In 1940, 2171 East Hastings Street is Grossman Building, with five suites and households listed under it. Its name section lists six people here: Robert Bampton, a laborer; Thomas Carney, a laborer; and four others.
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- 6
- people the 1940 directory lists here
- Address gone
- today, by the City's records
In 1940
The street section
- Grossman Buildingapartmentsp. 75
- A Huttonsuite 1p. 75
- T Carneysuite 2p. 75
- R Bamptonsuite 3p. 75
- Mrs M Laurensonsuite 4p. 75
- M Martinsuite 5p. 75
The household
- Robert Bamptona laborer · householder · suite 3p. 29
- Thomas Carneya laborer · householder · suite 2p. 98
- Archibald Huttona helper at the Burrard Dry Dock · householder · suite 11p. 292
- Margaret Laurensonwidow of J M · householder · suite 4p. 338
- Michael Martina sander · householder · suite 5p. 417
Also under the Laurenson name
- John C Laurensonlives here · suite 4p. 338
East Hastings Street is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line.
1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory
Streets
EAST HASTINGS
- 2171Grossman Bldg aptsp. 75
- 21711Hutton Ap. 75
- 21712Carney Tp. 75
- 21713Bampton Rp. 75
- 21714Laurenson Mrs Mp. 75
- 21715Martin Mp. 75
Names
The building today
The City's list of addresses no longer has 2171 East Hastings Street, so the building is probably gone (inferred); nothing on the 2100 block of East Hastings Street stands from before 1946: three doors along, 2163 has a building from 1988.
The 2100 block in 1940
East Hastings Street between Lakewood and Templeton Drives, 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.
East Hastings Street, the 2100 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
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2171 East Hastings Street, Grandview-Woodland, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The City no longer lists the address.
Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/2171-east-hastings, 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.