History of a street · 1000 Brussels

Rue de la Verdure

In Dutch: Loofstraat

Rue de la Verdure, in Brussels, has 31 buildings on the Atlas map, for 43 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1914 to 1944, with 52% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. 45% appear before 1914.

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When the street was built

before 14000
1400 – 15990
1600 – 16990
1700 – 17990
1800 – 18490
1850 – 18791
1880 – 191313
1914 – 194416
1945 – 19691
1970 – 19890
1990 – 20090
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 29: 1878. 3 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: Descriptive name
Theme: Economic life
Named in: 1865

Cette rue menait aux champs qui étaient situés entre la Senne et les remparts jusqu'au XIXe siècle. (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives