Dunbar-Southlands, Vancouver

2930 West 29th Avenue

In the 1940 city directory.

Harry Clark worked as a city passenger agent at the Great Northern Railway and headed the household at 2930 West 29th Avenue in 1940.

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1
person the 1940 directory lists here
Rebuilt in 2015
today, by the City's records

In 1940

The household

  • Harry Clarka city passenger agent at the Great Northern Railway · householderp. 112

West 29th Avenue is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line.

1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory

Streets

WEST 29TH

  1. 2930Clark Hp. 245

Names

  1. Clark Harry city pass agt GNR h2930 West 29thp. 112
The lines for 2930 West 29th 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.

The house today

The building the 1940 directory knew is gone: the City dates the building at 2930 now to 2015; directly across the street, 2929 still has one from before 1946, one of 14 on the block.

Since 1940

  1. 2015Today's building goes up, by the City's record.

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 2900 block in 1940

West 29th Avenue between Mackenzie and Carnarvon Streets, Dunbar-Southlands: 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.

The 2900 block of West 29th Avenue

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2930 West 29th Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The building there today dates from 2015, by the City's record.

Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/2930-west-29th-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.