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Downtown, Vancouver

369 West Cordova Street

In the 1940 city directory.

In 1940, 369 West Cordova Street is Homer Arcade Apartments, with nine suites and households listed under it. Its name section lists eleven people here: Oscar Fitzgibbon, a salesman; Edward Hoffman, a longshoreman; and nine others.

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11
people the 1940 directory lists here
Address gone
today, by the City's records

In 1940

The street section

  • ten linesHomer Arcade Apartments and its suites and households, each on the page beside

The household

  • Oscar Fitzgibbona salesman · householder · suite 116p. 199
  • Edward Hoffmana longshoreman · householder · suite 109p. 276
  • Math McAllistera cutter for Gordon Campbell · householder · suite 127p. 361
  • Mrs Marie Mechehouseholder · suite 128p. 423
  • Paul Michaelovitcha news agent at the CPR · householder · suite 120p. 427
  • Mrs L Peacehouseholder · suite 125p. 485
  • Frank E Weeksan engineer at the BC Mining Building · householder · suite 110p. 648
  • Peter C Wilsona caretaker at the Homer Arcade Apartments · householder · suite 101p. 667

Also under the Waterston name

  • Waterston (no first name printed)a maid · householder · suite 126p. 643
  • James Wilsona shipper at Ballentine, Vivian & Farr · lives here · suite 101p. 666
  • Jean Wilsonlives here · suite 101p. 666

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

1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory

Streets

WEST CORDOVA

  1. 369Homer Arcade Aptsp. 37
  2. 369101Wilson P Cp. 37
  3. 369109Hoffman Ep. 37
  4. 369110Weeks F Ep. 37
  5. 369116Fitzgibbon Op. 37
  6. 369120Michaelovitch Pp. 37
  7. 369125Peace Mrs Lp. 37
  8. 369126Waterston Mrsp. 37
  9. 369127McAllister Mp. 37
  10. 369128Meche Mrs Mp. 37

Names

  1. Fitzgibbon Oscar slsmn h116, 369 West Cordovap. 199
  2. Hoffman Edw lngshmn h109, 369 West Cordovap. 276
  3. McAllister Math ctr Gordon Campbell h127, 369 West Cordovap. 361
  4. Meche Mrs Marie h128, 369 West Cordovap. 423
  5. Michaelovitch Paul news agt CPR h120, 369 West Cordovap. 427
  6. Peace Mrs L h125, 369 West Cordovap. 485
  7. Weeks Frank E eng BC Mining Bldg h110, 369 West Cordovap. 648
  8. Wilson Peter C caretkr Homer Arcade Apts h101, 369 West Cordovap. 667
  9. Waterston Mrs — maid h126, 369 West Cordovap. 643
  10. Wilson Jas shpr Ballentine, Vivian & Farr r101, 369 West Cordovap. 666
  11. Wilson Jean r101, 369 West Cordovap. 666
The lines for 369 West Cordova Street 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 building today

The City's list of addresses no longer has 369 West Cordova Street, so the building is probably gone (inferred); the nearest that still stands is 326, on the other side of the street, one of four on the block.

The 300 block in 1940

West Cordova Street between Cambie and Homer 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.

West Cordova Street, the 300 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 Cordova Street, block by block

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369 West Cordova Street, Downtown, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The City no longer lists the address.

Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/369-west-cordova, 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.