In 1940, 106 East Hastings Street is Muir Cafe; its name section adds one person here under another surname.
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- 1
- person the 1940 directory lists here, named in the book
- Address gone
- today, by the City's records
In 1940
The street section
- Muir Cafep. 73
Also at this address
- One more personunder another surname, with their work: in the book
East Hastings Street is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line.
The building today
The City's list of addresses no longer has 106 East Hastings Street, so the building is probably gone (inferred); across the street, 103 still has one from before 1946, one of eleven on the block.
The 100 block in 1940
East Hastings Street between Columbia and Main 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.
East Hastings Street, the 100 blockas the 1940 directory lists it, door by door, and what stands there today
North side, odd numbers
- 101Broadway Hotel Cigar Stand +1stands
- 103Broadway Hotel Co Ltd +2stands
- 105vacantgone
- 107Paton J Rgone
- 109Women's Clo Exchstands
- 117Larry's News Stand +3rebuilt
- 119Slater Brosgone
- 123Goodwill Shoe Store +1stands
- 135Great West Elec & Radiogone
- 137Fulton Rooms +1stands
- 139Carrie's Dress Shopgone
- 141Bookman Hstands
- 151Common Gold Cafestands
- 159Balmoral Hotel +1stands
- 161Balmoral Hotel Cigar Stand +1gone
- 163Business Men's Clubgone
- 165Beacon Jewelry Cogone
- 169New Hastings Confgone
- 175Johnson Jgone
- 177Hastings Hotel +1stands
- 179Main Taxi +2gone
- 187Ring's Bakerygone
- 189Hastings Fish Mkt +1gone
- 191Fraser Shoe Repair Cogone
- 193Dawson Bldg +21gone
- 195Doll Hospitalgone
- 197Owl Drug Co Ltdgone
South side, even numbers
- 100De Luxe Confgone
- 102Horseshoe Barber Shopgone
- 106Muir Cafegone
- 108Radio Lunch +1rebuilt
- 110Washington Roomsgone
- 112Linwood Cogone
- 114Empress Barber Shopgone
- 122New Lion Hotelstands
- 124Wo On Cogone
- 126B C Hat Cleanersgone
- 128Wing Yeegone
- 130New Atlantic Cafegone
- 132Madison Barbers +2gone
- 136Golden Gate Cafegone
- 138Universal News Stand +1rebuilt
- 140Parthenon Cafegone
- 142Nordic News Standgone
- 144Royal Theatregone
- 146Royal Thea Barber Shopgone
- 160Regent Hotel +1stands
- 162Regent Hotel Shoe Shine +1gone
- 164Pac Coast Fishermen's Unionstands
- 176Graycourt Hotel +2gone
- 198C N Inst (news agt)gone
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106 East Hastings Street, Downtown, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The City no longer lists the address.
Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/106-east-hastings, 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.