In 1940, 1605 Commercial Drive is Palmer Cafe.
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- Address gone
- today, by the City's records
In 1940
The street section
- Palmer Cafep. 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 1605 Commercial Drive, so the building is probably gone (inferred); across the street, 1612 still has one from before 1946, one of six on the block.
The 1600 block in 1940
Commercial Drive between Graveley Street and East 1st Avenue, 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 1600 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
- 1602Wah Lee Cogone
- 1606O K Fish Mktgone
- 1608Zieglers Candygone
- 1610Can Window Bkriesgone
- 1612Odlin Block +4stands
- 1616Highland Echostands
- 1618Hamilton F Ngone
- 1620Cozy Corner Apts +5gone
- 1622Safeway Storesstands
- 1626Woolworth F W Co 5c to $1stands
- 1670Sobie Silk Shopsgone
- 1674Smith B T +2stands
- 1678Elliott F Agone
- 1684Quality Shoe Storestands
- 1690Can Bk of Comrebuilt
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1605 Commercial Drive, Grandview-Woodland, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The City no longer lists the address.
Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/1605-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.