History of a street · 1020 Brussels

Drève des Saules

In Dutch: Wilgendreef

Drève des Saules, in Brussels, has 15 buildings on the Atlas map, for 15 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1970 to 1989, with 47% 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 – 19897
1990 – 20097
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 10: 1961.

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: Symbolic name
Theme: Nature
Named in: 1956

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives