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May 15 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
The view from the roof terrace of the future Belgian Beer World, which will open in the old #Brussels stock market in 2023. Probably. Fingers crossed. No biggie. (Thanks @anthonyzach for the tip - I have sunstroke but am happy).
Why pay a fortune to see Rodin stuff in Paris, when you can get a good look at his work in #Brussels as you head upstairs for a beer? #Boosterism
Here comes the history bit (Aniston swish). The Brussels Bourse under construction in 1869 and today with the roof on.
It was built over the Brussels butter market, a leafy oasis of calm in the old city and an attraction in its time. History can be so circular. Established by the family of Napoleon I's finance minister as a Belgian earner. The market replaced the medieval Recollects convent.

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Sep 20, 2021
1905 rental flats, Schaerbeek. Inside were a mix of 3 pièces en enfilade for the petite bourgeoisie and bedsitters for workers behind. Early tenants included a language teacher, a lieutenant and a dramatic artist. The workers names are not recorded. #Brussels
The four blocks were started as an investment by an architect and completed on behalf of the marquis de Grellet. The ghostly sgraffites are by Paul Cauchie. They can be admired from the doorway of Lidl.
This part of the Schaerbeek-St Josse borderland was and is one of mixed fortunes, heavily influenced by the nearby railway built along the Maelbeek valley. Next to the flats above, the same architect built flats in 1907 and next to them, in the same year, a carpenters's mansion.
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Sep 20, 2021
For railhead followers. Abandoned platforms at the 1884 Gare de la Chaussée de Louvain in #Brussels. One of the 5 original halts between the Luxembourg and North stations. It closed to harassed, overheated commuters in 1924 and is now the home to cool jazz (sorry).
There's a nice little park with benches alongside from which to admire the old access stairs. But watch yourself on the spiky plants. I didn't, ow.
Here's the facade of the old chaussée de Louvain station. It was a garage for decades so a jazz club is a big improvement. Not that I've been.
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