In 1940, 1607 Yew Street is Chelsworth Block, with four suites and households listed under it. Its name section lists five people here: Frederick Johnson, proprietor of Litho-Craft; Don R McKay, a machinist at Arbutus S&D; and three others. It lists one more person here under another surname too.
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- 6
- people the 1940 directory lists here, one of them named in the book
- Address gone
- today, by the City's records
In 1940
The street section
- Chelsworth Blockapartmentsp. 170
- F Johnsonsuite 1p. 170
- J T Russellsuite 2p. 170
- J M Robertsonsuite 3p. 170
- D R McKaysuite 4p. 170
The household
- Frederick Johnsonproprietor of Litho-Craft · householder · suite 1p. 306
- Don R McKaya machinist at Arbutus S&D · householder · suite 4p. 381
- John M Robertsona tailor · householder · suite 3p. 525
- James T Russellretired · householder · suite 2p. 538
Also under the Robertson name
- David J Robertsonan executive at F W Marsh Associates · lives here · suite 3p. 524
Also at this address
- One more personunder another surname, with their work: in the book
The 1600 block of Yew Street is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line. The 2200, 2300 and 2400 blocks of Yew Street are read from every directory, 1905 to 1955.
1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory
Streets
YEW
- 1607Chelsworth Block aptsp. 170
- 16071Johnson Fp. 170
- 16072Russell J Tp. 170
- 16073Robertson J Mp. 170
- 16074McKay D Rp. 170
Names
The building today
The City's list of addresses no longer has 1607 Yew Street, so the building is probably gone (inferred); the nearest that still stands is 1616, on the other side of the street, the only one on the block.
The 1600 block in 1940
Yew Street between York and West 1st Avenues, Kitsilano: 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.
Yew Street, 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
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1607 Yew Street, Kitsilano, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The City no longer lists the address.
Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/1607-yew, 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.