John A Robinson, a manager at Service Packing, headed a household at 6510 Lime Street in 1940 that the directory marks as owning it. Its name section lists one more person here: Kathryn E Robinson. It lists one more person here under another surname too.
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- 3
- people the 1940 directory lists here, one of them named in the book
- *
- some member of the family owns the property, to the best of the directory's knowledge, in 1940
- Still standing
- today, by the City's records
- 1927
- the year built, by the City's record
In 1940
The household
- John A Robinsona manager at Service Packing · householderp. 527
Also under the Robinson name
- Kathryn E Robinsonlives herep. 527
Also at this address
- One more personunder another surname, with their work: in the book
Lime Street is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line.
1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory
Streets
LIME
Names
The house today
6510 Lime Street still has a building from before 1946, as does 6518 next door; the City's assessment record gives 1927 as its year built.
The 6500 block in 1940
Lime Street, on the stretch it shares with the 6600 block, between West 49th and West 51st Avenues, Kerrisdale: 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.
Lime Street, the 6500 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
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6510 Lime Street, Kerrisdale, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. A building from before 1946 still stands there: the City's record gives 1927 as the year built.
Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/6510-lime, from Vancouver's city directories (Vancouver Public Library) and City of Vancouver open data.
The book of 6510 Lime 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.