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Grandview-Woodland, Vancouver

533 Woodland Drive

In the 1940 city directory.

In 1940, 533 Woodland Drive is The Woodland, an apartment building, with eight suites and households listed under it. Its name section lists 14 people here: Clarice E Barker, an operator at the BC Telephone; Lester P Bubar, a logger; and twelve others.

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14
people the 1940 directory lists here
Address gone
today, by the City's records

In 1940

The street section

  • nine linesThe Woodland and its suites and households, each on the page beside

The household

  • Clarice E Barkeran operator at the BC Telephone · householder · suite 15p. 31
  • Lester P Bubara logger · householder · suite 17p. 77
  • Benjamin A Chasea chef · householder · suite 16p. 107
  • Elsie Johnsona packer for W H Malkin · householder · suite 19p. 305
  • Selina N Lenziewidow of A J · householder · suite 12p. 345
  • Antonietta Masiwidow of N · householder · suite 18p. 418
  • James H Shriaberga manufacturers agent · householder · suite 14p. 559
  • Joshua Spiroa rabbi at Schara Tzedeck Syn · householder · suite 11p. 579

Also under the Barker name

  • Russell E Barkera manager at Fascinating Signs · lives here · suite 15p. 31
  • Richard M Chasea salesman · lives here · suite 16p. 107
  • Arthur J Lenziea grinder at Lorenz Bros · lives here · suite 12p. 345
  • Constance L Lenziea secretary at London Grocery · lives here · suite 12p. 345
  • Josephine E Masia sewer at Woodward's · lives here · suite 18p. 418
  • Mario Masia clerk · lives here · suite 18p. 418

Woodland Drive is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line.

1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory

Streets

WOODLAND DRIVE

  1. 533Woodland (The) aptsp. 170
  2. 53311Spiro Jp. 170
  3. 53312Lenzie Mrs S Np. 170
  4. 53314Shriaberg J Hp. 170
  5. 53315Barker Miss C Ep. 170
  6. 53316Chase B Ap. 170
  7. 53317Bubar L Pp. 170
  8. 53318Masi Mrs Ap. 170
  9. 53319Johnson Miss Ep. 170

Names

  1. Barker Clarice E opr BC Tel h15, 533 Woodland Drivep. 31
  2. Bubar Lester P logr h17, 533 Woodland Drivep. 77
  3. Chase Benj A chef h16, 533 Woodland Drivep. 107
  4. Johnson Elsie pkr W H Malkin h19, 533 Woodland Drivep. 305
  5. Lenzie Selina N wid A J h12, 533 Woodland Drivep. 345
  6. Masi Antonietta wid N h18, 533 Woodland Drivep. 418
  7. Shriaberg Jas H mfrs agt 144 Water h14, 533 Woodland Drivep. 559
  8. Spiro Joshua rabbi Schara Tzedeck Syn h11, 533 Woodland Drivep. 579
  9. Barker Russell E mgr Fascinating Signs r15, 533 Woodland Drivep. 31
  10. Chase Richd M slsmn r16, 533 Woodland Drivep. 107
  11. Lenzie Arth J grinder Lorenz Bros r12, 533 Woodland Drivep. 345
  12. Lenzie Constance L sec London Gro r12, 533 Woodland Drivep. 345
  13. Masi Josephine E sewer Woodwards r18, 533 Woodland Drivep. 418
  14. Masi Mario clk r18, 533 Woodland Drivep. 418
The lines for 533 Woodland Drive 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 533 Woodland Drive, so the building is probably gone (inferred); the 500 block of Woodland Drive keeps no building from before 1946; the nearest of its old addresses still on the City's list is 512, with a building from 1961.

The 500 block in 1940

Woodland Drive between East Pender and Frances Streets, Grandview-Woodland: 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.

Woodland Drive, 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)

West side, odd numbers

  1. 533Woodland (The) +8gone

East side, even numbers

  1. 502*Fox A Fgone
  2. 512Conroy Jrebuilt

The 500 block of Woodland Drive

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533 Woodland Drive, Grandview-Woodland, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The City no longer lists the address.

Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/533-woodland-drive, 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.