History of a street · 1083 Ganshoren

Rue de l'Urbanisme

In Dutch: Stedebouwstraat

Rue de l'Urbanisme, in Ganshoren, has 39 buildings on the Atlas map, for 39 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1945 to 1969, with 46% 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 – 196918
  • 1970 – 198917
  • 1990 – 20094
  • since 20100

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
Symbolic name
Theme
Values and virtues

Lorsque la commune s'est fortement urbanisée, une rue fut nommée ainsi. Il paraît évident que l'intention était de vanter cette modernisation. (remark in French, as published)

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