History of a street · 1140 Evere

Avenue des Désirs

In Dutch: Begeertenlaan

Avenue des Désirs, in Evere, has 30 buildings on the Atlas map, for 30 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1990 to 2009, with 57% 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 – 198910
  • 1990 – 200917
  • since 20103

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.