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1629 East 10th Avenue

In the 1940 city directory.

In 1940, 1629 East 10th Avenue is Park Lodge, with eight suites and households listed under it. Its name section lists nine people here: George A Arden, a dispatcher at the Broadway Messenger Service; Keith A Brydges, a janitor at Park Lodge; and seven others. It lists four more people here under other surnames too.

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13: people the 1940 directory lists here, four of them named in the book
Still standing: today, by the City's records
1911: the year built, by the City's record

In 1940

The street section

nine linesPark Lodge and its suites and households, each on the page beside

The household

George A Ardena dispatcher at the Broadway Messenger Service · householder · suite 7p. 18
Keith A Brydgesa janitor at Park Lodge · householder · suite 4p. 77
Hugh R Couttsa salesman at Star Laundry · householder · suite 6p. 132
Mrs Caroline J Frewa manager at Toot's Fountain Lunch · householder · suite 5p. 210
Tom Kitleya collector at M-W- Ltd · householder · suite 8p. 327
Mary E Lowrya clerk at the Province · householder · suite 1p. 357
N Ross McPhedrana clerk at the B-K Mill · householder · suite 2p. 399
John R McPhersona baker · householder · suite 3p. 399

Also under the Coutts name

Nell Couttslives here · suite 6p. 132

Also at this address

Four more peopleunder other surnames, with each one's work: in the book

East 10th Avenue is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line.

1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory

Streets

EAST 10TH

Names

The lines for 1629 East 10th Avenue 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.

The building today

1629 East 10th Avenue still has a building from before 1946, as does 1627 next door; the City's assessment record gives 1911 as its year built.

Since 1940

1998–2024Licensed as an apartment house.

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 1600 block of East 10th Avenue on Goad's 1912 fire insurance map, with 1629 marked — The 1600 block of East 10th Avenue, on the stretch it shares with the 1500 block, between Woodland and Commercial Drives, on Goad's fire insurance map of 1912; the map may print the street under an older name. The ring marks 1629, placed from the City's address point today (inferred). Georectified by the City of Vancouver (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).

The 1600 block in 1940

East 10th Avenue, on the stretch it shares with the 1500 block, between Woodland and Commercial Drives, Kensington-Cedar Cottage: 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.

East 10th Avenue, 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)

North side, odd numbers

South side, even numbers

The 1600 block of East 10th Avenue

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1629 East 10th Avenue, Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. A building from before 1946 still stands there: the City's record gives 1911 as the year built.
Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/1629-east-10th-avenue, 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.