Vancouver / Robson Street / West End

West End, Vancouver

1018 Robson Street

In the 1940 city directory.

In 1940, 1018 Robson Street is Walden Shoe Clinic, with one household listed under it. Its name section lists one person here: Alfred Walden, proprietor of the Walden Shoe Clinic.

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1
person the 1940 directory lists here
Address gone
today, by the City's records

In 1940

The street section

The household

  • Alfred Waldenproprietor of the Walden Shoe Clinic · householderp. 636

Robson Street is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line.

1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory

Streets

ROBSON

  1. 1018Walden Shoe Clinicp. 143
  2. 1018Walden Ap. 143

Names

  1. Walden Alfd prop Walden Shoe Clinic h1018 Robsonp. 636
The lines for 1018 Robson Street in the 1940 directory, as we read them, with its abbreviations; each opens its page at the Vancouver Public Library. The name section prints h for a householder and r for someone who lives at the address.

The building today

The City's list of addresses no longer has 1018 Robson Street, so the building is probably gone (inferred); three doors along, 1030 still has one from before 1946, one of two on the block.

The 1000 block in 1940

Robson Street between Burrard and Thurlow Streets, West End: 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.

Robson Street, the 1000 blockas the 1940 directory lists it, door by door, and what stands there today

The 1000 block of Robson Street

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1018 Robson Street, West End, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The City no longer lists the address.

Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/1018-robson, from Vancouver's city directories (Vancouver Public Library) and City of Vancouver open data.

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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. Something wrong, or a name you'd like removed? Tell us.