History of a street · 1050 Brussels

Avenue Franklin Roosevelt

In Dutch: Franklin Rooseveltlaan

Avenue Franklin Roosevelt, in Brussels, has 181 buildings on the Atlas map, for 205 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1914 to 1944, with 58% 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 – 19134
1914 – 1944105
1945 – 196942
1970 – 198920
1990 – 20098
since 20102

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 34: 1900. 72 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: Foreign figure

Franklin Roosevelt (1882 – 1945), président des Etats-Unis. (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives