In 1940, 1134 Commercial Drive is Goodlad & Goodlad, real estate.
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- Address gone
- today, by the City's records
In 1940
The street section
- Goodlad & Goodladreal estatep. 33
Commercial Drive 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 1134 Commercial Drive, so the building is probably gone (inferred); next door, 1130 still has its building from before 1946, one of five on the block.
The 1100 block in 1940
Commercial Drive between Napier and William Streets, Grandview-Woodland: 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.
Commercial Drive, the 1100 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
East side, even numbers
- 1102Cape Sun Mkt +1gone
- 1108O K Barber Shop +1rebuilt
- 1110Turner Mrs I M +1gone
- 1112Harmony Confgone
- 1122*Wales F Astands
- 1124Stardust +1gone
- 1126Osborne Mrs M E +1gone
- 1130Main Grocerystands
- 1134Goodlad & Goodladgone
- 1136McTaggart Ngone
- 1144Coml Fruit Mkt +1stands
- 1146vacantstands
- 1148Superior Storesgone
- 1150Sub PO No. 41 +2gone
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1134 Commercial Drive, Grandview-Woodland, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The City no longer lists the address.
Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/1134-commercial-drive, 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.