In the second half of the 19th century, industrialization and a population explosion made Ghent city centre overpopulated, unhygienic and unhealthy. This neighbourhood alone was home to some 3,000 textile workers. Working-class
areas were rife with diseases like cholera, typhus and smallpox. The city council stepped in. Polluted canals and waterways were vaulted over or filled in. Stinking factories and squalid tenements known as ‘beluikhuisjes’ made way for
wide avenues and elegant mansions. The bourgeoisie took over the city. After this wave of redevelopment, many working-class people settled near the new factories in the north, east and west of the city.
On this site a new boulevard was constructed, connecting the Zuidstation and the city centre.
Source: Museum of Industry
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