History of a street · 1050 Ixelles

Avenue Emile de Beco

In Dutch: Emile de Becolaan

Avenue Emile de Beco, in Ixelles, has 105 buildings on the Atlas map, for 128 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1914 to 1944, with 58% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. 37% appear before 1914.

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When the street was built

before 14000
1400 – 15990
1600 – 16990
1700 – 17990
1800 – 18490
1850 – 18790
1880 – 191339
1914 – 194461
1945 – 19692
1970 – 19890
1990 – 20092
since 20101

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 124: 1906. 13 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: Local notables
Named in: 1892

Créée en 1892 suite au réaménagement du Quartier du Cygne dans le cadre du projet urbanistique de Victor Besme. Emile de Beco (1843-1928) fit carrière dans l'administration publique. (remark in French, as published)

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