Avenue Franklin Roosevelt
Avenue Franklin Roosevelt is a street in Brussels, Ixelles. It is next parallel to Bois de la Cambre, a forest in Brussels. Many houses there were built in the Second World War. It is known as one of the most beautiful boulevards in Brussels. The Ixelles community opposes that people build shops or hotels and apartment buildings have to be no bigger than 16 meters high. There are many embassies and residences of ambasadors located on Avenue Franklin Roosevelt.
History
The avenue was named "Avenue des Nations" in 1922, after Leopold II came the visit de Universal Exposition from 1910. He said it should be a residential area.
In 1945, de "Avenue des Nations" becomes Avenue Franklin Roosevelt, in honor of the president of America.
Notable buildings
Avenue Franklin Roosevelt Media
The main building on the Solbosch campus of the Université libre de Bruxelles
Villa Empain (Polak, 1930–1934)
Apartment building (Varlet, 1931)
References
- ↑ "Home". Villa Empain - Fondation Boghossian.
- ↑ "Villa Bernheim". Foursquare.