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
56 Parish Street
Fall River, Nova Scotia MLS® #30331601
Courtesy of Sarah Schlender/The Agency Real Estate Brokerage
44 IRIS DRIVE
Wasaga Beach, Ontario MLS® #30331579
Courtesy of RAY NICOLINI/COLDWELL BANKER THE REAL ESTATE CENTRE
25047 RTE 2
Kensington, Prince Edward Island MLS® #30331651
Courtesy of Matthew MacKay/RE/MAX HARBOURSIDE REALTY
55 SUMMER BREEZE DRIVE
Prince Edward County (Ameliasburgh), Ontario MLS® #30331649
Courtesy of UTHAYAN MARKANDU/CENTURY 21 PEOPLE'S CHOICE REALTY INC.
1267 DUNBAR ROAD
Burlington (Mountainside), Ontario MLS® #30331738
Courtesy of Gerard Polci/RE/MAX ESCARPMENT REALTY INC.
40 MALDIVES CRESCENT
Brampton (Vales of Castlemore), Ontario MLS® #30331733
Courtesy of ANKUR SINGLA/RE/MAX GOLD REALTY INC.
BSMT - 36 SMITHERS CRESCENT
Brampton (Brampton South), Ontario MLS® #30331788
Courtesy of PRATIK PANCHAL/SAVE MAX REAL ESTATE INC.
18 - 1200 CHEAPSIDE STREET
London East (East C), Ontario MLS® #30331752
Courtesy of VICKI BURBANK/BLUE FOREST REALTY INC.
601 CONKLIN Road Unit# 8
Brantford, Ontario MLS® #30331860
Courtesy of Cheryl Avarell/Royal LePage Action Realty
153 - 5530 GLEN ERIN DRIVE
Mississauga (Central Erin Mills), Ontario MLS® #30331942
Courtesy of JACKIE JIANG/ROYAL LEPAGE REAL ESTATE SERVICES LTD.
107 BROADWAY Street
Welland, Ontario MLS® #30331980
Courtesy of Donald Porter/RE/MAX Escarpment Realty Inc.
105 Cowan CRESCENT
Martensville, Saskatchewan MLS® #30331959
Courtesy of Jason Beaudry/RE/MAX Saskatoon
6664 Buena Vista Rd
Central Saanich, British Columbia MLS® #30331846
Courtesy of Roy Coburn/RE/MAX Camosun
616 - 1105 LEGER WAY
Milton (FO Ford), Ontario MLS® #30331834
Courtesy of JOSHUA SUMI/SUTTON GROUP - SUMMIT REALTY INC.
57 FAIMIRA AVENUE
Georgina (Keswick South), Ontario MLS® #30331889
Courtesy of LISA CAO/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
1904 MACDONALD DRIVE
Fort Erie (Crescent Park), Ontario MLS® #30331858
Courtesy of Brandon Colantoni/ROYAL LEPAGE NRC REALTY
95 MAPLE STREET
Mapleton, Ontario MLS® #30331593
Courtesy of ROBERT WOLLZIEFER/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.
3212 PINEMEADOW Drive
Burlington, Ontario MLS® #30331827
Courtesy of Deborah Ann Brown/RE/MAX Escarpment Realty Inc.
155 HENRY STREET
Edwardsburgh/Cardinal, Ontario MLS® #30331478
Courtesy of Debra Lynn Currier/ROYAL LEPAGE PROALLIANCE REALTY
104 SHELBORNE AVENUE
Toronto (Bedford Park-Nortown), Ontario MLS® #30331492
Courtesy of HELEN GAO/BAY STREET INTEGRITY REALTY INC.
2802 - 105 ONEIDA CRESCENT
Richmond Hill (Langstaff), Ontario MLS® #30331497
Courtesy of JATIN ARORA/ROYAL LEPAGE PLATINUM REALTY
618 MONARDIA WAY
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #30332058
Courtesy of Tafiqul Abu Mohammad/POWER MARKETING REAL ESTATE INC.
1107 - 49 EAST LIBERTY STREET
Toronto (Niagara), Ontario MLS® #30332123
Courtesy of Rebecca Pompilio/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
MAIN - 25 PICOLA COURT
Toronto (Hillcrest Village), Ontario MLS® #30331493
Courtesy of JACK J. WANG/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.
39 CARDICO DRIVE
Whitchurch-Stouffville, Ontario MLS® #30331498
Courtesy of KYLE SHEN/SMART SOLD REALTY
710 - 1185 THE QUEENSWAY
Toronto (Islington-City Centre West), Ontario MLS® #30331734
Courtesy of MINAS HATZIGIANNATZOGLOU/RE/MAX WEST REALTY INC.
4 LYNNDALE ROAD
Norfolk (Simcoe), Ontario MLS® #30331741
Courtesy of BEN CHAUVEAU/ROYAL LEPAGE BRANT REALTY
81 NARROW VALLEY CRESCENT
Brampton (Sandringham-Wellington), Ontario MLS® #30331645
Courtesy of J.P. RANDHAWA/HOMELIFE/MIRACLE REALTY LTD
3212 PINEMEADOW DRIVE
Burlington (Headon), Ontario MLS® #30331943
Courtesy of DEBORAH ANN BROWN/RE/MAX ESCARPMENT REALTY INC.
281 QUEENSTON ROAD
Hamilton (McQuesten), Ontario MLS® #30331974
Courtesy of GUY FRANK D'ALESIO/RE/MAX ESCARPMENT REALTY INC.
99 MAPLE STREET
Mapleton, Ontario MLS® #30331594
Courtesy of ROBERT WOLLZIEFER/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.
Lot 12 Helmuts Lane
Cleveland, Nova Scotia MLS® #30331861
Courtesy of Olena Stutzinger/Cape Breton Realty
PH08 - 296 MILL ROAD
Toronto (Markland Wood), Ontario MLS® #30331897
Courtesy of IRENE BUDNYAK/RE/MAX PROFESSIONALS INC.
2716 SAPPHIRE DRIVE
Pickering, Ontario MLS® #30331475
Courtesy of GADY LIU/HOMELIFE GOLCONDA REALTY INC.
23 HUBERT Court
Cambridge, Ontario MLS® #30331482
Courtesy of RANA MOUFTI/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC., BROKERAGE
#50 53417 RGE ROAD 14
Rural Parkland County, Alberta MLS® #30331615
Courtesy of Loretta Oswald/RE/MAX Elite
30 MASTERS CRESCENT
Georgian Bay (Baxter), Ontario MLS® #30331792
Courtesy of CATHY KORPI/REAL BROKER ONTARIO LTD.
2023 DEERVIEW COMMON
Oakville (BC Bronte Creek), Ontario MLS® #30331949
Courtesy of ASHA SINGH/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
419 - 3660 HURONTARIO STREET
Mississauga (City Centre), Ontario MLS® #30331641
Courtesy of FRANCIS D'ATRI-GUIRAN/ADVISORS REALTY
23 NEWBURY CRESCENT
Brampton (Westgate), Ontario MLS® #30331735
Courtesy of GARY GURJIT BHINDER/RE/MAX REALTY SERVICES 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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