History of a street · 1070 Anderlecht

Avenue Marc Henri Van Laer

In Dutch: Marc Henri Van Laerlaan

Avenue Marc Henri Van Laer, in Anderlecht, has 50 buildings on the Atlas map, for 52 addresses. It was mostly built between 1990 and 2009: 82% 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 – 19690
  • 1970 – 19895
  • 1990 – 200941
  • since 20104

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
Scientists
Named in
1952

Van Laer (1893-1951), chimiste, directeur du Ceria (remark in French, as published)

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