1946 West Broadway

In the 1940 city directory.

In 1940, 1946 West Broadway is Tennyson Lodge, with four suites and households listed under it. Its name section lists seven people here: James Fraser, a mechanic at Begg Motor; James Morgan, who worked for Christie Brown; and five others. It lists two more people here under other surnames too.

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9: people the 1940 directory lists here, two of them named in the book
Address gone: today, by the City's records

In 1940

The street section

Tennyson Lodgeapartmentsp. 18
Miss D A W Nevillesuite 1p. 18
J Frasersuite 2p. 18
H Rosenthalsuite 3p. 18
J P Morgansuite 4p. 18

The household

James Frasera mechanic at Begg Motor · householder · suite 2p. 208
James Morganwho worked for Christie Brown · lives here · suite 4p. 440
Joseph P Morganhouseholder · suite 4p. 440
Doris A Nevillea stenographer at Huron & Eric Mortgage · householder · suite 1p. 457
Hermann Rosenthala physician · householder · suite 3p. 532

Also under the Fraser name

Marion A Frasera waitress at the Vancouver General Hospital · lives here · suite 2p. 209
Joseph F Morgana student at UBC · lives here · suite 4p. 440

Also at this address

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

West Broadway is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line.

1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory

Streets

WEST BROADWAY

Names

The lines for 1946 West Broadway 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

The City's list of addresses no longer has 1946 West Broadway, so the building is probably gone (inferred); the nearest that still stands is 1915, on the other side of the street, the only one on the block.

The 1900 block in 1940

West Broadway, on the stretch it shares with the 2000 and 2100 blocks, between Cypress and Yew Streets, 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.

West Broadway, the 1900 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 1900 block of West Broadway

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1946 West Broadway, Kitsilano, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The City no longer lists the address.
Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/1946-west-broadway, 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.