In 1940, 2798 West 4th Avenue is Kitsilano Green Grocery, with one household listed under it. Its name section lists one person here: Matsuichi Seo, proprietor of Kitsilano Green Grocer.
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- person the 1940 directory lists here
- Address gone
- today, by the City's records
In 1940
The street section
The household
- Matsuichi Seoproprietor of Kitsilano Green Grocer · householderp. 552
West 4th Avenue is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line.
1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory
Streets
WEST 4TH
Names
The building today
The City's list of addresses no longer has 2798 West 4th Avenue, so the building is probably gone (inferred); the nearest that still stands is 2740, seven doors along on the same side, one of two left on the block.
The 2700 block in 1940
West 4th Avenue between Stephens and Macdonald 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 4th Avenue, 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)
North side, odd numbers
South side, even numbers
- 2704Deane Tgone
- 2708Bayview Librarygone
- 2712Av Style Shop +1gone
- 2714Creech W Wgone
- 2716Ellwyn W Dgone
- 2718Nishimura Mrs N +1gone
- 2720Dicks Barber Shop +1gone
- 2722Timm Mrs K +1stands
- 2724Rainbow Beauty Salon +1gone
- 2726Trevor Mrs A +1gone
- 2740Essex Block +3stands
- 2742Humphreys Mrs E +1gone
- 2744*Hicks J Tgone
- 2746Lewis A Jgone
- 2766Goloubef Pgone
- 2782vacantgone
- 2784Happy Clnrs +1gone
- 2798Kitsilano Green Gro +1gone
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2798 West 4th Avenue, Kitsilano, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The City no longer lists the address.
Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/2798-west-4th-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.