History of a street · 1020 Brussels

Rue de la Briqueterie

In Dutch: Steenbakkerijstraat

Rue de la Briqueterie, in Brussels, has 44 buildings on the Atlas map, for 56 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1880 to 1913, with 55% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. 55% appear before 1914.

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When the street was built

  • before 14000
  • 1400 – 15990
  • 1600 – 16990
  • 1700 – 17990
  • 1800 – 18490
  • 1850 – 18790
  • 1880 – 191324
  • 1914 – 194420
  • 1945 – 19690
  • 1970 – 19890
  • 1990 – 20090
  • 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
Descriptive name
Theme
Economic life
Named in
1883

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives