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Sunset, Vancouver

The first block

7 addresses, in the 1940 city directory

The first block of East 56th 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. Seven addresses in the 1940 directory; one still has its pre-1946 building. Tap a line to open its house.

East 56th 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)

The first block of East 56th 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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