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
186 ROSEDALE HEIGHTS DRIVE
Toronto (Rosedale-Moore Park), Ontario MLS® #30272660
Courtesy of LISA-MARIE DOOREY/SOTHEBY'S INTERNATIONAL REALTY CANADA
2502 - 70 TOWN CENTRE COURT
Toronto (Bendale), Ontario MLS® #30272665
Courtesy of GERRARD HE/HC REALTY GROUP INC.
16 PTARMIGAN CRESCENT
Toronto (Parkwoods-Donalda), Ontario MLS® #30272658
Courtesy of PARSA SALIMI/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
489 LEANDER Place
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #30272689
Courtesy of STAN ADAMS/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE 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.
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
38 BOULTBEE AVENUE
Toronto (Blake-Jones), Ontario MLS® #30272666
Courtesy of HARVEY ZUCKERMAN/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY LTD.
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
37 PRINCE STREET
Clarington (Bowmanville), Ontario MLS® #30272700
Courtesy of MIRWAN EID/REALTY ONE GROUP REVEAL
368 GEORGE STREET N
Peterborough (Town Ward 3), Ontario MLS® #30272712
Courtesy of MICHAEL K. POON/CPPI REALTY INC.
23 HARRISON Avenue
Hamilton, Ontario MLS® #30272624
Courtesy of Paulo Antunes/Keller Williams Complete Realty
426A DUNVEGAN Drive
Waterloo, Ontario MLS® #30272636
Courtesy of LINDA CYBALSKI/Royal LePage Wolle Realty
431 GRIFFITH STREET
London South (South K), Ontario MLS® #30272655
Courtesy of MICHAEL PHAM/BLUE FOREST REALTY INC.
102 - 48 SUNCREST BOULEVARD
Markham (Commerce Valley), Ontario MLS® #30272667
Courtesy of ANDY YANG/UNION CAPITAL REALTY
912 - 1135 ROYAL YORK ROAD
Toronto (Edenbridge-Humber Valley), Ontario MLS® #30272679
Courtesy of Sajid Uddin Ahmed/RE/MAX HALLMARK FIRST GROUP REALTY LTD.
120 ALLEGRA DRIVE
Wasaga Beach, Ontario MLS® #30272674
Courtesy of MATT HAIDARI/RE/MAX By The Bay Brokerage
45 TURNBERRY AVENUE
Toronto (Weston-Pellam Park), Ontario MLS® #30272681
Courtesy of MELISSA NGUYEN/SAGE REAL ESTATE LIMITED
33 STONEGATE AVENUE
Mono, Ontario MLS® #30272686
Courtesy of MARK PHIPPS/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.
FRONT - 567 OAKWOOD AVENUE
Toronto (Oakwood Village), Ontario MLS® #30272698
Courtesy of AMY LI/FIRST CLASS REALTY INC.
1443 ELIZABETH STREET
Port Hope, Ontario MLS® #30272693
Courtesy of Adrian Gennuso/Keller Williams Energy Real Estate
2952 ELGIN MILLS ROAD
Markham (Victoria Square), Ontario MLS® #30272706
Courtesy of MINA MAHROO/CENTRAL HOME REALTY INC.
163 WOODSIDE DRIVE
St. Catharines (Glendale/Glenridge), Ontario MLS® #30272713
Courtesy of HELEN HUANG/PROMPTON REAL ESTATE SERVICES CORP.
425 N FRANKLIN Street N Unit# LOWER
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #30272675
Courtesy of Andres Bojaca Zambrano/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.
914 SILVERFOX CRESCENT
London North (North S), Ontario MLS® #30272656
Courtesy of ANITA PIMENTEL/THE REALTY FIRM INC.
UPPER - 567 OAKWOOD AVENUE
Toronto (Oakwood Village), Ontario MLS® #30272663
Courtesy of AMY LI/FIRST CLASS REALTY INC.
9 ELDERWOOD DRIVE
Richmond Hill (Bayview Hill), Ontario MLS® #30272668
Courtesy of SHIRLEY YB XU/RE/MAX IMPERIAL REALTY INC.
37 REMBRANDT DRIVE
Markham (Village Green-South Unionville), Ontario MLS® #30272670
Courtesy of YINAN XIA/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
119 OAK RIDGE DRIVE
Orangeville, Ontario MLS® #30272682
Courtesy of MARK PHIPPS/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.
220 - 68 CANTERBURY PLACE
Toronto (Willowdale West), Ontario MLS® #30272699
Courtesy of BELINDA YU/JDL REALTY INC.
305 GATE STREET
Niagara-on-the-Lake (Town), Ontario MLS® #30272657
Courtesy of Brad Martin/PEAK GROUP REALTY LTD.
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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