3303 70 Avenue, Leduc, AB
Leduc, Alberta MLS® #29465687
Courtesy of Michelle A. Plach/HonestDoor Inc
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.
201 9626 148 STREET
Surrey, British Columbia MLS® #30443211
Courtesy of Sang-Do Han/Team 3000 Realty Ltd.
73 CARMICHAEL DRIVE
North Bay (Airport), Ontario MLS® #30443634
Courtesy of JARROD PANDOLFO/Royal LePage Northern Life Realty, Brokerage
MAIN - 639 HORTOP STREET
Oshawa (O'Neill), Ontario MLS® #30442794
Courtesy of Anna Camposeo/RE/MAX Jazz INC.
94 DONALD BELL Drive
Hamilton, Ontario MLS® #30443038
Courtesy of Nardine Shehadeh/Royal LePage Burloak Real Estate Services
471 ANTHONY DRIVE
Oakville (OO Old Oakville), Ontario MLS® #30443627
Courtesy of PETER HE/Re/Max Hallmark Realty Ltd.
455 BELL Road
Binbrook, Ontario MLS® #30443944
Courtesy of Todd William Barker/Coldwell Banker-Burnhill Realty
46 REYNIER DRIVE
Brampton (Heart Lake East), Ontario MLS® #30443557
Courtesy of AMY FLOWERS/ROYAL LEPAGE MEADOWTOWNE REALTY
24 - 2484 POST ROAD
Oakville (RO River Oaks), Ontario MLS® #30443677
Courtesy of LEE LI/CENTURY 21 LANDUNION REALTY INC.
156 WILLIAM STREET
Belleville (Belleville Ward), Ontario MLS® #30444562
Courtesy of Patricia Guernsey/Royal LePage ProAlliance Realty
550 COCKSHUTT Road
Oakland, Ontario MLS® #30442681
Courtesy of Joanne Acri/Re/Max Twin City Realty Inc
225 - 11 RUTTAN STREET
Toronto (Dufferin Grove), Ontario MLS® #30443797
Courtesy of TOM CLARKE STOREY/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
436 BALMY BEACH ROAD
Georgian Bluffs, Ontario MLS® #30443792
Courtesy of SHANNON DECKERS/RE/MAX Grey Bruce Realty Inc.
4 - 819 KLEINBURG DRIVE
London North (North A), Ontario MLS® #30443610
Courtesy of RANDY GOELA/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
905 - 1 YORKVILLE AVENUE
Toronto (Annex), Ontario MLS® #30443817
Courtesy of TYLER COHEN/RE/MAX REALTRON BARRY COHEN HOMES INC.
C3-C4 - 333 ALBERT STREET
Waterloo, Ontario MLS® #30444264
Courtesy of KHALED KHALIL/Century 21 Heritage House Ltd.
1613 MANON STREET
Clarence-Rockland, Ontario MLS® #30444079
Courtesy of Eric Longpre/RE/MAX ABSOLUTE REALTY INC.
584 Summit Ridge Road
Vaughan, Nova Scotia MLS® #30444404
Courtesy of Jodi Daniels/Royal LePage Atlantic - Valley(Windsor)
35 SHERMAN AVENUE N
Hamilton (Gibson), Ontario MLS® #30443576
Courtesy of NAIMA COTHRAN/ROYAL LEPAGE STATE REALTY
222 - 230 QUEENS QUAY W
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #30442833
Courtesy of PERSIA ATYABI/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
919 - 55 EAST LIBERTY STREET
Toronto (Niagara), Ontario MLS® #30442996
Courtesy of HELIO DOMINGOS/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
17 TOTTEN STREET
Zorra (Embro), Ontario MLS® #30443401
Courtesy of ANTHONY TRAN/UNION CAPITAL REALTY
17 FAIRWAY COURT
Oro-Medonte (Horseshoe Valley), Ontario MLS® #30443367
Courtesy of MATTHEW PETROVICH/KELLER WILLIAMS EXPERIENCE REALTY
2109 - 85 MCMAHON DRIVE
Toronto (Bayview Village), Ontario MLS® #30444137
Courtesy of STEVEN CAO/GOLDENWAY REAL ESTATE LTD.
30 HUGO Crescent Unit# 306
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #30443432
Courtesy of MELANIE CHRISTINA VANDERZAND/Real Broker Ontario Ltd.
292 Wilson ST
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario MLS® #30443425
Courtesy of Cassandra VanBoerdonk/EXP Realty Brokerage
11 GREENTRAIL Drive
Glanbrook, Ontario MLS® #30443343
Courtesy of Elaine Woodley/Coldwell Banker-Burnhill Realty
132 ESTATE GARDEN DRIVE
Richmond Hill (Oak Ridges), Ontario MLS® #30443519
Courtesy of HARRY SIU/ANJIA REALTY
1588 Ellis Street Unit# 1809
Kelowna, British Columbia MLS® #30443603
Courtesy of Blake Roberts/eXp Realty (Kelowna)
4984 TERWILLEGAR CM NW
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #30443653
Courtesy of Sohil Lakhani/Century 21 Quantum Realty
64 GLENGOWAN ROAD
Toronto (Lawrence Park South), Ontario MLS® #30443646
Courtesy of CHERI DORSEY MCCANN/MCCANN REALTY GROUP LTD.
BSMT - 16 BOBCAT TERRACE
Toronto (Rouge), Ontario MLS® #30443658
Courtesy of AMAL MAHENDRAN/THE AGENCY
49 SHORE CRESCENT
Georgina (Historic Lakeshore Communities), Ontario MLS® #30443665
Courtesy of MELANIE WARD/CENTURY 21 HERITAGE GROUP LTD.
35 35 Cedar Drive
Stellarton, Nova Scotia MLS® #30443766
Courtesy of Raylene Garby/Royal LePage Atlantic(Stellarton)
121 Vermilion Avenue
Princeton, British Columbia MLS® #30443780
Courtesy of Stacey Roberts/Canada Flex Realty Group
S344 - 35 ROLLING MILLS ROAD
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #30443812
Courtesy of EMMY RUAN/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.
1 SNOWCREST AVENUE
Toronto (Bayview Woods-Steeles), Ontario MLS® #30443824
Courtesy of DOREEN MIN/ROYAL LEPAGE TERREQUITY REALTY
88 WILSON Street E
Ancaster, Ontario MLS® #30442732
Courtesy of Matthew Adeh/RE/MAX Escarpment Realty Inc.
105 MAIN Street Unit# E
Delhi, Ontario MLS® #30442744
Courtesy of Mason Adcock/RE/MAX Erie Shores Realty Inc. Brokerage
754 CHURCH ROAD
Stone Mills (Stone Mills), Ontario MLS® #30442799
Courtesy of ADAM RAYNER/SUTTON GROUP-MASTERS REALTY INC., BROKERAGE
109 MCMASTER DRIVE E
London South (South M), Ontario MLS® #30442802
Courtesy of TRUDY BUSTARD/OLIVER & ASSOCIATES TRUDY & IAN BUSTARD REAL ESTATE
461 CLEVELAND AVENUE
London South (South J), Ontario MLS® #30443088
Courtesy of HANNA STADLER/SUTTON GROUP - SELECT REALTY 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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