35/50.- Brussels, Rue de la Loi

The Rue de la Loi (“Law Street”) is one of the main inroads into central Brussels, and is chronically congested and polluted : in the morning by people going to work, in the evening by people seeking recreation downtown, and on week-ends by trucks and cranes attending to various building sites. This narrow-looking urban canyon, lined with the buildings of the EU, corporations, banks and insurance companies, leads straight from the European quarter to the government quarter, and beyond that into the city centre. Recently, the five lanes of the street have been reduced to four in an attempt to “humanize” the street and make room for pedestrians, cyclists and the handicapped.  [Next »]