History of a street · 1140 Evere

Avenue de l'Optimisme

In Dutch: Optimismelaan

Avenue de l'Optimisme, in Evere, has 46 buildings on the Atlas map, for 55 addresses. It was mostly built between 1970 and 1989: 61% 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 – 19441
  • 1945 – 19696
  • 1970 – 198928
  • 1990 – 200910
  • 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
Symbolic name
Theme
Values and virtues
Named in
1956

Il s'agit ici d'un quartier à thème composé par les quatre axes : Béatitude, Optimisme, Quiétude et Désirs. (remark in French, as published)

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