3303 70 Avenue
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.
4807 44 Ave
Stony Plain, Alberta MLS® #29210474
Courtesy of Rohin Geis/Royal LePage Noralta Real Estate
111 TAYLOR DRIVE
East Luther Grand Valley, Ontario MLS® #29559865
Courtesy of BOB MCHARDY/ROYAL LEPAGE RCR REALTY
6 HIRST AVENUE
Georgina (Keswick South), Ontario MLS® #29560002
Courtesy of JEFFREY WILLIAM BOYLIN/RE/MAX ALL-STARS REALTY INC.
257 CHEROKEE BOULEVARD
Toronto (Pleasant View), Ontario MLS® #29559992
Courtesy of KELLY SHEN/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.
97 VALECREST DRIVE
Toronto (Edenbridge-Humber Valley), Ontario MLS® #29560014
Courtesy of NANCY TAJICK/SUTTON GROUP-ADMIRAL REALTY INC.
584 Brandy Avenue
Greenwood, Nova Scotia MLS® #29560019
Courtesy of Karen Dooks/Exit Realty Town & Country
9 NORTHCREST DRIVE
London North (North B), Ontario MLS® #29560115
Courtesy of CARLA DI PIETRO/SUTTON GROUP - SELECT REALTY
3 GREENWOOD FOREST ROAD
Oro-Medonte, Ontario MLS® #29560139
Courtesy of MARK FARIS/FARIS TEAM REAL ESTATE BROKERAGE
1427 MCCARTHY BOULEVARD
Regina, Saskatchewan MLS® #29560076
Courtesy of John Chung/RE/MAX Crown Real Estate
40 COBHAM CRESCENT
Toronto (Victoria Village), Ontario MLS® #29560108
Courtesy of OLIVIA KASSARDJIAN/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
311 - 5 ROSEHILL AVENUE
Toronto (Rosedale-Moore Park), Ontario MLS® #29560110
Courtesy of STAN NEVOLOVICH/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
62 MACLAUGHLIN Drive
Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia MLS® #29560088
Courtesy of Lynn Kennedy/RE/MAX Park Place Inc. (Port Hawkesbury)
1780 WILLIAM LOTT DRIVE
Oshawa (Taunton), Ontario MLS® #29559846
Courtesy of QUINCY WAI CHI CHAN/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.
410 - 7439 KINGSTON ROAD
Toronto (Rouge), Ontario MLS® #29559961
Courtesy of KAREN MILLAR/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
819 Mary ST W
Thunder Bay, Ontario MLS® #29560329
Courtesy of KATHLEEN LENT/RE/MAX FIRST CHOICE REALTY LTD.
102, 15302 94 Street
Rural Grande Prairie No. 1, County of, Alberta MLS® #29560432
Courtesy of Cord Spero/RE/MAX Grande Prairie
BSMT - 159 ROSS VENNARE CRESCENT
Vaughan (Kleinburg), Ontario MLS® #29560444
Courtesy of ELANGO EESWARAPATHAM/RE/MAX EXPERTS
47 Emily Drive
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island MLS® #29560735
Courtesy of Paramjit Saini/ROYAL LEPAGE PRINCE EDWARD REALTY
41 MINNOCK STREET W
Caledon, Ontario MLS® #29560742
Courtesy of AMRITA NAYUDU/CENTURY 21 PEOPLE'S CHOICE REALTY INC.
15 EILEEN AVENUE
Toronto (Rockcliffe-Smythe), Ontario MLS® #29560747
Courtesy of TIFFAN KANNATHASAN/RE/MAX METROPOLIS REALTY
38 THATCHER DRIVE
Guelph (Kortright East), Ontario MLS® #29560759
Courtesy of ELISABETH MOONEY/REALTY EXECUTIVES PLUS LTD
20 HICKORY HOLLOW
Haldimand (Nanticoke), Ontario MLS® #29560761
Courtesy of CONRAD GUY ZURINI/RE/MAX ESCARPMENT REALTY INC.
34 VALLEO STREET
Georgina (Keswick North), Ontario MLS® #29560728
Courtesy of PEGGY HILL/RE/MAX HALLMARK PEGGY HILL GROUP REALTY
606 - 1285 DUPONT STREET
Toronto (Dovercourt-Wallace Emerson-Junction), Ontario MLS® #29560646
Courtesy of EMMA MACKINNON/BOSLEY REAL ESTATE LTD.
1017 - 68 ABELL STREET
Toronto (Little Portugal), Ontario MLS® #29559896
Courtesy of SALLY HUANG/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.
2707 - 215 FORT YORK BOULEVARD
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29560386
Courtesy of JEN DUMITRESCU/SAGE REAL ESTATE LIMITED
2817 16 Avenue SE
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #29560406
Courtesy of Amie Hautz/Century 21 Bamber Realty LTD.
802 - 1665 VICTORIA PARK AVENUE
Toronto (Wexford-Maryvale), Ontario MLS® #29560418
Courtesy of CLAUDIO CERRITO/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY LTD.
2606 - 763 BAY STREET
Toronto (Bay Street Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29559858
Courtesy of RICK TIAN/HOMELIFE GOLCONDA REALTY INC.
Zehner / Frischholz Acreage
Edenwold Rm No.158, Saskatchewan MLS® #29560754
Courtesy of Corrine Boivin-Englund/RE/MAX Crown Real Estate
648 Murphy Street
Summerside, Prince Edward Island MLS® #29560141
Courtesy of Mike Charbonneau/ROYAL LEPAGE COUNTRY ESTATES 1985 LTD
32422 Range Road 44
Rural Mountain View County, Alberta MLS® #29560196
Courtesy of Thomas R. King/CIR Realty
107 ROSEBOROUGH CRESCENT
Vaughan (Uplands), Ontario MLS® #29560266
Courtesy of SHEILA GERLOCK/ROYAL LEPAGE REAL ESTATE SERVICES LTD.
71842 SUNVIEW Avenue
Dashwood, Ontario MLS® #29560672
Courtesy of Kyle Ward/REVEL Realty Inc., Brokerage
1081 ARGYLE Drive
Oakville, Ontario MLS® #29560785
Courtesy of Alex Irish/RE/MAX Escarpment Realty Inc.
21 HERITAGE DRIVE
Petawawa, Ontario MLS® #29560805
Courtesy of Bart Neville/CENTURY 21 ASPIRE REALTY LTD.
111 ARGENTO CRESCENT
Vaughan (Vellore Village), Ontario MLS® #29560862
Courtesy of ANDREW D'AMICO/RE/MAX EXPERTS
92 PEARSALL PLACE
Oro-Medonte, Ontario MLS® #29560874
Courtesy of NITA MUKHI/ELIXIR REAL ESTATE INC.
1860 BURNHAMTHORPE ROAD E
Mississauga (Applewood), Ontario MLS® #29560886
Courtesy of RUI RAMOS/RE/MAX ULTIMATE REALTY INC.
2918 - 8 NAHANI WAY
Mississauga (Hurontario), Ontario MLS® #29560898
Courtesy of YASH PALSE/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
387 RUSSELL STREET
Southgate, Ontario MLS® #29560925
Courtesy of MAHESAN SUBRAMANIAM/ROYAL LEPAGE IGNITE 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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