History of a street · 1070 Anderlecht

Avenue Nellie Melba

In Dutch: Nellie Melbalaan

Avenue Nellie Melba, in Anderlecht, has 75 buildings on the Atlas map, for 76 addresses. It was mostly built between 1970 and 1989: 68% 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 – 19441
1945 – 19693
1970 – 198951
1990 – 200915
since 20105

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 27: 1939.

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: Arts and culture
Named in: 1929

Nellie Melba (1861-1931), pseudonyme de Helen Porter Mitchell, est une soprano colorature australienne. (remark in French, as published)

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