History of a street · 1000 Brussels

Rue des Echelles

In Dutch: Laddersstraat

Rue des Echelles, in Brussels, has 10 buildings on the Atlas map, for 14 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 60% of its buildings appear in that period.

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When the street was built

before 14000
1400 – 15990
1600 – 16990
1700 – 17990
1800 – 18490
1850 – 18790
1880 – 19136
1914 – 19444
1945 – 19690
1970 – 19890
1990 – 20090
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 6: 1923.

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: Commemorative name
Theme: Folklore
Named in: 1811

Ce nom fut attribué à la rue en 1811 et ferait référence aux grandes échelles que “louaient” certains habitants afin d'escalader les remparts et faire passer des marchandises de contrebande. Cependant, aucune certification en peut être fournie. Elle s'appelait avant «’t Cool Straetken» ou ruelle aux Choux. (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives