In 1940, 157 Alexander Street is Burnyeats, wholesale grocer.
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- *
- some member of the family owns the property, to the best of the directory's knowledge, in 1940
- Still standing
- on the Heritage Register, category C
- 1913
- the year built, by the City's record
In 1940
The street section
- Burnyeatswholesale grocer · marked *p. 4
Alexander Street is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line.
The building today
157 Alexander Street still has a building from before 1946, on the City's heritage register (category C), as does 195 next door; the City dates it to 1913, after the 1912 map, so it may have replaced the wood-frame building drawn there (inferred).
Since 1940
- 1962A major renovation, by BC Assessment's record.
- 1997 onLicensed as a restaurant or café (licences on record start in 1997).
- 2009Licensed as a shop.
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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157 Alexander Street, Downtown, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. A building from before 1946 still stands there: the City's record gives 1913 as the year built, and it is on the Vancouver Heritage Register.
Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/157-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. Something wrong, or a name you'd like removed? Tell us.