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West End, Vancouver

1166 Alberni Street

In the 1940 city directory.

In 1940, 1166 Alberni Street is Alberni Rooms, with one household listed under it. Its name section lists one person here: Amy Griffiths, proprietor of the Alberni Rooms who kept rooms to let. It lists 36 more people here under other surnames too.

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37
people the 1940 directory lists here, 36 of them named in the book
*
some member of the family owns the property, to the best of the directory's knowledge, in 1940
Rebuilt in 1980
today, by the City's records

In 1940

The street section

  • Alberni Roomsp. 3
  • Miss A Griffithsmarked *p. 3

The household

  • Amy Griffithsproprietor of the Alberni Rooms who kept rooms to let · householderp. 242

Also at this address

  • 36 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

  1. 1166Alberni Roomsp. 3
  2. 1166*Griffiths Miss Ap. 3

Names

  1. Griffiths Amy prop Alberni Rooms and rooms 1190 W Hastings h1166 Albernip. 242
The lines for 1166 Alberni 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. *: some member of the family owns the property, to the best of our knowledge (the directory's own mark, printed from 1935).

The building today

The building the 1940 directory knew is gone: the City dates the building at 1166 now to 1980; the 1100 block of Alberni Street keeps no building from before 1946; the nearest of its old addresses still on the City's list is 1128, with a building from 1998. A permit to build frame apartment building, to contain 12 apartments, 6 to each of the two storeys at 1164, 1166 and 1168 Alberni was taken out in August 1907 by Bushnell & Varty: builder Charles of Mills & Williamson, Ltd Mills, $20,000.

Since 1940

  1. 1980Today's building goes up, by the City's record.
  2. 1997–2024Licensed as a parking lot (licences on record start in 1997).
  3. 1997–2009Licensed as a restaurant or café (licences on record start in 1997).
  4. 1998–2024Licensed as a community association.
  5. 2000–2006Licensed as a shop.
  6. 2017A building permit for alterations, valued at $125,000 (BP-2017-04491).
  7. 2018A building permit for alterations, valued at $200,000 (BP-2017-06553).
  8. 2019A building permit for alterations, valued at $118,000 (BP-2019-04655).
  9. 2019A building permit for alterations, valued at $150,000 (BP-2019-04065).
  10. 2019A building permit for alterations, valued at $910,000 (BP-2019-01451).
  11. 2019A building permit for alterations, valued at $120,000 (BP-2019-03405).
  12. 2022A building permit for alterations, valued at $120,000 (BP-2022-03205).
  13. 2022A building permit for alterations, valued at $125,000 (BP-2021-04455).
  14. 2022A building permit for alterations, valued at $415,000 (BP-2022-03828).
  15. 2023A building permit for alterations, valued at $145,000 (BP-2023-04535).
  16. 2024A building permit for alterations, valued at $117,500 (BP-2024-02255).
  17. 2024A building permit for alterations, valued at $160,000 (BP-2024-03172).
  18. 2025A building permit for alterations, valued at $275,000 (BP-2025-04781).
  19. 2026A building permit for alterations, valued at $800,000 (BP-2025-02925).

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 1100 block of Alberni Street on Goad's 1912 fire insurance map, with 1166 marked
The 1100 block of Alberni Street, between Thurlow and Bute Streets, on Goad's fire insurance map of 1912; the map may print the street under an older name. The ring marks 1166, placed from the City's address point today (inferred). Georectified by the City of Vancouver (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).

The 1100 block in 1940

Alberni Street between Thurlow and Bute 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 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)

East side, odd numbers

No east-side addresses in the 1940 directory.

Alberni Street, block by block

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1166 Alberni Street, West End, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The building there today dates from 1980, by the City's record.

Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/1166-alberni, 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.