History of a street · 1020 Brussels

Rue du Verdier

In Dutch: Groenvinkstraat

Rue du Verdier, in Brussels, has 11 buildings on the Atlas map, for 11 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 64% 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 – 18791
1880 – 19137
1914 – 19443
1945 – 19690
1970 – 19890
1990 – 20090
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 4: 1913.

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
Named in: 1923

'C’est par arrêté du Collège de la Ville de Bruxelles du 22.06.1923 que cette portion fut rebaptisée rue du Verdier, tandis que les parties nord de la rue Médori étaient renommées avenues des Robiniers et des Ébéniers. Le verdier est un passereau de couleur verte vivant dans les champs et les parcs, que l’on rencontrait sans doute dans ce quartier arboré de Laeken.' (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives