A Earl Courtney shared 1050 Alberni Street in 1940 with seven people under other surnames, each one named in the book.
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- people the 1940 directory lists here, seven of them named in the book
- Rebuilt in 1988
- today, by the City's records
In 1940
The household
- A Earl Courtneykeeps rooms herep. 131
Also at this address
- Seven more peopleunder other surnames, with each one's work: in the book
Alberni Street is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line.
1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory
Streets
ALBERNI
Names
The house today
A newer building, dated 1988 by the City, has the address now: the wood-frame building Goad's 1912 map draws here is gone, replaced after the 1940 directory; no building from before 1946 is left on the 1000 block of Alberni Street; next door, 1042 has one the City dates to 1968.
Since 1940
- 1988Today's building goes up, by the City's record.
- 1997 onLicensed as a restaurant or café (licences on record start in 1997).
- 1999–2001Licensed as a community association.
- 2013–2022Licensed as a school.
- 2018A building permit for alterations, valued at $100,000 (DB-2017-05825).
- 2021A building permit for alterations, valued at $200,000 (BP-2021-00065).
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
Alberni 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.
Alberni 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)
East side, odd numbers
No east-side addresses in the 1940 directory.
West side, even numbers
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1050 Alberni Street, West End, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The building there today dates from 1988, by the City's record.
Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/1050-alberni, from Vancouver's city directories (Vancouver Public Library) and City of Vancouver open data.
The book of 1050 Alberni Street
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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.