History of a street · 1030 Schaerbeek

Rue de Genève

In Dutch: Genèvestraat

Rue de Genève, in Schaerbeek, has 12 buildings on the Atlas map, for 19 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1914 to 1944, with 50% 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 – 19446
1945 – 19691
1970 – 19895
1990 – 20090
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 494: 1928. 7 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: Symbolic name
Theme: Regions and countries
Named in: 1926

C'est à Genève que fut fondée la Croix-Rouge par Henri Dunant, dont le nom est honoré par une avenue donnant sur la rue de Genève. (remark in French, as published)

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