Vancouver / West Point Grey

Vancouver

West Point Grey

2,684 addresses on 36 streets, in the 1940 city directory

No other area on the site had building contractors like West Point Grey: 27 in the 1940 directory, six times as common as on the rest of the site's streets. Among them was John S Baird of 3043 Alma Street. Much of West Point Grey's 1940 still stands: half of its addresses keep a building from before 1946, where the site's other streets keep one in three.

Who lived at each house is read on every street in 1940.

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West Point Grey today, with its streets on the site in red; the areas around it open their own pages. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).

At work in 1940

The work the 1940 name section prints for the people it lists here, the most common first. Open one for some of the people who did it, each with their house.

  1. Clerk223

    And 218 more, each on their own house's page.

  2. Salesman219

    And 214 more, each on their own house's page.

  3. Stenographer194

    And 189 more, each on their own house's page.

  4. Teacher122

    And 117 more, each on their own house's page.

  5. Maid103

    And 100 more, each on their own house's page.

  6. Proprietor99

    And 94 more, each on their own house's page.

  7. Accountant63

    And 58 more, each on their own house's page.

  8. Manager63

    And 58 more, each on their own house's page.

  9. Engineer61

    And 56 more, each on their own house's page.

  10. Nurse48

    And 43 more, each on their own house's page.

  11. President46

    And 41 more, each on their own house's page.

  12. Carpenter44

    And 39 more, each on their own house's page.

  13. Building contractorsix times as common as on the rest of the site's streets27

    And 22 more, each on their own house's page.

  14. Professor24 times as common as on the rest of the site's streets12

    And 7 more, each on their own house's page.

  15. Office managerfour times as common as on the rest of the site's streets9

    And 4 more, each on their own house's page.

51 people listed here in 1940 were on active service, in the forces.

Who they worked for

  • UBC222
  • Vancouver City163
  • BC Electric Railway71
  • CPR63
  • BC Telephone46
  • BC Government38
  • Canadian Government37
  • Spencer's34

At home

1,749 of the 2,622 households the 1940 street section lists here carry its * (the directory's mark for a family member owning the house), against half on the rest of the site's streets. *: some member of the family owns the property, to the best of our knowledge (the directory's own mark, printed from 1935).

Half of the people its name section lists here are householders (h); the rest live in someone else's house (r), as family, boarders or roomers. On the rest of the site's streets, half are householders.

Still standing

1,318 of the addresses here still have a building from before 1946; 843 were rebuilt later, and 523 are gone from the City's list. The oldest still up:

Years built are the City's assessment records, approximate for old buildings.

In the archives

Archive photos of its streets, then three of its blocks on Goad's 1912 fire insurance map, where the most still stands.

Mr. Greig driving along Marine Drive above Spanish Banks, near Blanca Street
1914 Mr. Greig driving along Marine Drive above Spanish Banks, near Blanca Street. City of Vancouver Archives, Be P77.1. Public domain.
Goad's 1912 fire insurance map of the 3800 block of West 16th Avenue
The 3800 block of West 16th Avenue on Goad's fire insurance map, 1912 (City of Vancouver Archives, open data).
Goad's 1912 fire insurance map of the 3800 block of West 11th Avenue
The 3800 block of West 11th Avenue on Goad's fire insurance map, 1912 (City of Vancouver Archives, open data).
Goad's 1912 fire insurance map of the 4100 block of West 10th Avenue
The 4100 block of West 10th Avenue on Goad's fire insurance map, 1912 (City of Vancouver Archives, open data).

The streets

The 36 streets in West Point Grey on the site, A to Z.

  1. Alma Streetthe 2300–2500 and 2700–3100 blocks: 37 addresses, eleven still standing
    1940
  2. Bellevue Drive31 addresses, 21 still standing
    1940
  3. Belmont Avenue45 addresses, twelve still standing
    1940
  4. Blanca Street9 addresses, two still standing
    1940
  5. Camosun Street5 addresses, three still standing
    1940
  6. Crown Crescent24 addresses, 15 still standing
    1940
  7. Crown Streetthe 2400–2600 and 2800–3100 blocks: 22 addresses, 13 still standing
    1940
  8. Drummond Drive38 addresses, 23 still standing
    1940
  9. Highbury Streetthe 2700–2900 blocks: 14 addresses, nine still standing
    1940
  10. Jericho Circle5 addresses, five still standing
    1940
  11. Langara Avenue28 addresses, 20 still standing
    1940
  12. Locarno Crescent20 addresses, 13 still standing
    1940
  13. Point Grey Roadthe 3700–3900 blocks: 20 addresses, six still standing
    1940
  14. Sasamat Place3 addresses, one still standing
    1940
  15. Sasamat Street4 addresses
    1940
  16. Tolmie Street15 addresses, six still standing
    1940
  17. Trimble Street16 addresses, six still standing
    1940
  18. Wallace Crescent12 addresses, nine still standing
    1940
  19. Wallace Streetthe 1700 and 2700 blocks: 7 addresses
    1940
  20. West 10th Avenuethe 3700–4600 blocks: 276 addresses, 99 still standing
    1940
  21. West 11th Avenuethe 3700–4600 blocks: 264 addresses, 133 still standing
    1940
  22. West 12th Avenuethe 3700–4600 blocks: 265 addresses, 150 still standing
    1940
  23. West 13th Avenuethe 3600–4600 blocks: 249 addresses, 136 still standing
    1940
  24. West 14th Avenuethe 3600–4600 blocks: 235 addresses, 120 still standing
    1940
  25. West 15th Avenuethe 3600–3800 and 4000–4600 blocks: 226 addresses, 105 still standing
    1940
  26. West 16th Avenuethe 3700–3800, 4100–4200 and 4400–4500 blocks: 73 addresses, 54 still standing
    1940
  27. West 1st Avenuethe 3700 and 4500 blocks: 30 addresses, 19 still standing
    1940
  28. West 2nd Avenuethe 3700–3800 and 4300–4700 blocks: 77 addresses, 37 still standing
    1940
  29. West 3rd Avenuethe 3700 and 4300–4600 blocks: 59 addresses, 26 still standing
    1940
  30. West 4th Avenuethe 3700, 4100–4200 and 4400–4700 blocks: 68 addresses, 35 still standing
    1940
  31. West 5th Avenuethe 4400–4600 blocks: 64 addresses, 30 still standing
    1940
  32. West 6th Avenuethe 3700 and 4400–4700 blocks: 84 addresses, 39 still standing
    1940
  33. West 7th Avenuethe 3700 and 4400–4600 blocks: 84 addresses, 32 still standing
    1940
  34. West 8th Avenuethe 3700–3800 and 4000–4600 blocks: 128 addresses, 54 still standing
    1940
  35. West 9th Avenue110 addresses, 51 still standing
    1940
  36. West Broadwaythe 3700–3900 blocks: 37 addresses, 23 still standing
    1940

Next door

Dunbar-Southlands and Kitsilano.