History of a street · 1080 Molenbeek-Saint-Jean

Avenue Joseph Baeck

In Dutch: Joseph Baecklaan

Avenue Joseph Baeck, in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, has 25 buildings on the Atlas map, for 37 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1970 to 1989, with 56% 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 – 19691
  • 1970 – 198914
  • 1990 – 20099
  • since 20101

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 68: 1967.

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
Belgian figure
Named in
1931

Joseph Baeck (1838-1931), sénateur socialiste (remark in French, as published)

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