The 1940 directory prints “Orientals” at 372 West 4th Avenue instead of names. For many Chinese, Japanese and other residents, the canvassers printed a group label like this instead of their names.
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- Address gone
- today, by the City's records
In 1940
The directory prints “Orientals” here instead of names.
West 4th Avenue is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line.
The house today
The City's list of addresses no longer has 372 West 4th Avenue, so the building is probably gone (inferred); the 300 block of West 4th Avenue keeps no building from before 1946; the nearest of its old addresses still on the City's list is 325, with a building from 1955.
The 300 block in 1940
West 4th Avenue starting at Alberta Street, Mount Pleasant: 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 300 blockas the 1940 directory lists it, door by door, and what stands there today
North side, odd numbers
South side, even numbers
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372 West 4th Avenue, Mount Pleasant, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The City no longer lists the address.
Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/372-west-4th-avenue, from Vancouver's city directories (Vancouver Public Library) and City of Vancouver open data.
The book of 372 West 4th Avenue
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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.