Until 1926, only poor farmers lived in the Millionaires' Quarter who sold their harvest to the townspeople. In that period, industry was still very much present in the city and the city as a place to live was not ideal to say the least. That is why the people who had money moved out of the city and started looking to develop more residential areas, such as the Miljoenenkwartier.
In 1913, part of this area was used for the World's Fair. The architect for the buildings of the world exhibition was Oscar Vande Voorde. The current street plan of the Miljoenenkwartier is based on that floor plan.
The area was finally parcelled out in 1926.
Between 1927 and 1939, 252 homes were built at a rapid pace, with 126 architects contributing. Many of these architects had gone abroad before the violence of World War 1 and had gained a lot of inspiration there. The Miljoenenkwartier is now a protected urban landscape.
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Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
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