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
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
2505 - 203 COLLEGE STREET
Toronto (Kensington-Chinatown), Ontario MLS® #30176898
Courtesy of HYMAN ZHANG/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.
115 COUNTRYSIDE (MAIN ONLY) CRESCENT
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #30176920
Courtesy of OMAR AL-SHAREEDA/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
2006 - 60 BYNG AVENUE
Toronto (Willowdale East), Ontario MLS® #30176937
Courtesy of MANDY GAO/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
1411 - 4010 EGLINTON AVENUE W
Toronto (Humber Heights), Ontario MLS® #30176951
Courtesy of MAHMUD NAQVI/ROYAL LEPAGE VISION REALTY
100 CENTRE STREET N
Brampton (Brampton North), Ontario MLS® #30176918
Courtesy of JAIDEV GAIND/EXECUTIVE REAL ESTATE SERVICES LTD.
4103 - 80 JOHN STREET
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #30176932
Courtesy of KORINA WANG/RE/MAX CROSSROADS REALTY INC.
57 MERRYGALE CRESCENT
Toronto (Eringate-Centennial-West Deane), Ontario MLS® #30176949
Courtesy of NICK ALLA/RE/MAX PROFESSIONALS INC.
115 COUNTRYSIDE Crescent
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #30176851
Courtesy of Omar Al-Shareeda/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY BROKERAGE
112 12633 72 AVENUE
Surrey, British Columbia MLS® #30176781
Courtesy of Aman Chandok/Team 3000 Realty Ltd.
672 LINE 3 LINE
Elizabethtown-Kitley, Ontario MLS® #30176894
Courtesy of Kevin Cosgrove/REAL BROKER ONTARIO LTD.
12 LANCASTER COURT
Georgina (Keswick South), Ontario MLS® #30176907
Courtesy of DREW MACMARTIN/KELLER WILLIAMS REALTY CENTRES
802 - 50 BRIAN HARRISON WAY
Toronto (Bendale), Ontario MLS® #30176938
Courtesy of BRIAN ZHANG/EXP REALTY
1205 STREAMBANK DRIVE
Mississauga (Lorne Park), Ontario MLS® #30176952
Courtesy of PHOEBE LI/RE/MAX EXCEL REALTY LTD.
308 PARKVALE Drive
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #30176883
Courtesy of Elaine Bauer/Real Broker Ontario Ltd.
110 BOWMAN AVENUE
Whitby (Blue Grass Meadows), Ontario MLS® #30176888
Courtesy of Carole McIntyre/The Nook Realty Inc.
31 - 27 CONEFLOWER CRESCENT
Toronto (Westminster-Branson), Ontario MLS® #30176895
Courtesy of MARC ROSATI/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
212 HALLETT AVENUE
Whitby (Lynde Creek), Ontario MLS® #30176903
Courtesy of MICHELLE BROWNE/HOUSESIGMA INC.
12 - 70 BAYNES WAY
Bradford West Gwillimbury (Bradford), Ontario MLS® #30176910
Courtesy of AINSLEE ASPER/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
146 WILLET TERRACE
Milton (HA Harrison), Ontario MLS® #30176953
Courtesy of ADEEL AHMAD/ROYAL LEPAGE CERTIFIED REALTY
2307 LAWRENCE AVENUE W
Toronto (Humber Heights), Ontario MLS® #30176915
Courtesy of ERIC MATTEI/ROYAL LEPAGE TERREQUITY REALTY
88 TABITHA CRESCENT
North Dundas, Ontario MLS® #30176927
Courtesy of Lise Buma/COLDWELL BANKER COBURN REALTY
1915 - 75 QUEENS WHARF ROAD
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #30176934
Courtesy of SERENA WU/RE/MAX EXCEL REALTY LTD.
910 - 3429 SHEPPARD AVENUE E
Toronto (Tam O'Shanter-Sullivan), Ontario MLS® #30176939
Courtesy of PHOEBE LI/RE/MAX EXCEL REALTY LTD.
37 MYNDEN WAY
Newmarket (Woodland Hill), Ontario MLS® #30176941
Courtesy of WILSON CHEN/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
24 MOUNT PLEASANT AVENUE
London North (North N), Ontario MLS® #30176891
Courtesy of LINDSAY REID/ROYAL LEPAGE TRILAND REALTY
3209 - 11 BOGERT AVENUE
Toronto (Lansing-Westgate), Ontario MLS® #30176896
Courtesy of TONY LI/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
202 BELEY STREET
Brockville, Ontario MLS® #30176930
Courtesy of Debra Lynn Currier/ROYAL LEPAGE PROALLIANCE REALTY
401 6798 WESTGATE AVENUE
Prince George, British Columbia MLS® #30176923
Courtesy of Melanie Lupul/Royal LePage Aspire Realty
402 - 22 SHALLMAR BOULEVARD
Toronto (Forest Hill North), Ontario MLS® #30176935
Courtesy of EILY LIANG-BARTFAI/LPT REALTY
6013 - 3883 QUARTZ ROAD
Mississauga (City Centre), Ontario MLS® #30176954
Courtesy of SHIRLEY HUANG/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
4118 - 85 WOOD STREET
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #30176900
Courtesy of WENTAN ZHAO/MASTER'S TRUST REALTY INC.
84 NATHALIE STREET
Clarence-Rockland, Ontario MLS® #30176929
Courtesy of Fady Khudair/SUTTON GROUP - OTTAWA REALTY
SUITE A MAIN FLOOR - 3 PEMBROKE ST STREET
Toronto (Moss Park), Ontario MLS® #30176931
Courtesy of JACK JI/JDL REALTY INC.
LOWER - 20 MAUREEN DRIVE N
Toronto (Bayview Village), Ontario MLS® #30176936
Courtesy of BRIAN ZHANG/EXP REALTY
259 O'DONOGHUE UNIT1 AVENUE
Oakville (CP College Park), Ontario MLS® #30176948
Courtesy of BRIAN ZHANG/EXP REALTY
259 O'DONOGHUE UNIT2 AVENUE
Oakville (CP College Park), Ontario MLS® #30176950
Courtesy of BRIAN ZHANG/EXP REALTY
1840 MARCONI BOULEVARD
London East (East I), Ontario MLS® #30176892
Courtesy of LINDSAY REID/ROYAL LEPAGE TRILAND 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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