In 1940, 111 Alexander Street is Ferry Lunch.
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- Rebuilt in 2008
- today, by the City's records
In 1940
The street section
- Ferry Lunchp. 4
Alexander Street is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line.
The house today
A newer building, dated 2008 by the City, has the address now: the wood-frame building Goad's 1912 map draws here is gone, replaced after the 1940 directory; two doors along, 157, on the heritage register, still has one from before 1946, one of two on the block. A permit to build a store at 111–117 Alexander was taken out in April 1913 by A Grossman: builder Campbell & Wilkie, architect W T Whiteway, $8,000.
Since 1940
- 1997–2001Licensed as a restaurant or café (licences on record start in 1997).
- 2008Today's building goes up, by the City's record.
- 2019A building permit for alterations, valued at $2,900,000 (DB-2019-00847).
- TodayProtected by the City's municipal designation.
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 100 block in 1940
Alexander Street, on the stretch it shares with the 200 and 300 blocks, between Columbia Street and Dunlevy Avenue, 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.
Alexander Street, the 100 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)
North side, odd numbers
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111 Alexander Street, Downtown, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The building there today dates from 2008, by the City's record.
Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/111-alexander, 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. The 1912 plate: Goad's Fire Insurance Map, georectified by the City of Vancouver. Building permit: Heritage Vancouver Society's transcription of the City's permit registers, 1901–1930 (Historical Vancouver Building Permits; search it for this address). Something wrong, or a name you'd like removed? Tell us.