Frédéric Moreau
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Frédéric Moreau
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Brussels stuff, from the slopes of the Wyngaerd Berg.
Journalism here
https://www.brusselstimes.com/author/frederic-moreau
Reposted by Frédéric Moreau
Ideas for a proper, dedicated modern art museum had surfaced in the Loch Ness of Brussels grands projets for decades. In 2014, proposed sites included the Palais de Justice (mad) and the Cinquantenaire using the state collection (cheap).
A missed opportunity was this 1969 plan by Jean Delhaye.
February 11, 2026 at 2:58 PM
I wrote about Delhaye's part in the destruction, preservation and reinvention of the moderm city here.
www.brusselstimes.com/magazine/189...
How the Art Nouveau soul of Brussels was saved
Amid the frenzy of Brussellization, the conversion of the city to fast car travel and office-building, architect Delhaye fought over decades to rehabilitate the creations of the Art Nouveau generation...
www.brusselstimes.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Delhaye's centrepiece was a rooftop courtyard where he would hang the facade of a demolished Horta building like a picture, as the stepping-off point for the contemporary period. It would have stood in rue de la Régence next to the Oldmasters Museum (and no doubt been viewed as 'Brusselization')
February 11, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Ideas for a proper, dedicated modern art museum had surfaced in the Loch Ness of Brussels grands projets for decades. In 2014, proposed sites included the Palais de Justice (mad) and the Cinquantenaire using the state collection (cheap).
A missed opportunity was this 1969 plan by Jean Delhaye.
February 11, 2026 at 2:58 PM
This has happened on my most recent three trips, twice on the last one.
February 11, 2026 at 10:58 AM
They broke for the (Namur) border
February 10, 2026 at 7:44 PM
An extra cost option
February 10, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Illegals? The Mail will do its nut.
February 10, 2026 at 12:42 PM
Wero however... not working with my bank despite it being on the list
February 9, 2026 at 10:20 PM
And is there a map of these sewers at risk available?
February 9, 2026 at 8:35 PM