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750 East Broadway

In the 1940 city directory.

In 1940, 750 East Broadway is Stinson Block, with six suites and households listed under it. Its name section lists six people here: Robert Brideson, a waiter at the Union Steamship Company; Bertram Dickinson, a bookkeeper at S D & W; and four others. It lists two more people here under other surnames too.

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8: people the 1940 directory lists here, two of them named in the book
Still standing: today, by the City's records
1912: the year built, by the City's record

In 1940

The street section

Stinson Blockapartmentsp. 15
W S Porteoussuite 1p. 15
R Bridesonsuite 2p. 15
B Dickinsonsuite 3p. 15
A S Kerrsuite 4p. 15
T Hopesuite 5p. 15
J Newtonsuite 6p. 15

The household

Robert Bridesona waiter at the Union Steamship Company · householder · suite 2p. 65
Bertram Dickinsona bookkeeper at S D & W · householder · suite 3p. 159
Thomas Hopea longshoreman · householder · suite 5p. 281
Albert S Kerrwho worked for the Canadian Government · householder · suite 4p. 320
Joseph Newtona salesman · householder · suite 6p. 458
William S Porteousa police officer at the City of Vancouver · householder · suite 1p. 499

Also at this address

Two more peopleunder other surnames, with each one's work: in the book

East Broadway is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line.

1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory

Streets

EAST BROADWAY

Names

The lines for 750 East Broadway 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

750 East Broadway still has a building from before 1946, as does 755 across the street; the City's assessment record gives 1912 as its year built.

Since 1940

2002–2014Licensed as an apartment house.
2020A building permit for demolition, valued at $50,000 (BP-2020-01241).
2021A building permit for a new building, valued at $3,000,000 (BP-2020-03241).

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 700 block of East Broadway on Goad's 1912 fire insurance map, with 750 marked — The 700 block of East Broadway, between Fraser and Prince Albert Streets, on Goad's fire insurance map of 1912; the map may print the street under an older name. The ring marks 750, placed from the City's address point today (inferred). Georectified by the City of Vancouver (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).

The 700 block in 1940

East Broadway between Fraser and Prince Albert Streets, 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.

East Broadway, the 700 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

The 700 block of East Broadway

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750 East Broadway, Mount Pleasant, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. A building from before 1946 still stands there: the City's record gives 1912 as the year built.
Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/750-east-broadway, 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. The 1912 plate: Goad's Fire Insurance Map, georectified by the City of Vancouver. Something wrong, or a name you'd like removed? Tell us.