Architecture
photo: Richard Harris
A nippy but gorgeous day today so I took a bike ride down the canal and was thrilled to see that the old Anderlecht Mill restoration project is finally getting going. The mill will be the heart of the renewal of the South Port area. For the last fifty years the brick was covered with a hideous metal façade which just got removed. Once they get the all the years of grime off the brick it's going to look great.
A nippy but gorgeous day today so I took a bike ride down the canal and was thrilled to see that the old Anderlecht Mill restoration project is finally getting going. The mill will be the heart of the renewal of the South Port area. For the last fifty years the brick was covered with a hideous metal façade which just got removed. Once they get the all the years of grime off the brick it's going to look great.
photo: Richard Harris
I thought I was the only person concerned about this house on Stalingrad Street but it turns out that the Jamaer House has been landmarked since 1988 and is being completely restored. It is in medieval/rennaissance style including rare wood eaves and was built in 1879 by Pierre-Victor Jamaer as his personal residence. He was Brussels' city architect from 1864 - 1895.
I thought I was the only person concerned about this house on Stalingrad Street but it turns out that the Jamaer House has been landmarked since 1988 and is being completely restored. It is in medieval/rennaissance style including rare wood eaves and was built in 1879 by Pierre-Victor Jamaer as his personal residence. He was Brussels' city architect from 1864 - 1895.
photo: Richard Harris
I had never entered the church of the Holy Cross and I hadn't missed much. Interesting on the outside but not much on the inside. But, by being on the church porch I was able to get this different angle on Flagey the building.
I had never entered the church of the Holy Cross and I hadn't missed much. Interesting on the outside but not much on the inside. But, by being on the church porch I was able to get this different angle on Flagey the building.
photo: Richard Harris
I'm not familiar with the neighborhood on the backside of Flagey Square so this was a voyage of discovery including this charming primary school from 1911. I would have loved to go to school in a building that looked like this.
I'm not familiar with the neighborhood on the backside of Flagey Square so this was a voyage of discovery including this charming primary school from 1911. I would have loved to go to school in a building that looked like this.
photo: Richard Harris
This little neighborhood is very low key architecturally, all the styles, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, Beaux Arts, are rendered in a minor key. here a house that is quite plain except for the tilework.
This little neighborhood is very low key architecturally, all the styles, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, Beaux Arts, are rendered in a minor key. here a house that is quite plain except for the tilework.