History of a street · 1190 Forest

Rue Edison

In Dutch: Edisonstraat

Rue Edison, in Forest, has 56 buildings on the Atlas map, for 58 addresses. It was mostly built between 1914 and 1944: 68% 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 – 191315
  • 1914 – 194438
  • 1945 – 19693
  • 1970 – 19890
  • 1990 – 20090
  • since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 60: 1913. 2 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
Commemorative name
Theme
Local notables
Named in
1910

Thomas Edison (1847 – 1931) était industriel et inventeur étasunien. Il est le fondateur de Général Electric. (remark in French, as published)

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