History of a street · 1000 Brussels

Rue des Fripiers

In Dutch: Kleerkopersstraat

Rue des Fripiers, in Brussels, has 37 buildings on the Atlas map, for 50 addresses. It was mostly built between 1850 and 1879: 70% 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 – 18491
1850 – 187926
1880 – 19138
1914 – 19441
1945 – 19691
1970 – 19890
1990 – 20090
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 23: 1857. 14 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

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives