la commune de Jette... En référence à l'Exposition universelle de 1958. (remark in French, as published)

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