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.
6002 49th Ave
Bonnyville Town, Alberta MLS® #30143807
Courtesy of Vince J. Kelly/RE/MAX Bonnyville Realty
#202 205 Jennifer Heilway
Spruce Grove, Alberta MLS® #30167519
Courtesy of Rakesh Chadha/Logic Realty
30 NORTHHAVEN Road
Welland, Ontario MLS® #30272622
Courtesy of Paulo Antunes/Keller Williams Complete Realty
2502 - 70 TOWN CENTRE COURT
Toronto (Bendale), Ontario MLS® #30272665
Courtesy of GERRARD HE/HC REALTY GROUP INC.
18 COTTAGE PARK ROAD
Saugeen Shores, Ontario MLS® #30272709
Courtesy of SUSAN TERRY/RE/MAX Land Exchange Ltd.
675B PETROLIA ROAD
Toronto (York University Heights), Ontario MLS® #30272711
Courtesy of BOBBY GAN/FIRST CLASS REALTY INC.
489 LEANDER PLACE
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #30272716
Courtesy of STAN ADAMS/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.
402 - 510 KING STREET E
Toronto (Moss Park), Ontario MLS® #30272975
Courtesy of ROBERT SPINDLER/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY LTD.
330 MARGARET Avenue
Stoney Creek, Ontario MLS® #30273012
Courtesy of Chris Pruc/Keller Williams Edge Realty
1108 QUEENSTON Road
Cambridge, Ontario MLS® #30273613
Courtesy of PATRICK KOZIEROWSKI/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC., BROKERAGE
16 MAPLE Street
Drayton, Ontario MLS® #30273606
Courtesy of John Zwart/Home and Property Real Estate Ltd.
121 STANLEY ROAD
Kawartha Lakes (Carden), Ontario MLS® #30273288
Courtesy of MARK FARIS/FARIS TEAM REAL ESTATE BROKERAGE
4 ALGOMA CRESCENT
Hamilton (Buchanan), Ontario MLS® #30272850
Courtesy of JULIA SZEMPLINSKI/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
176 FIRST AVENUE
Greater Napanee (Greater Napanee), Ontario MLS® #30272963
Courtesy of CHARLOTTE RATTE/EXIT REALTY ACCELERATION REAL ESTATE, BROKERAGE
126734 SOUTHGATE RD 12 ROAD
Southgate, Ontario MLS® #30273290
Courtesy of KELLY DARBYSHIRE/ROYAL LEPAGE FIRST CONTACT REALTY
1150 K AVENUE S
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan MLS® #30273334
Courtesy of Charmaine Morris/Coldwell Banker Signature
201 Britain Shore Road
Brackley Beach, Prince Edward Island MLS® #30273303
Courtesy of Leigh Jenkins/CENTURY 21 COLONIAL REALTY INC
489 LEANDER Place
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #30272689
Courtesy of STAN ADAMS/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.
16 PTARMIGAN CRESCENT
Toronto (Parkwoods-Donalda), Ontario MLS® #30272658
Courtesy of PARSA SALIMI/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
60 GINSENG TERRACE
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #30273050
Courtesy of Nick J. Kyte/COLDWELL BANKER FIRST OTTAWA REALTY
2233 LOZENBY STREET
Innisfil, Ontario MLS® #30273517
Courtesy of CHERYL FERGUSON/CENTURY 21 B.J. ROTH REALTY LTD.
501 - 380 MACPHERSON AVENUE
Toronto (Casa Loma), Ontario MLS® #30273435
Courtesy of JULIE ANNE SLANEY/REMAX YOUR COMMUNITY REALTY
25 MC CALL Street
Simcoe, Ontario MLS® #30273308
Courtesy of Robyn Kichler/RE/MAX Erie Shores Realty Inc. Brokerage
408, 338 Seton Circle SE
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #30272881
Courtesy of Serghei Cicala/Century 21 Masters
33 MCDONALD DRIVE
Aurora (Aurora Heights), Ontario MLS® #30273233
Courtesy of MICHELLE TIMOSKI-D'AMICO/REMAX YOUR COMMUNITY REALTY
12044 Shore Road E
Cottage Cove, Nova Scotia MLS® #30274116
Courtesy of Adam Smith/Exit Realty Town & Country
57 Emily Drive
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island MLS® #30274111
Courtesy of Robbie Sehgal/RE/MAX CHARLOTTETOWN REALTY
255 WEIR STREET N
Hamilton (Homeside), Ontario MLS® #30274104
Courtesy of KELSI CUMBERLAND/RE/MAX ESCARPMENT REALTY INC.
1108 QUEENSTON ROAD
Cambridge, Ontario MLS® #30274096
Courtesy of KAYLA DANIELLE KOZIEROWSKI/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.
29 MCDONALD Street W
Listowel, Ontario MLS® #30274084
Courtesy of Ellen Bakker/KELLER WILLIAMS INNOVATION REALTY
153 BALSAM Drive
Oakville, Ontario MLS® #30273310
Courtesy of Brad Miller/Century 21 Miller Real Estate Ltd.
186 ROSEDALE HEIGHTS DRIVE
Toronto (Rosedale-Moore Park), Ontario MLS® #30272660
Courtesy of LISA-MARIE DOOREY/SOTHEBY'S INTERNATIONAL REALTY CANADA
6 REDBERRY PARKWAY
Toronto (Maple Leaf), Ontario MLS® #30274077
Courtesy of TONI MARTINS/RE/MAX ULTIMATE REALTY INC.
4311 MANN Street Unit# 54
Niagara Falls, Ontario MLS® #30272623
Courtesy of Paulo Antunes/Keller Williams Complete Realty
BSMT - 210 SHAW STREET
Toronto (Trinity-Bellwoods), Ontario MLS® #30272659
Courtesy of NGOC-LAN TRUONG/Avenue Group Realty Inc.
703 - 70 ALEXANDER STREET
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #30272661
Courtesy of CHARLIE JOHNSON LAI/ROYAL LEPAGE PEACELAND REALTY
1306 - 360 SQUARE ONE DRIVE
Mississauga (City Centre), Ontario MLS® #30272685
Courtesy of JOE TU/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
LPH18 - 9015 LESLIE STREET
Richmond Hill (Beaver Creek Business Park), Ontario MLS® #30272705
Courtesy of WING-YIN MICHELLE LI/POWER 7 REALTY
55 BRISCOE STREET W
London South (South E), Ontario MLS® #30272654
Courtesy of SEBASTIAN PEDREROS-ROUSSY/INITIA REAL ESTATE (ONTARIO) LTD
44 MONACO COURT
Brampton (Fletcher's Meadow), Ontario MLS® #30272678
Courtesy of DEV UPADHYAY/CENTURY 21 PEOPLE'S CHOICE REALTY INC.
22 PARTRIDGE STREET
Kitimat, British Columbia MLS® #30272692
Courtesy of Annelise Miller/Century 21 Northwest Realty Ltd.
# 916 - 98 LILLIAN STREET
Toronto (Mount Pleasant West), Ontario MLS® #30272697
Courtesy of NIKI TEIMOURI/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
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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