9928 81 Avenue
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #29199942
Courtesy of Mark B. Wilbert/CIR Realty
Cabbagetown
Cabbagetown
Preserving Victorian Housing Architechture
Featured Cabbagetown Listings
Featured Cabbagetown Listings
Cabbagetown is home to many artists, musicians, journalists, writers, lawyers, management consultants, and many other professionals.
3303 70 Avenue, Leduc, AB
Leduc, Alberta MLS® #29465687
Courtesy of Michelle A. Plach/HonestDoor Inc
PRO LIQUOR STORE
Vegreville, Alberta MLS® #30006458
Courtesy of Kuljeet Dhaliwal/Royal Lepage Arteam Realty
115 Rosewood BOULEVARD E
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan MLS® #30116325
Courtesy of Jared Boyes Realty Prof. Corp./Boyes Group Realty Inc.
139 Dagnone LANE
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan MLS® #30116159
Courtesy of Timothy Bomboir/Boyes Group Realty Inc.
7 - 863 PARKINSON ROAD N
Woodstock (Woodstock - South), Ontario MLS® #30116185
Courtesy of Cole Shelly/Century 21 Heritage House Ltd Brokerage
2362 RUSSLAND ROAD
Russell, Ontario MLS® #30116173
Courtesy of Angela (Angie) White/PAUL RUSHFORTH REAL ESTATE INC.
18 MCNAB STREET
Strathroy-Caradoc (SE), Ontario MLS® #30116375
Courtesy of CONNOR DALTON/THRIVE REALTY GROUP INC.
1508 - 609 AVENUE ROAD
Toronto (Yonge-St. Clair), Ontario MLS® #30116457
Courtesy of ALEX WU/KELLER WILLIAMS REFERRED URBAN REALTY
923 GLEN STREET
Oshawa (Lakeview), Ontario MLS® #30115459
Courtesy of ADAM FARR/RE/MAX ROUGE RIVER REALTY LTD.
92 SNOWLING DRIVE
Ajax (Northeast Ajax), Ontario MLS® #30115707
Courtesy of NITIN OBEROI/RE/MAX REALTY SERVICES INC.
152 MCDONALD CRESCENT
Clarington (Newcastle), Ontario MLS® #30115973
Courtesy of RAVI SINGH/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY LTD.
64 Copperpond Terrace SE
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #30116868
Courtesy of Shawn Beck/Royal LePage Blue Sky
PH14 - 100 HARRISON GARDEN BOULEVARD
Toronto (Willowdale East), Ontario MLS® #30114646
Courtesy of MAHTA NOURBAKHSH/CENTURY 21 PERCY FULTON LTD.
40 WHISTLE POST STREET
Toronto (East End-Danforth), Ontario MLS® #30115461
Courtesy of PAUL LEE/ROYAL LEPAGE TERREQUITY REALTY
19436 460 Township
Rural Camrose County, Alberta MLS® #30115322
Courtesy of Lisa Rohr/RE/MAX Real Estate (Edmonton) Ltd.
3281 FLANAGAN CRESCENT
Mississauga (Erindale), Ontario MLS® #30114730
Courtesy of PETER KOLISNYK/Engel & Volkers Oakville
70 COURTWRIGHT STREET
Fort Erie (Central), Ontario MLS® #30114728
Courtesy of Kaylee Luo/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
39 KRUG Street Unit# 2
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #30114696
Courtesy of ZORAN KUKIC/Corcoran Horizon Realty
32 COLE Crescent
Brantford, Ontario MLS® #30114627
Courtesy of Alla Sharma/Re/Max Twin City Realty Inc
333 - 215 LAKESHORE ROAD W
Mississauga (Port Credit), Ontario MLS® #30114622
Courtesy of EMILY GUO/REAL ONE REALTY INC.
1105 - 4010 EGLINTON AVENUE W
Toronto (Humber Heights), Ontario MLS® #30114615
Courtesy of LEILA BAGHERI SHAKIBA DAKA/HOUSESIGMA INC.
5301 - 5 BUTTERMILL AVENUE
Vaughan (Vaughan Corporate Centre), Ontario MLS® #30114608
Courtesy of ROBIN LUO/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.
801 - 91 MONTCLAIR AVENUE
Toronto (Forest Hill South), Ontario MLS® #30114588
Courtesy of YIN YAO/RE/MAX IMPERIAL REALTY INC.
#47 2204 118 Street NW
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #30114519
Courtesy of . Tashneet Kaur/Nationwide Realty Corp
UPPER - 53 NATHAN CRESCENT
Barrie (Painswick South), Ontario MLS® #30115086
Courtesy of PEGGY HILL/RE/MAX HALLMARK PEGGY HILL GROUP REALTY
1108 - 292 VERDALE CROSSING
Markham (Unionville), Ontario MLS® #30115079
Courtesy of JOHNSON ZHANG/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.
309 BANTRY AVENUE
Richmond Hill (Langstaff), Ontario MLS® #30115074
Courtesy of JADE ZHENG/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
PH83 - 1 GREYSTONE WALK DRIVE
Toronto (Kennedy Park), Ontario MLS® #30115050
Courtesy of RAY COCHRANE/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY LTD.
2313 - 25 THE ESPLANADE
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #30115036
Courtesy of COLBY BAYNE/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
1118 - 29 QUEENS QUAY E
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #30115031
Courtesy of JOHN PROTACIO/RE/MAX REALTY SPECIALISTS INC.
149 ABBOTT BOULEVARD
Cobourg, Ontario MLS® #30115000
Courtesy of Anita Bongers-Lewis/RE/MAX Jazz INC.
306 OAKWOOD COURT
Newmarket (Huron Heights-Leslie Valley), Ontario MLS® #30114937
Courtesy of KELLY SMITH/SUTTON GROUP - SUMMIT REALTY INC.
46 HICKEY LANE
Kawartha Lakes (Lindsay), Ontario MLS® #30115219
Courtesy of ADAM REINHARD/RE/MAX HALLMARK FIRST GROUP REALTY LTD.
43 MCGREGOR STREET
Stratford, Ontario MLS® #30115221
Courtesy of NICOLE ASHLEY PROKOPOWICZ/CHESTNUT PARK REALTY(SOUTHWESTERN ONTARIO) LTD
1207 - 1070 SHEPPARD AVE W AVENUE
Toronto (York University Heights), Ontario MLS® #30115214
Courtesy of FRANK LIANG/AIMHOME REALTY INC.
3303 - 3515 KARIYA DRIVE
Mississauga (Fairview), Ontario MLS® #30115207
Courtesy of FARIS ZARIFA/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
2100 TAUNTON ROAD
Clarington, Ontario MLS® #30115175
Courtesy of CRISTIAN CESAR VERGARA/SUTTON GROUP-HERITAGE REALTY INC.
2711 - 955 BAY STREET
Toronto (Bay Street Corridor), Ontario MLS® #30115168
Courtesy of JUSTIN MALONEY/HIGHGATE PROPERTY INVESTMENTS BROKERAGE INC.
118 EMERY STREET W
London South (South E), Ontario MLS® #30115144
Courtesy of KENNEDY GUINDON/KELLER WILLIAMS LIFESTYLES
107 COUNTRY CLUB DRIVE
Loyalist (Bath), Ontario MLS® #30115132
Courtesy of LIZ WHITE/SUTTON GROUP-MASTERS REALTY INC., BROKERAGE
Hunter River
Hunter River, Prince Edward Island MLS® #30115113
Courtesy of Heather Moyse/PROVINCIAL REALTY
688 Falkland Rd
Oak Bay, British Columbia MLS® #30115101
Courtesy of Saira Reynolds/Royal LePage Coast Capital - Chatterton
509 - 1169 QUEEN STREET W
Toronto (Little Portugal), Ontario MLS® #30114867
Courtesy of JAMES TASCA/ICI SOURCE REAL ASSET SERVICES INC.
Toronto Cabbagetown Community
Toronto Cabbagetown Community
Cabbagetown is a neighbourhood in central Toronto. It largely features semi-detached Victorian houses and is recognized as "the largest continuous area of preserved Victorian housing in all of North America".
HISTORY
Cabbagetown's history began in the 1840's when thousands of Irish immigrants settled there after fleeing the potato famine in their homeland. To help put food on the table these first Cabbagetown residents grew cabbages on their front lawns, which is how this district came to be known as Cabbagetown.
The area grew up in the 1840s around the Winchester Street Bridge, which before the construction of the Prince Edward Viaduct was the main northern bridge over the Don River. This was near the site where Castle Frank Brook flowed in the Don River. By the bridge the Don Vale Tavern and Fox's Inn were established to cater to travelers. In 1850 the Toronto Necropolis was established in the area as the city's main cemetery.
In the late 19th century the area was absorbed into the city of Toronto. It became home to the working class Irish inhabitants who were employed in the industries along the lake shore to the south in Corktown. Brick Victorian style houses were built throughout the area.
After the war the area became increasingly impoverished. A large number of poorer residents moved in, many resorting to share one house among multiple families. The nineteenth century brick houses began deteriorating, and as landlords saw less value in the neighbourhood, they were not maintained. It became known as one of Toronto's largest slums and much of the original Cabbagetown was razed in the late 1940s to make room for the Regent Park housing project.
The construction of new housing projects was halted in the 1970s. A bylaw was approved in the 1970s to ban any building higher than four storeys, in reaction to the high density high rises being built in neighbouring St. James Town.
Cabbagetown was gentrified by affluent professionals, beginning in the 1970s. Many residents restored small Victorian row houses and became community activists.
Vestiges of a 1960s, counter-culture ambiance remain at vintage clothing stores, health food stores and a gestalt therapy clinic. A Victorian farm, once the site of a zoo, is located adjacent to Riverdale Park West, where a weekly farmer's market is held. A short distance away is the Cabbagetown Youth Centre, home of the Cabbagetown Boxing Club, a reminder of an earlier, and rougher, past.
FESTIVALS
The (Annual) Cabbagetown Festival is held on the second weekend in September each year. Various individual events during the week lead up to the two-day Festival on the weekend. The highlight of the Festival is a parade on Saturday morning, which usually starts at 10:00 a.m.
The first Sunday in May sees the annual Forsythia festival organized by the Cabbagetown Residents Association. The festival includes a parade from Riverdale Park West to Wellesley Park, where games and family entertainment are held.
CABBAGETOWN REAL ESTATE
The neighbourhood is home to many artists, musicians, journalists and writers. Other residents include professors, doctors and social workers, many affiliated with the nearby University of Toronto. Proximity to the financial district and downtown core have also made the area popular with other professionals such as lawyers, management consultants and those in financial services.
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Toronto Neighbourhood Guide
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