Putterij

The Putterie (French) or Putterij (Dutch) is a former quarter located in the centre of Brussels, Belgium. The district was centered around Saint Mary Magdalene's Church between Rue de la Montagne/Bergstraat, Rue de la Madeleine/Magdalenastraat and the current Boulevard de l’Impératrice/Keizerinlaan. It was largely destroyed starting in the 1920s to develop the area for Brussels' Central Station and other modern office buildings. Many historic structures were lost in the demolition process.

Street sign of the Putterie/Putterij

Carrefour de l'Europe and hotel in Brussels, constructed in the New Classical architecture style in the 1980s to give back a more historic urban appearance to the Brussels Central Station area

Some of the area was redeveloped with varying degrees of success with buildings in the New Classical architecture and the New Brick Renaissance style in the 1980s, following the principles of New Urbanism and the European Urban Renaissance. The name of the street has survived to this day.