The 1940 street section prints only a name at 1001 Richards Street, P Duckhart, and no line in the name section matches it; its name section adds one more person here under another surname.
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- 2
- people the 1940 directory lists here, one of them named in the book
- Rebuilt in 2004
- today, by the City's records
In 1940
The street section
- P Duckhartp. 142
Also at this address
- One more personunder another surname, with their work: in the book
Richards Street is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line.
The house today
The building the 1940 directory knew is gone: the City dates the building at 1001 now to 2004; the 1000 block of Richards Street keeps no building from before 1946; the nearest of its old addresses still on the City's list is 1016, with a building from 2003.
Since 1940
- 2004Today's building goes up, by the City's record.
- 2009–2019Licensed as an apartment house.
- 2026A building permit for alterations, valued at $846,797 (BP-2026-01367).
From City of Vancouver open data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver): the property tax report (BC Assessment's years, approximate for old buildings), business licences from 1997 (the kind of business only), issued building permits from 2017 and the heritage register.
The 1000 block in 1940
Richards Street between Nelson and Helmcken Streets, Downtown: every door the 1940 directory lists on the block, the way it prints them, and what stands at each today. This house is marked in red.
Richards Street, the 1000 blockas the 1940 directory lists it, door by door, and what stands there today
*: some member of the family owns the property, to the best of our knowledge (the directory's own mark, printed from 1935)
West side, odd numbers
- 1001Duckhart Prebuilt
- 1003*Thorburn Rgone
- 1011Anderson Egone
- 1015Zeron Wgone
- 1017B C Simplex Piston Ring Co Ltdgone
- 1019Kawasaki Sgone
- 1021Connell Cgone
- 1027Rolls P Jgone
- 1033*Florio G F +1gone
- 1035Zemel Sign Serv +1gone
- 1037Cope Mrs Agone
- 1039Smith Dgone
- 1041Folk W +1gone
- 1067Central Sht Metal Wks +1gone
- 1077vacantgone
- 1083McKinnon Egone
- 1087Robinson Mrs S Agone
- 1097Eagle Taxi +1gone
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1001 Richards Street, Downtown, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The building there today dates from 2004, by the City's record.
Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/1001-richards, from Vancouver's city directories (Vancouver Public Library) and City of Vancouver open data.
The book of 1001 Richards Street
Every directory, as one book
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Sources
The 1940 city directory (British Columbia and Yukon Directory), street and name sections, read by us line by line (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories); each line above links its page. Today's buildings: City of Vancouver Open Data (property tax report 2026, property addresses, Vancouver Heritage Register; Open Government Licence – Vancouver). The City's year built is BC Assessment's figure and can be approximate for old houses. The 1912 plate: Goad's Fire Insurance Map, georectified by the City of Vancouver. Something wrong, or a name you'd like removed? Tell us.