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
PRO LIQUOR STORE
Vegreville, Alberta MLS® #30006458
Courtesy of Kuljeet Dhaliwal/Royal Lepage Arteam Realty
28 LEMON GRASS Street
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #30063970
Courtesy of YING SUSAN JIANG/Royal LePage Peaceland Realty
4264 MELODY LODGE LANE
Frontenac (Frontenac South), Ontario MLS® #30064269
Courtesy of MATHEW MUNDELL/SUTTON GROUP-MASTERS REALTY INC., BROKERAGE
173 MONTE CARLO DRIVE
Vaughan (Sonoma Heights), Ontario MLS® #30064288
Courtesy of ERIC JENSEN/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.
25 WHISPERING PINE TRAIL
Aurora (Aurora Heights), Ontario MLS® #30064290
Courtesy of JOHNNY GORGANI/HOMELIFE/BAYVIEW REALTY INC.
3 Track Road
Cape Broyle, Newfoundland & Labrador MLS® #30064346
Courtesy of Jeremy Snow/RE/MAX Realty Specialists
3112 - 38 LEE CENTRE DRIVE
Toronto (Woburn), Ontario MLS® #30064377
Courtesy of ELSIE CHEN/CENTURY 21 ATRIA REALTY INC.
1202 WELLINGTON STREET E
Aurora, Ontario MLS® #30064396
Courtesy of LINDSAY RHIANNE STROM/ROYAL LEPAGE RCR REALTY
21 REBECCA Street
Hamilton, Ontario MLS® #30064740
Courtesy of Frank Salvatore/RE/MAX Escarpment Realty Inc.
4 CLOVER COURT
Kawartha Lakes, Ontario MLS® #30064764
Courtesy of PEGGY HILL/RE/MAX HALLMARK PEGGY HILL GROUP REALTY
595 LINCOLN STREET
Welland (Lincoln/Crowland), Ontario MLS® #30064240
Courtesy of Lisa Punch/ROYAL LEPAGE NRC REALTY
1106 - 20 OLIVE AVENUE
Toronto (Willowdale East), Ontario MLS® #30064036
Courtesy of MINNA LU/NU STREAM REALTY (TORONTO) INC.
211 B MELROSE AVENUE
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #30064017
Courtesy of Ian Campbell/COLDWELL BANKER SARAZEN REALTY
253 - 60 PARROTTA DRIVE
Toronto (Humberlea-Pelmo Park), Ontario MLS® #30064055
Courtesy of HAMZA AWAN/REALTY WEALTH GROUP INC.
UNIT A BSMT - 110 ROBINSON ST STREET
Markham (Bullock), Ontario MLS® #30064137
Courtesy of JACK JI/JDL REALTY INC.
3 OSBORNE STREET
Fort Erie (Central), Ontario MLS® #30064238
Courtesy of Jennifer Davis-Van Geemen/RE/MAX NIAGARA REALTY LTD, BROKERAGE
600 PARLIAMENT STREET
Toronto (North St. James Town), Ontario MLS® #30064264
Courtesy of PAUL HUAJIAN LIU/FIRST CLASS REALTY INC.
11 WATER STREET
Lambton Shores (Forest), Ontario MLS® #30064341
Courtesy of HALEY GEDDES/CENTURY 21 FIRST CANADIAN CORP
403 CHURCH STREET
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #30065041
Courtesy of DAI RAN GUO/AIMHOME REALTY INC.
10 Renews Street
St. John's, Newfoundland & Labrador MLS® #30064858
Courtesy of Terri Stack/eXp Realty
165 Bunbury Road
Stratford, Prince Edward Island MLS® #30064884
Courtesy of Gary Power/CENTURY 21 COLONIAL REALTY INC
23 - 261 SKINNER ROAD
Hamilton (Waterdown), Ontario MLS® #30064928
Courtesy of KYRSTEN SHELBY FEERE/Royal LePage Real Estate Associates
1470 Main Road
Eastern Passage, Nova Scotia MLS® #30065015
Courtesy of Shawn Nichols/The Agency Real Estate Brokerage
3208 -3214 PIGRAM LINE
South-West Oxford, Ontario MLS® #30065022
Courtesy of Jen Thomson/Century 21 Heritage House Ltd Brokerage
226 PEACH TREE BOULEVARD
St. Thomas, Ontario MLS® #30065488
Courtesy of AINSLEE TRACEY/ROYAL LEPAGE TRILAND REALTY
2694 COUNTY ROAD 6 E
Douro-Dummer, Ontario MLS® #30065483
Courtesy of Craig Hamilton/RE/MAX HALLMARK EASTERN REALTY
201 - 630 KINGSTON ROAD
Toronto (The Beaches), Ontario MLS® #30066121
Courtesy of SARA ROWSHANBIN/CHESTNUT PARK REAL ESTATE LIMITED
191 MARSI ROAD
Richmond Hill (North Richvale), Ontario MLS® #30066152
Courtesy of CURTIS GODDARD/RE/MAX HALLMARK CHAY REALTY
66 LINDEN LANE
Innisfil, Ontario MLS® #30066157
Courtesy of IGOR VUJOVIC/CENTURY 21 B.J. ROTH REALTY LTD.
63 CONCORD ROAD
Vaughan (Beverley Glen), Ontario MLS® #30066164
Courtesy of JOSH BENOLIEL/PROPERTY.CA INC.
6 Rumbolts Lane
Coley's Point, Bay Roberts, Newfoundland & Labrador MLS® #30066169
Courtesy of Debbie Budden/EXIT Realty Aspire
34 Alice Drive
St. John's, Newfoundland & Labrador MLS® #30066171
Courtesy of Ryan Hopkins/Royal LePage Property Consultants Limited
188 TROY STREET
Mississauga (Mineola), Ontario MLS® #30066176
Courtesy of LAURENCE MONGEAU/EXP REALTY
17 RISDON COURT
Toronto (Eringate-Centennial-West Deane), Ontario MLS® #30066190
Courtesy of ALEX HENRIQUEZ/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
TH 85 - 60 LOU PARSONS WAY DRIVE
Mississauga (Port Credit), Ontario MLS® #30066183
Courtesy of BRANDON MATTHEW HORN/SOTHEBY'S INTERNATIONAL REALTY CANADA
9 LYLE WAY
Brampton (Northwest Brampton), Ontario MLS® #30066195
Courtesy of SANJAY KUMAR BHAYANA/WORLD CLASS REALTY POINT
39 - 530 SPEERS ROAD
Oakville (QE Queen Elizabeth), Ontario MLS® #30066203
Courtesy of KEN DHADIAL/RE/MAX REALTY SERVICES INC.
1503 - 135 JAMES STREET S
Hamilton (Corktown), Ontario MLS® #30066210
Courtesy of JOEY ZURINI/RE/MAX ESCARPMENT REALTY INC.
633 BIRCH STREET
Petawawa, Ontario MLS® #30066215
Courtesy of NIL CHINOY/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.
125 GAILMONT Drive Unit# 3
Hamilton, Ontario MLS® #30066227
Courtesy of Kamal Cheema/CENTURY 21 RIGHT TIME REAL ESTATE INC.
20441 Trans Canada Highway|Rte 1
Crapaud, Prince Edward Island MLS® #30066234
Courtesy of Lyla Li/CENTURY 21 COLONIAL REALTY INC
29 1751 Northgate Rd
Cobble Hill, British Columbia MLS® #30066239
Courtesy of Michael Beaveridge/RE/MAX Island Properties (DU)
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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