History of a street · 1040 Etterbeek

Rue Gray

In Dutch: Graystraat

Rue Gray, in Etterbeek, has 13 buildings on the Atlas map, for 45 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 77% 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 – 191310
1914 – 19440
1945 – 19691
1970 – 19891
1990 – 20091
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 3: 1981.

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: 1938

Thomas Gray (début du XIXe siècle) était un habitant d'Etterbeek d'origine britannique. Il adressa une pétition au roi des Pays-Bas Guillaume Ier afin de mener à bien la création d'une ligne de chemin de fer entre Bruxelles et Charleroi, et d'éviter l'utilisation massive du canal pour cette connexion. Sa pétition ne fut pas écoutée et il mourut dans la misère. (remark in French, as published)

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