Antwerp
Antwerp — from the Stadspark to the Peter Benoit monument
According to the inventory records, some fifteen apartment buildings rose around the Stadspark in the 1930s; the route starts at two of them, by David Moëd: the Helvetica complex on the Rubenslei (1937) and the Geldzähler building on the Van Eycklei (1935). It passes Geo Brosens’s first house of his own (1923), Edward Van Not’s Résidence Scaldis (1937), the building on the Consciencestraat (1928) whose stylised eagle medallions probably refer to the American nationality of one of its clients, and Paul Dries’s Résidence Isabelle (1932), 30 metres high. On the Mechelsesteenweg and the neighbouring streets follow buildings by Jan and Léon De Vroey (1930-1937), by Vanhoenacker, Van Beurden and Smolderen (1931) and by Karel Van Riel and Maurice Janssens (1936). The route ends at Henry Van de Velde’s Peter Benoit monument-fountain, with a lyre by Oscar Jespers, inaugurated in 1934 in front of the Flemish Opera and moved in 1953 to the front of the Harmonie festival hall.
12 stops · Duration 3h · Distance 3 km
Complexe Helvetica — Anvers
Pair of Art Deco apartment buildings built for the public limited company Helvetica, set up by the widow Julia Halévy-Löwy for this property investment, to designs of 1935-1936 by
Immeuble à appartements Geldzähler — Anvers
Art Deco apartment building erected for Meilech Geldzähler, a diamond dealer of Polish-Jewish origin, to a design by the architect David Moëd dated 1935 by the façade inscription.
Maison de l'architecte Geo Brosens — Anvers
First home of the architect Geo Brosens, in an early Art Deco style ("vroege art-decostijl") according to the inventory, built to a 1922 design; the mansard, not originally planned
Résidence Scaldis — Anvers
Art Deco apartment building erected for Mrs Van den Berghe and her children to a 1936 design by the architect Edward Van Not; completed in the autumn of 1937, it contains twelve fl
Immeuble à appartements Dimenstein-Greenberg — Anvers
Art Deco apartment building erected for the Société Immobilière Belgo-Américaine "SIBA", whose managing directors were Leon Dimenstein and Harry Greenberg, to a 1928 design by the
Résidence Isabelle — Anvers
Apartment building in the Art Deco style on the corner of Isabellalei and Lange Leemstraat, erected for the property company Comptoir Général du Bâtiment, chaired by Armand Janssen
Immeuble à appartements Stellfeld-Swolfs — Anvers
Art Deco apartment building designed in 1930 by the architect Jan De Vroey for the judge and musicologist Jean Auguste Stellfeld and the National Bank regent Clément Swolfs.
Immeuble à appartements et maisons Art déco, Mechelsesteenweg 119-121 — Anvers
Group of an apartment building and six single-family houses in the Art Deco style, built for the Mutuelle Immobilière Anversoise company to 1934 designs by the architect Jan De Vro
Home Peter Benoit et Home Jan Blockx — Anvers
Art Deco apartment building on the corner of Grétrystraat and Belgiëlei, designed in 1930 by the architects Jan Vanhoenacker, John Van Beurden and Jos Smolderen; it was built on it
Immeuble à appartements Schepens — Anvers
Art Deco apartment building erected for Leon Schepens to a 1935 design by the architects Karel Van Riel and Maurice Janssens; planned with seven storeys, reduced by one floor befor
Immeuble à appartements Béliard-Wittemans — Anvers
Apartment building in a sober, functional ("zakelijk") Art Deco style, erected for the widow Béliard-Wittemans to a design by the engineer-architect Léon De Vroey dated 1937 by a façade stone.
Monument Peter Benoit — Anvers
Bluestone memorial fountain dedicated to the composer Peter Benoit (1834-1901), designed in 1933 by Henry Van de Velde and unveiled in 1934 on the square in front of the Flemish Opera on the Frankrijklei.
Translated from the French original.