History of a street · 1190 Forest

Rue du Dries

In Dutch: Driesstraat

Rue du Dries, in Forest, has 37 buildings on the Atlas map, for 46 addresses. It was mostly built between 1945 and 1969: 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 – 18490
1850 – 18790
1880 – 19131
1914 – 19440
1945 – 196926
1970 – 19899
1990 – 20091
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 19: 1894.

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: Nature

Le dries était une pâture (den Driesch) où les échevins se sont installés pour rendre justice. Ex. chaussée de Bruxelles (divisée) (remark in French, as published)

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