In 1940, 2735 Granville Street is Brown Derby Sandwich Shop.
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- Rebuilt in 1951
- today, by the City's records
In 1940
The street section
- Brown Derby Sandwich Shopp. 68
Granville Street is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line.
The building today
The building the 1940 directory knew is gone: the City dates the building at 2735 now to 1951; two doors along, 2739 still has one from before 1946, one of nine on the block.
Since 1940
- 1951Today's building goes up, by the City's record.
- 2005A major renovation, by BC Assessment's record.
- 2018A building permit for alterations, valued at $3,125,000 (DB-2017-05705).
- 2019A building permit for alterations, valued at $900,000 (BP-2019-02801).
- 2026A building permit for alterations, valued at $160,000 (BP-2026-02688).
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 2700 block in 1940
Granville Street between West 11th and West 12th Avenues, Fairview: 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.
Granville Street, the 2700 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
- 2705Granville Fruit-Teriastands
- 2707Safeway Storesgone
- 2715Van Bldg Exhibitstands
- 2719Lake A Agone
- 2721Shaughnessy Hdw & Sporting Goodsrebuilt
- 2723Sunon Marketrebuilt
- 2731Champion Shoe Repair +1gone
- 2733MacKinnon Mrs Fgone
- 2735Brown Derby Sandwich Shoprebuilt
- 2737Sterling Food Mktgone
- 2739Alexandra Lodge +2stands
- 2741Patisserie Parisiennegone
- 2793Lingerie Shopgone
- 2795Polly Flinders Children's Weargone
- 2799Bank of Torontostands
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2735 Granville Street, Fairview, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The building there today dates from 1951, by the City's record.
Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/2735-granville, 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.