History of a street · 1050 Ixelles

Rue Longue Vie

In Dutch: Lang-Levenstraat

Rue Longue Vie, in Ixelles, has 56 buildings on the Atlas map, for 74 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 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 – 187917
1880 – 191338
1914 – 19441
1945 – 19690
1970 – 19890
1990 – 20090
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 40: 1878. 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: Descriptive name
Theme: Places and destinations

Deux hypothèses coexistent quant à l'origine de cet odonyme. La première hypothèse, de Jean d'Osta, fait référence à la présence d'un cabaret dénommé 't Lange Leven. La seconde y voit plus une forme d'ironie populaire car la rue était connue pour ses habitations insalubres. Dénomination antérieure à 1810. (remark in French, as published)

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