History of a street · 1050 Ixelles

Rue Gray

In Dutch: Graystraat

Rue Gray, in Ixelles, has 129 buildings on the Atlas map, for 157 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 84% 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 – 18792
1880 – 1913108
1914 – 194418
1945 – 19690
1970 – 19890
1990 – 20091
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 262: 1904. 4 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: 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.