1974 Georgia Street

1900 block Georgia Street, about 1909; detail from Man in scull on south side of Coal Harbour; Vancouver City Archives; CVA 7-267; https://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/man-in-scull-on-south-side-of-coal-harbour.

 

I updated the page on 1974 Georgia Street. It was one of four similar houses on the south side of Georgia Street, near the intersection with Chilco Street.

From 1909 to 1982, the Stuart Building was on this property.

 

Stuart Building – City of Vancouver Archives – CVA 447-85 – [Stuart] Bldg. [near Stanley] Park Entrance [Georgia and Chilco Streets], December 1, 1973; http://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/stuart-bldg-near-stanley-park-entrance-georgia-and-chilco-streets.

I added a reference to the death of Stanley Ho, the wealthy casino operator from Macau who bought the property in 1974.

In 1982, Mr. Ho demolished the Stuart Building. A new structure appeared on the site in 1995.

 

Southeast corner of Georgia Street and Chilco Street; Google Streets; searched January 10, 2020; image dated December 2009.

 

Stanley Ho died on May 26, 2020.

 

2095 Beach Avenue

Compton Lodge, 2095 Beach Avenue, probably 1928; Vancouver Public Library; VPL Accession Number 30118; https://www3.vpl.ca/spePhotos/LeonardFrankCollection/02DisplayJPGs/412/30118.jpg.

 

I updated the page on Compton Lodge, which was at 2095 Beach Avenue, on the north side of Beach Avenue, just east of the boundary of Stanley Park.

I added illustrations and information on earlier uses of the property, along with brief biographical information on the developer, Joseph Pollard Hodgson.

1901 Pendrell Street

1901 Pendrell Street – Detail from City of Vancouver Archives – CVA 371-723 – [Houses on the north side of the 1900 Block of Pendrell Street]; http://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/houses-on-north-side-of-1900-block-of-pendrell-street;rad.

 

I updated the page on 1901 Pendrell Street (Gilford Court).

I added illustrations and information on the construction and early history of the building.

 

1925 Pendrell Street, 1915 Pendrell Street and 1901 Pendrell Street; detail from Denman Street to Comox Street to Stanley Park boundary to English Bay; Vancouver City Archives; Reference code – 1972-582-38 – Plate 63; https://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/plate-63-denman-street-to-comox-street-to-stanley-park-boundary-to-english-bay.

 

1184 Denman Street

Simpson Block, about 1920, detail from View of English Bay Beach and bathhouses from the pier, Vancouver City Archives, CVA 1504-2; http://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/view-of-english-bay-beach-and-bathhouses-from-pier.

 

I updated the page on 1184 Denman Street, which was a commercial space on the ground floor of the Simpson Block.

I added information on the early occupants, along with selected illustrations and information on the later uses of the property.

1150 Denman Street

Southeast corner of Denman Street and Pendrell Street; detail from The West End looking up Pendrell Street, Vancouver, B.C. [postcard]; Valentine and Sons Publishing Company.

 

I added a new page on 1150 Denman Street, which is on the southeast corner of Denman Street and Pendrell Street.

It appears that the lot was vacant until the early 1950s.

Since then it has been an apartment hotel and then a regular hotel.

 

Kamlo Motor Hotel and Coffee Shop, 1959, Kamlo Apartment Motor Hotel, 1150 Denman Street, Vancouver, BC. Telephone TAtlow 7474; https://www.flickr.com/photos/45379817@N08/7513320968. (1120 Denman Street is at left rear).

980 Denman Street

Vancouver Daily World, July 16, 1910, page 25, columns 5-7.

 

I updated the page on 980 Denman Street. It is a two-storey brick building, sometimes called Denman Court. It is near the northeast corner of Denman Street and Nelson Street.

I added illustrations and information on the later uses of the property.

 

980 Denman Street; 986 Denman Street; 990 Denman Street; 994 Denman Street; 996 Denman Street; 998 Denman Street; detail from Goad’s Atlas of Vancouver Vol. 1; 1913-1920; Chas. E. Goad Company; Plate 55; Vancouver City Archives; Item : 1972-582.30; [Cardero Street to Haro Street to Denman Street to Comox Street]; https://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/plate-55-cardero-street-to-haro-street-to-denman-street-to-comox-street.

 

980 Denman Street, Google Streets; searched August 10, 2019; image dated April 2009.

1899 Beach Avenue

Sylvia Grocery, detail from Sylvia Court, English Bay, about 1932 [sic]; Vancouver City Archives; CVA 99-2632; https://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/sylvia-court-english-bay.

I updated the page on 1899 Beach Avenue. This was the address for the Sylvia Grocery, which was on the ground floor of the Sylvia Court Apartments (later called the Sylvia Hotel).

I added illustrations and information on the later uses of the property.

 

Sylvia Court apartments; 1913; detail from Denman Street to Comox Street to Stanley Park boundary to English Bay; Reference code – 1972-582-38 – Plate 63; https://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/plate-63-denman-street-to-comox-street-to-stanley-park-boundary-to-english-bay.