History of a street · 1000 Brussels

Avenue des Arts

In Dutch: Kunstlaan

Avenue des Arts, in Brussels, has 15 buildings on the Atlas map, for 21 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1945 to 1969, with 40% 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 – 19442
1945 – 19696
1970 – 19894
1990 – 20092
since 20101

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 24: 1964. 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: Commemorative name
Theme: Arts and culture
Named in: 1877

Quartier à thème autour des différents secteurs de la société : la science, les arts, la loi, le commerce et l'industrie. Ces différents axes s'articulent autour du square Frère Orban. ex. rue des Arts (changement en avenue en 1877. (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives