History of a street · 1150 Woluwe-Saint-Pierre

Avenue des Paradisiers

In Dutch: Paradijsvogellaan

Avenue des Paradisiers, in Woluwe-Saint-Pierre, has 14 buildings on the Atlas map, for 16 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1970 to 1989, with 50% 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 – 19897
  • 1990 – 20097
  • since 20100

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
Nature
Named in
1931

Le surnom du quartier étant fond du diable, les autorités communales décidèrent en 1931 de changer le toponyme et de lui attribuer un nom plus positif et confiant. Ainsi naquit l'avenue des Paradisiers. Partiellement sur Auderghem. (remark in French, as published)

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