History of a street · 1070 Anderlecht

Avenue Frans van Kalken

In Dutch: Frans van Kalkenlaan

Avenue Frans van Kalken, in Anderlecht, has 10 buildings on the Atlas map, for 14 addresses. It was mostly built between 1945 and 1969: 60% of its buildings appear in that period.

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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 – 19696
1970 – 19893
1990 – 20091
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 3: 1963. 6 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: Scientists
Named in: 1961

Frans van Kalken (1881-1961), historien, professeur à l’ULB, doyen de la Faculté de philosophie et lettres, membre de l’Académie royale. (remark in French, as published)

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