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.
222 Gathercole CRESCENT
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan MLS® #30411523
Courtesy of Heather Fritz/Boyes Group Realty Inc.
3131 RIVER ROAD
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #30411561
Courtesy of Stephanie McLeod/ROYAL LEPAGE INTEGRITY REALTY
87 Couture Crescent SW
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #30411592
Courtesy of Pammi Brar/RE/MAX Real Estate (Mountain View)
149 Park Street
Kamloops, British Columbia MLS® #30411597
Courtesy of Brendan Shaw/Brendan Shaw Real Estate Ltd.
2073 HAWLEY ROAD
Severn (Bass Lake), Ontario MLS® #30411600
Courtesy of JEN SCHOLTE/Revel Realty Inc.
15 GRAY AVENUE
South Stormont, Ontario MLS® #30411605
Courtesy of LAURA ELLAM/REAL BROKER ONTARIO LTD., BROKERAGE
911 - 20 RICHARDSON STREET
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #30411617
Courtesy of SHERIF NATHOO/REAL BROKER ONTARIO LTD.
307 2279 MCCALLUM ROAD
Abbotsford, British Columbia MLS® #30411629
Courtesy of David Tsen/eXp Realty of Canada Inc.
303 13768 108 AVENUE
Surrey, British Columbia MLS® #30411484
Courtesy of Sanjin Cvetkovic/Century 21 In Town Realty
11138 ST PETERS Road
Mount Stewart, Prince Edward Island MLS® #30411489
Courtesy of James Hood/EXIT Realty PEI
Lot C6C Purcells Cove Road
Halifax, Nova Scotia MLS® #30411472
Courtesy of John Ghosn/Royal LePage Atlantic
86 Enderis Lane
West Royalty, Prince Edward Island MLS® #30411491
Courtesy of Steve Mayhew/RE/MAX CHARLOTTETOWN REALTY
37 Central Street
Summerside, Prince Edward Island MLS® #30411496
Courtesy of Manpreet Singh/CENTURY 21 NORTHUMBERLAND REALTY
4048 DIXON MOUNTAIN Road
Barriere, British Columbia MLS® #30411509
Courtesy of Chelsea Dufficy/eXp Realty (Kamloops)
12390 Oyama Road Lot# B
Oyama, British Columbia MLS® #30411511
Courtesy of Tyler Dumaine/Sotheby's International Realty Canada
17 - 6154 OAK MEADOWS DRIVE
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #30410486
Courtesy of Suzie Lamothe/COLDWELL BANKER FIRST OTTAWA REALTY
406 Boykowich STREET
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan MLS® #30411718
Courtesy of Kellie Phipps/Boyes Group Realty Inc.
2.5 ANTRIM STREET
St. Thomas, Ontario MLS® #30409597
Courtesy of NELSON CONROY/ROYAL LEPAGE TRILAND REALTY
7757 SECRETARIAT COURT
Niagara Falls (Ascot), Ontario MLS® #30410227
Courtesy of ARJUN SANILKUMAR/PROPERTY.CA INC.
12 KHEDIVE AVENUE
Toronto (Englemount-Lawrence), Ontario MLS® #30410309
Courtesy of MERAY A. MANSOUR/SAGE REAL ESTATE LIMITED
11936 53 Avenue
Rural Grande Prairie No. 1, County of, Alberta MLS® #30409612
Courtesy of Carston Siebert/Grassroots Realty Group Ltd.
#688 53222 Range Road 272
Rural Parkland County, Alberta MLS® #30409681
Courtesy of Becca A. Duiker/RE/MAX PREFERRED CHOICE
2577 BRIDLE ROAD S
Oshawa (Windfields), Ontario MLS® #30409720
Courtesy of FRANCIS CHEE/FIRST CLASS REALTY INC.
32 CLEARVIEW DRIVE W
Tillsonburg, Ontario MLS® #30409768
Courtesy of JACK WONG/CENTURY 21 MILLER REAL ESTATE LTD.
401 - 2 COVINGTON ROAD
Toronto (Englemount-Lawrence), Ontario MLS® #30409561
Courtesy of MICHAEL ADAM SHUSTER/FOREST HILL REAL ESTATE INC.
703 - 1655 PICKERING PARKWAY
Pickering (Village East), Ontario MLS® #30410323
Courtesy of DIANE ALEXANDER/EXP REALTY
10 LUNDIGAN DRIVE
Georgina (Keswick South), Ontario MLS® #30410823
Courtesy of JOE WING H. LAU/CENTURY 21 KING'S QUAY REAL ESTATE INC.
405 SCOTT BOULEVARD
Milton (SC Scott), Ontario MLS® #30410835
Courtesy of RAKESH CHANDER BABBER/CITYSCAPE REAL ESTATE LTD.
2 ORIOLE CRESCENT
Woodstock (Woodstock - North), Ontario MLS® #30410979
Courtesy of Jennifer Dalley/Royal Lepage R.E. Wood Realty Brokerage
41 STUMPF STREET
Centre Wellington (Elora/Salem), Ontario MLS® #30411004
Courtesy of KRISTIN WOLFER/eXp Realty
422 LAKE FRONT
Toronto (The Beaches), Ontario MLS® #30411059
Courtesy of THOMAS D. NEAL/ROYAL LEPAGE ESTATE REALTY
10 - 8392 KENNEDY ROAD
Markham (Unionville), Ontario MLS® #30411066
Courtesy of DANIEL DONG/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
NW-33-070-24 W5
Rural Greenview No. 16, M.D. of, Alberta MLS® #30410703
Courtesy of Viktoriia Little/RE/MAX Grande Prairie
448 Ridge Place
Penticton, British Columbia MLS® #30410715
Courtesy of Paul Grewal/Chamberlain Property Group
6900 PERTH ROAD
South Frontenac, Ontario MLS® #30410931
Courtesy of RYAN ROSE/RE/MAX RISE EXECUTIVES, BROKERAGE
1504 VANDERWATER ROAD
Tweed (Hungerford (Twp)), Ontario MLS® #30410936
Courtesy of Jeremy Bronaugh/Century 21 Lanthorn Real Estate Ltd
3967 ALGONQUIN AVENUE
Innisfil, Ontario MLS® #30411078
Courtesy of SHAWNA-LEIGH CHRISTOPHERSEN/ROYAL LEPAGE RCR REALTY
47 COULSON AVENUE
Essa (Angus), Ontario MLS® #30411100
Courtesy of BRENDAN CLEMMENS/REVEL REALTY INC.
1808 - 1 MICHAEL POWER PLACE
Toronto (Islington-City Centre West), Ontario MLS® #30411143
Courtesy of ENGJELL CAKA/HOMELIFE/CIMERMAN REAL ESTATE LIMITED
4088 HIGHLAND PARK DRIVE
Lincoln (Beamsville), Ontario MLS® #30411453
Courtesy of JAKE NICOLLE/REAL BROKER ONTARIO 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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