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
76 MAPLE FIELDS CIRCLE
Aurora (Aurora Estates), Ontario MLS® #30074100
Courtesy of LYNDON LIU/AVION REALTY INC.
144 BYERS POND WAY
Whitchurch-Stouffville (Stouffville), Ontario MLS® #30074101
Courtesy of ANGEL YU/FIRST CLASS REALTY INC.
#87 53509 RGE ROAD 60
Rural Parkland County, Alberta MLS® #30074119
Courtesy of Clayton Kostuik/Century 21 Leading
27 - 15 EATON PARK LANE
Toronto (L'Amoreaux), Ontario MLS® #30074069
Courtesy of WENDY WANG/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
252 RAPLEY STREET
Strathroy-Caradoc (NW), Ontario MLS® #30074057
Courtesy of TIM CANN/CENTURY 21 FIRST CANADIAN CORP
664 CUMMINGS AVENUE
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #30074011
Courtesy of Katherine Scott/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY GROUP
304 555 Franklyn St
Nanaimo, British Columbia MLS® #30074078
Courtesy of Chris Carter/Royal LePage Nanaimo Realty (NanIsHwyN)
2307 STONE GLEN CRESCENT
Oakville (WM Westmount), Ontario MLS® #30069276
Courtesy of HAFSAT OHUNENE BELLO/ROYAL LEPAGE REAL ESTATE SERVICES LTD.
270 MORRISON Road Unit# 2A
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #30069283
Courtesy of YOGI BEDNJICKI/RE/MAX TWIN CITY REALTY INC.
PART OF LOT 2 CON 5 HIGHWAY 65 HIGHWAY E
Timiskaming (TIM - Outside - Rural), Ontario MLS® #30069295
Courtesy of Jim Huff/HUFF REALTY LTD
C - 5870 KING KING ROAD
King (Nobleton), Ontario MLS® #30069346
Courtesy of ANNE ELIZABETH HILLIARD/COLDWELL BANKER RONAN REALTY
232 WILLARD AVENUE
Toronto (High Park-Swansea), Ontario MLS® #30069358
Courtesy of PAUL JOHNSTON/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
1007 - 300 WEBB DRIVE
Mississauga (City Centre), Ontario MLS® #30069360
Courtesy of STEPHANIE ZACCHIGNA/RE/MAX WEST REALTY INC.
127 TRAGINA AVENUE S
Hamilton (Bartonville), Ontario MLS® #30069365
Courtesy of NICK DAYMOND/KELLER WILLIAMS EDGE REALTY
101 230 Lister Kaye CRESCENT
Swift Current, Saskatchewan MLS® #30069377
Courtesy of Erin Christopher/Real Broker SK Ltd.
165 Spring Dale Circle SE
Airdrie, Alberta MLS® #30069384
Courtesy of Erin Pilsner/RE/MAX Complete Realty
39 MARTINET AVENUE
London East (East I), Ontario MLS® #30069389
Courtesy of STEVE KLEIMAN/CENTURY 21 FIRST CANADIAN STEVE KLEIMAN INC.
17 - 2635 BATEMAN TRAIL
London South (South W), Ontario MLS® #30069391
Courtesy of SHANE HARRISON/THE REALTY FIRM INC.
342 MILL Street Unit# 70
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #30069411
Courtesy of ALEJANDRA IVIC/RE/MAX Twin City Realty Inc.
976 SHADELAND Avenue Unit# 3
Burlington, Ontario MLS® #30069416
Courtesy of Greg Kuchma/RE/MAX Escarpment Realty Inc.
59 Chippewa ST
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario MLS® #30069430
Courtesy of Kyle Schneider/Exit Realty True North
37015 FINGAL LINE
Southwold, Ontario MLS® #30072539
Courtesy of RICHARD HADDOW/RE/MAX CENTRE CITY REALTY INC.
2102 CLYDE LAKE LANE
Lanark Highlands, Ontario MLS® #30072565
Courtesy of Kerri Bradley/HOMES & COTTAGES UNLIMITED REALTY INC.
28 HERITAGE LANE
Welland (N. Welland), Ontario MLS® #30072577
Courtesy of Chris Hendriks/RE/MAX HENDRIKS TEAM REALTY
6283 GREEN LAKE NORTH ROAD
70 Mile House, British Columbia MLS® #30072818
Courtesy of Arlene Jongbloets/REMAX 100
42 6568 193B STREET
Surrey, British Columbia MLS® #30072887
Courtesy of Carole Ball/RE/MAX Treeland Realty
LOT #22 - 87 ALLISTER DRIVE
Middlesex Centre (Kilworth), Ontario MLS® #30073215
Courtesy of RANDY DEAN PAWLOWSKI/SUTTON GROUP PAWLOWSKI & COMPANY REAL ESTATE BROKERAGE INC.
1 KINCARDINE DRIVE
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #30073222
Courtesy of Marta B. Restrepo/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
13 NADINA CRESCENT
Fraser Lake, British Columbia MLS® #30073227
Courtesy of Jody Pedersen/RE/MAX Vanderhoof
22 3500 144 STREET
Surrey, British Columbia MLS® #30073260
Courtesy of Demitri Zambus/The Agency White Rock
1010 - 9090 YONGE STREET
Richmond Hill (South Richvale), Ontario MLS® #30073272
Courtesy of Christopher Chung/HOMELIFE/CIMERMAN REAL ESTATE LIMITED
14 - 300 SANDRINGHAM CRESCENT
London South (South R), Ontario MLS® #30073380
Courtesy of MATT ROWSWELL/ROYAL LEPAGE TRILAND REALTY
3550 - 97 Street
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #30073455
Courtesy of Tanner Wormald/NAI Commercial Real Estate Inc
37 GEMINI DRIVE
Barrie, Ontario MLS® #30073513
Courtesy of KHUSH MULTANI/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.
15 DIREZZE COURT S
Richmond Hill (Mill Pond), Ontario MLS® #30069822
Courtesy of DARYL KING/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY LTD.
16 - 121 GREEN BRIAR ROAD
New Tecumseth, Ontario MLS® #30069827
Courtesy of GEORGEINA HELEN BLYTH/ROYAL LEPAGE RCR REALTY
51 BRIARSDALE CRESCENT
Welland (N. Welland), Ontario MLS® #30069834
Courtesy of Ben Lockyer/ROYAL LEPAGE NRC REALTY
1834 JANE STREET
Toronto (Weston), Ontario MLS® #30069858
Courtesy of PARAS. P. BHATIA/PROPERTY.CA INC.
1019 DONNELLY STREET
Milton (BE Beaty), Ontario MLS® #30069860
Courtesy of INGY DOSS/RE/MAX SUCCESS REALTY
703 - 70 ABSOLUTE AVENUE E
Mississauga (City Centre), Ontario MLS® #30069865
Courtesy of ANWAR MAJEED/GLOBAL BRICKS EXECUTIVE HOMES REALTY
4413 LEE DRIVE
Mississauga (Rathwood), Ontario MLS® #30069872
Courtesy of ANGELA ZEZZA/SUTTON GROUP QUANTUM REALTY INC.
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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