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Downtown, Vancouver

333 Carrall Street

In the 1940 city directory.

The 1940 directory lists three suites and households at 333 Carrall Street: New Method Shoemaking.

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person the 1940 directory lists here
Rebuilt in 2021
today, by the City's records

In 1940

The street section

  • Hub Barber Shopsuite 333½p. 27
  • New Method Shoemakingsuite 333½p. 27

Carrall Street is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line.

1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory

Streets

CARRALL

  1. 333Vacantp. 27
  2. 333333½Hub Barber Shopp. 27
  3. 333333½New Method Shoemakingp. 27
The lines for 333 Carrall Street in the 1940 directory, as we read them, with its abbreviations; each opens its page at the Vancouver Public Library.

The building today

The building the 1940 directory knew is gone: the City dates the building at 333 now to 2021; the nearest that still stands is 309, four doors along on the same side.

Since 1940

  1. 1959A major renovation, by BC Assessment's record.
  2. 1999Licensed as a restaurant or café.
  3. 2021A building permit for a new building, valued at $8,000,000 (BP-2018-06589).
  4. 2021Today's building goes up, by the City's record.
  5. 2024Licensed as an apartment house.

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 300 block of Carrall Street on Goad's 1912 fire insurance map, with 333 marked
The 300 block of Carrall Street, on the stretch it shares with the 200 block, between Alexander and East Hastings Streets, on Goad's fire insurance map of 1912; the map may print the street under an older name. The ring marks 333, placed from the City's address point today (inferred). Georectified by the City of Vancouver (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).

The 300 block in 1940

Carrall Street, on the stretch it shares with the 200 block, between Alexander and East Hastings Streets, Downtown: 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.

Carrall Street, the 300 blockas the 1940 directory lists it, door by door, and what stands there today

Carrall Street, block by block

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333 Carrall Street, Downtown, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The building there today dates from 2021, by the City's record.

Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/333-carrall, 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.