Katsuzo Kawaguchi is the householder at 512 Alexander Street in 1940; the directory prints no work beside the name. Its name section lists two more people here: Sachiko Kawaguchi and Shizue Kawaguchi.
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- people the 1940 directory lists here
- Address gone
- today, by the City's records
In 1940
Alexander Street is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line.
1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory
Streets
ALEXANDER
Names
The house today
The City's list of addresses no longer has 512 Alexander Street, so the building is probably gone (inferred); next door, 514 still has its building from before 1946, one of four on the block. A permit to build apartment/rooms (the register's number: “512 or 504”) was taken out in April 1913 by L Gray: builder R Grant, architect Wilson & Wilson, $17,300.
The 500 block in 1940
Alexander Street between Jackson and Princess Avenues, Strathcona: 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.
Alexander Street, the 500 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
No north-side addresses in the 1940 directory.
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512 Alexander Street, Strathcona, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The City no longer lists the address.
Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/512-alexander, 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. Building permit: Heritage Vancouver Society's transcription of the City's permit registers, 1901–1930 (Historical Vancouver Building Permits; search it for this address). Something wrong, or a name you'd like removed? Tell us.