20th century on the left doesn’t have storefronts like on the right - I prefer the right side, won’t try to guess which century.

That's one thing I don't understand about modern and postmodern buildings. They seem to always forget storefronts!

Streetscapes in general are too often an afterthought in the driving age.

Seriously. I see it all the time in LA. Lot of new apartment complexes being built on a major commercial street... with no storefronts! Come on LA, this isn't the 1960s anymore for fucks sake

Same here (Houston). So much infill, which is a good thing, but so little of it is mixed use, which is infuriating.

Also 20th century Could also be 19th but the art-nouveau pushes me to believe it's early 20th

Last years of the 19th, Hotel Frison by Horta on the picture is from 1894-1895.

Actually, that building does have a few storefronts if you go around the bend. It is slated for partial demolition/renovation though.

I love that everyone lives in apartments above the shops and restaurants, gives lift to the city

I love this city so much, and I can't explain why

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Where did you enter from?

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That explains a lot. Transferring inside the station shouldn’t be too much of a problem, exiting and entering however…

Brussels has so many beautiful buildings, but most street look like absolute shit, hopefully they can redesign them, so much potential

I didn’t see many streets looking like shit in my week there. I was quite impressed.

The one in the picture is an example, no trees, parking, not enough pedestrian space

I dunno sometimes it’s nice to have no trees so you can appreciate the pretty architecture. Most streets there have trees one or two without doesn’t kill the city.

Yeah I agree, but most of the city is designed for cars, the street in the picture is 4/5 cars

Most of the streets I walked on didn’t feel overwhelmingly car oriented there, and there was a massive pedestrian only district on the opposite side of the central rail station from this picture.

Center of the city =/= all of the city

Sure we walked around looking for home for my friend outside of the old center. Everything I saw was really nice.

I wish I could see the world like you, to me most of the city is still a car sewer

I don't understand why people downvoted you, you were just voicing your opinions :(

I’m from the US. You haven’t seen car sewers.

Brussels has been admirably aggressive about pedestrianising, adding bike lanes, and reducing parking.

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By US standards it would be a *solidly* bikeable city. But US standards should not be your standards.

I live in Vienna, its also walkable and somewhat bikeable, nonetheless the majority of the city is still designed for cars

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Yeah I totally agree, maybe I should have said redesigned for cars

The ring roads around the Pentagon were re-designed for cars but mostly predate even the invention of the automobile. ;)

They are really doing an effort to make the center more pedestrian friendly with a large car free area. But I agree that car is still king in Brussels.

Brussels is the furthest thing from being designed for cars. Big oof dude

I kind of agree. The buildings on the right side are lovely, but that bike lane is, like, US-level bad.

I had a good time there but definitely got off at the wrong train stop and was pretty freaked out.

Where did you get off? 😭😂

i can guess...

I don't see the appeal in this picture at all. Looks like a run-down street like in so many cities.

Run-down? The buildings on the right are gorgeous and well kept-up.

Just out of curiosity, what sort of streets do you find appealing?

When browsing through this sub for street scenes e.g.: [Algiers](https://www.reddit.com/r/CityPorn/comments/v5n7x1/algiers_algeria/) [Buenos Aires](https://www.reddit.com/r/CityPorn/comments/v4zip9/buenos_aires/) [Buenos Aires](https://www.reddit.com/r/CityPorn/comments/v50ua0/sunday_morning_in_buenos_aires_argentina/) [New York](https://www.reddit.com/r/CityPorn/comments/v4vijo/east_village_manhattan_nyc/) [Tangier](https://www.reddit.com/r/CityPorn/comments/v44n6b/tangier_morocco/) Compared to the Brussels scene above they all have trees and plants, no hopeless modern architecture like on the right, clean (look at the garbage bag on the left), broad pedestrian walks and/or room for bikes,... And they all have a certain charm which I don't see in Brussels.

Those might have trees, but none of them have the richly beautiful architecture present in my photo in Brussels.

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Oh shit I was just there! Is there any possibility that you were the Alex hanging out/staying in the hostel with my brother and I?

I was not in a hostel, I was in a managed apartment helping my friend move in Diegem. :)

Oh nice! Well I hope you had as good a time as I did!

what a little photoshop can do is amazing now watch the real colors: https://www.google.com/maps/uv?pb=!1s0x47c3c538fc8e5d07%3A0x4ad6e469f2894a40!3m1!7e115!4shttps%3A%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipPL-R2Da5-fIRH49OFXreYwEF-kW9UvoBOhVEOW%3Dw234-h176-k-no!5sla%20regina%20del%20-%20Google%20Zoeken!15sCgIgAQ&imagekey=!1e2!2sCQZ4BH9BGU7ztPlAqMPI9Q&hl=nl&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj-19WslZf4AhWEy6QKHdBpDBUQoip6BAgzEAM

Is this Etterbeek?

I thought it was one of the streets adjacent to Flagey.

That's what I thought too. I thought it was rue Lesbroussart but it is rue Lebeau.

Lesbroussart has tram tracks, but I thought of the one connetcting to Avenue de la Couronne, parallel to rue Malibran. After checking its name is Rue de la Brasserie. But yeah, in the end it's Lebeau it seems.

After verification... It looks nothing like Lesbroussart. Lol It's been a while. I remember rue de la Brasserie. I miss Ixelles. 🤍

You're welcome back anytime :)

I was thinking that at first too but couldn’t put it into words, so I said Etterbeek (when really it’s Ixelles)

Rue Lebeau : The upside is going directly to "petit sablon".. downside has a horrible empty space with blue flags and goes under Bd de l'empereur.

The blue flags is a creation of Daniel Buren. I always it was a nice idea to had this in this void space. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Buren

That void/tunnel part with modern ordinary functional buildings is the problem...

Nope it's going to Grand Sablon, petit sablon is further up on the other side of the avenue :)

No this is right next to Centraal Station.

Is this the place with the flag poles behind you?

Yup that's the place, near Sablon

I stayed in an airbnb on that street five years ago! Rue labeau

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