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1675 East 14th Avenue

In the 1940 city directory.

In 1940, 1675 East 14th Avenue is Commercial Apartments, with 14 suites and households listed under it. Its name section lists 17 people here: G George Anderson, a glass worker at Western Glass; John W Chappell, a longshoreman; and 15 others. The street section prints one more name the name section doesn't list: H A Shaw. Its name section lists one more person here under another surname too.

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19: people the 1940 directory lists here, one of them named in the book
*: some member of the family owns the property, to the best of the directory's knowledge, in 1940
Still standing: today, by the City's records
1911: the year built, by the City's record

In 1940

The street section

15 linesCommercial Apartments and its suites and households, each on the page beside

The household

G George Andersona glass worker at Western Glass · householder · suite 11p. 13
John W Chappella longshoreman · householder · suite 10p. 106
Arthur E Collarda saw maker at Shurly Dietrich Atkins · householder · suite 2p. 119
Walter M Harrisona timekeeper at the CPR · householder · suite 12p. 258
George Heyesa barber at Waverly Barbers · householder · suite 7p. 270
Beatrice Ingoldsbya widow · householder · suite 3p. 294
Eleanor M Lundwidow of F L · householder · suite 9p. 359
Robert M Lundiea production manager at Spear & Jackson · householder · suite 8p. 359
Robert M McGinnproprietor of the Commercial Apartments · householder · suite 1p. 377
John Mackayhouseholder · suite 6p. 382
Mark P Palmatarya salesman at Dick's · householder · suite 5p. 477
Mark P Palmatary Jra cutter for Gordon Campbell · lives here · suite 5p. 477
Harry H Rostilla secretary at the Pearson Wire & Iron Works and a clerk at Pacific Veneer · householder · suite 4p. 534

Also under the Dunn name

Mrs Dunnhouseholder · suite Bp. 173
Thelma Heyeslives here · suite 7p. 270
Robert D McGinna student at UBC · lives here · suite 1p. 377
Mrs Edith M Rostilla president at the Pearson Wire & Iron Works · lives here · suite 4p. 534

Only in the street section

H A Shawbasementp. 214

Also at this address

One more personunder another surname, with their work: in the book

East 14th Avenue is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line.

1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory

Streets

EAST 14TH

Names

The lines for 1675 East 14th 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. *: 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

1675 East 14th Avenue still has a building from before 1946, one of six on the block; the City's assessment record gives 1911 as its year built.

The 1600 block in 1940

East 14th 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 14th 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

No south-side addresses in the 1940 directory.

The 1600 block of East 14th Avenue

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1675 East 14th 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/1675-east-14th-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. Something wrong, or a name you'd like removed? Tell us.