History of a street · 1083 Ganshoren

Avenue Van Overbeke

In Dutch: Van Overbekelaan

Avenue Van Overbeke, in Ganshoren, has 102 buildings on the Atlas map, for 119 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1970 to 1989, with 36% 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 – 194411
1945 – 196935
1970 – 198937
1990 – 200912
since 20107

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 8: 1929. 11 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: Local notables

Joseph Oscar Van Overbeke fut bourgmestre de la commune entre 1861 et 1873. (remark in French, as published)

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