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Sunset, Vancouver

The first block

2 addresses, in the 1940 city directory

The first block of East 55th Avenue in Sunset, door by door, as the 1940 city directory lists it, with what stands at each address today.

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Between Ontario and Quebec Streets. Two addresses in the 1940 directory; neither of them still has its pre-1946 building. Tap a line to open its house.

East 55th Avenue, the first 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.

The first block of East 55th Avenue on Goad's 1912 fire insurance map
The first block on Goad's fire insurance map, 1912; the map may print the street under an older name (georectified by the City of Vancouver, Open Government Licence – Vancouver).

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