History of a street · 1070 Anderlecht

Boulevard Maria Groeninckx-De May

In Dutch: Maria Groeninckx-De Maylaan

Boulevard Maria Groeninckx-De May, in Anderlecht, has 39 buildings on the Atlas map, for 43 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1970 to 1989, with 36% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. 23% appear before 1914.

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When the street was built

  • before 14000
  • 1400 – 15990
  • 1600 – 16990
  • 1700 – 17990
  • 1800 – 18492
  • 1850 – 18794
  • 1880 – 19133
  • 1914 – 19445
  • 1945 – 19696
  • 1970 – 198914
  • 1990 – 20094
  • since 20101

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
Named in
1972

Maria Groeninckx-De May (1886-1939) occupa la fonction d'échevin de l'Instruction publique et des beaux-arts à Anderlecht. La rue date du 06/06/1939. (remark in French, as published)

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