In 1940, 515 West Pender Street is Temple Rooms, with one household listed under it. Its name section lists one person here: Ted Kreutz, proprietor of the Temple Rooms. It lists 22 more people here under other surnames too.
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- 23
- people the 1940 directory lists here, 22 of them named in the book
- Rebuilt in 1996
- today, by the City's records
In 1940
The street section
The household
- Ted Kreutzproprietor of the Temple Rooms · householderp. 331
Also at this address
- 22 more peopleunder other surnames, with each one's work: in the book
West Pender Street is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line.
1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory
Streets
WEST PENDER
Names
The building today
The building the 1940 directory knew is gone: the City dates the building at 515 now to 1996; the nearest that still stands is 534, on the other side of the street, the only one on the block.
Since 1940
- 1996Today'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 500 block in 1940
West Pender Street between Richards and Seymour 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 Pender 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
South side, even numbers
- 500Mori Sgone
- 504Lamona Rooms +1gone
- 506Ontario Barber Shopgone
- 510Donovan G L & Sonsgone
- 514Modern Heating Servgone
- 516Ford's Caferebuilt
- 520Pender Shoe Renewgone
- 522Pender Bldg +4gone
- 524Harvey & Gorriegone
- 528Pender Tobacco Shop +1gone
- 532Art Engrav Cogone
- 534Typewriter Service +1stands
- 538Alm E Agone
- 540B C Mills Tug & Barge +6gone
- 590*Toronto Genl Trustgone
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515 West Pender Street, Downtown, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The building there today dates from 1996, by the City's record.
Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/515-west-pender, from Vancouver's city directories (Vancouver Public Library) and City of Vancouver open data.
The book of 515 West Pender Street
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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.