History of a street · 1140 Evere
Avenue Guillaume Van Leeuw
In Dutch: Willem Van Leeuwlaan
Avenue Guillaume Van Leeuw, in Evere, has 70 buildings on the Atlas map, for 74 addresses. No period dominates: the street mixes buildings from 6 periods, from the 1800s to the 1980s. 63% appear before 1914.
When the street was built
- before 14000
- 1400 – 15990
- 1600 – 16990
- 1700 – 17990
- 1800 – 18493
- 1850 – 187921
- 1880 – 191320
- 1914 – 194418
- 1945 – 19692
- 1970 – 19896
- 1990 – 20090
- 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
- Commemorative name
- Theme
- Local notables
Guillaume Van Leeuw (1867-1955) fut bourgmestre de la commune entre 1912 et 1946 au nom du Parti Socialiste Chrétien. (remark in French, as published)
Source: Odoniris, database of Brussels street names (EBxl), CC BY-SA 4.0.