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.
4807 44 Ave
Stony Plain, Alberta MLS® #29210474
Courtesy of Rohin Geis/Royal LePage Noralta Real Estate
1003-1087 Parsons Road SW
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #29661678
Courtesy of Ricky Aujla/Century 21 Bravo Realty
401 - 90 ORCHARD POINT ROAD
Orillia, Ontario MLS® #29743689
Courtesy of GEORGETTE MARCUZZI/EXP REALTY
77 ELMA STREET
Toronto (Mimico), Ontario MLS® #29743691
Courtesy of HALA GHM ABU-HANTASH/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
2510 - 15 HOLMES AVENUE
Toronto (Willowdale East), Ontario MLS® #29743658
Courtesy of CECILIA QIAN/FIRST CLASS REALTY INC.
1202 - 18 MAITLAND TERRACE
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29743660
Courtesy of NEESH BUTTOO/RE/MAX ABOUTOWNE REALTY CORP.
43 - 551 STEELES AVENUE W
Toronto (Newtonbrook West), Ontario MLS® #29743665
Courtesy of CATHERINE SUK-KYU SHIN/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
37 - 3300 MIDLAND AVENUE
Toronto (Milliken), Ontario MLS® #29743672
Courtesy of JASON MOK/CENTURY 21 ATRIA REALTY INC.
709 - 509 DUNDAS STREET
Oakville (GO Glenorchy), Ontario MLS® #29744740
Courtesy of SAM ALLAN MCDADI/SAM MCDADI REAL ESTATE INC.
111 10603 140 ST STREET
NAZKO, British Columbia MLS® #29744916
Courtesy of Vishey Singh/Team 3000 Realty Ltd.
793 PREST WAY
Newmarket (Woodland Hill), Ontario MLS® #29744625
Courtesy of ANDREW TROMANHAUSER/COLDWELL BANKER THE REAL ESTATE CENTRE
205 - 75 THE DONWAY WAY W
Toronto (Banbury-Don Mills), Ontario MLS® #29743800
Courtesy of DONNA S. LEE/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
2087 FAIRVIEW Street Unit# 1705
Burlington, Ontario MLS® #29744435
Courtesy of Nick Czarnogorski/Sutton Group Summit Realty Inc.
125 MARLBOROUGH STREET
Cornwall, Ontario MLS® #29744447
Courtesy of TROY VAILLANCOURT/CENTURY 21 SHIELD REALTY LTD.
36 LIGHTHOUSE LANE E
Collingwood, Ontario MLS® #29744442
Courtesy of SANDIE LLOYD/Century 21 Millennium Inc.
318 COUNTY ROAD 47
Havelock-Belmont-Methuen (Belmont-Methuen), Ontario MLS® #29744454
Courtesy of JOHN WALSH/CENTURY 21 UNITED REALTY INC.
8 HELEN CRESCENT
Kawartha Lakes (Mariposa), Ontario MLS® #29744461
Courtesy of DAVE COPPINS/RE/MAX JAZZ INC.
6690 COUNTY ROAD 50
Trent Hills, Ontario MLS® #29744459
Courtesy of COLE MURRAY/CENTURY 21 UNITED REALTY INC.
67 Tannery Drive
Elmsdale, Nova Scotia MLS® #29744466
Courtesy of Amy Seymour/Royal LePage Atlantic (Enfield)
430 MAGNOLIA CRESCENT
London East (East A), Ontario MLS® #29744473
Courtesy of CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN/THE REALTY FIRM INC.
67-69 ELIZABETH STREET
St. Thomas, Ontario MLS® #29744480
Courtesy of AARON WALL/ELGIN REALTY LIMITED
10 CRAIGHEAD DRIVE
Centre Wellington (Fergus), Ontario MLS® #29744492
Courtesy of GEORGE MOCHRIE/Royal LePage Royal City Realty
1037 ANDEK TRAIL
Highlands East (Glamorgan), Ontario MLS® #29744497
Courtesy of LINDSAY WILKINSON/Century 21 Granite Realty Group Inc.
79668 ZION CHURCH ROAD
Georgian Bluffs, Ontario MLS® #29744500
Courtesy of SHAUNA BONTERRE/Royal LePage RCR Realty
212 EICHSTAEDT ROAD
Petawawa, Ontario MLS® #29744524
Courtesy of Mindy Jones/CENTURY 21 ASPIRE REALTY LTD.
3104 - 195 REDPATH AVENUE
Toronto (Mount Pleasant West), Ontario MLS® #29744548
Courtesy of STANLEY ZHAO/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
LOT 3 & 4 PCL 761 CON 9
East Ferris, Ontario MLS® #29744416
Courtesy of BIANCA D'AMORE/Royal LePage Northern Life Realty, Brokerage
499 CHAMPAGNE DRIVE
Toronto (York University Heights), Ontario MLS® #29744365
Courtesy of CARLO LAVALLE/VANGUARD REALTY BROKERAGE CORP.
PH13 - 70 MILL STREET
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29744550
Courtesy of TOM CLARKE STOREY/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
3281 TURNSTONE BOULEVARD
Pickering, Ontario MLS® #29744567
Courtesy of KOTI MANJULA/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY, BROKERAGE
& LANEWAY HOUSE - 35 BLACKTHORN AVENUE
Toronto (Weston-Pellam Park), Ontario MLS® #29744738
Courtesy of ELMA AMATO/RE/MAX ULTIMATE REALTY INC.
1B - 120 NORFINCH DRIVE
Toronto (Black Creek), Ontario MLS® #29744752
Courtesy of ARSLAN MALIK/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
17 DOWNEY Street Unit# 4
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #29744822
Courtesy of LEE S. QUAILE/Chestnut Park Realty Southwestern Ontario Limited
2 - 1381 HWY 8 HIGHWAY
Cambridge, Ontario MLS® #29744834
Courtesy of RAMINDER NAGPAL/HOMELIFE/MIRACLE REALTY LTD
LOWER - 11 MICHAEL AVENUE
Hamilton (Berrisfield), Ontario MLS® #29744839
Courtesy of KIRK ORVILLE JACKSON/ROYAL LEPAGE MEADOWTOWNE REALTY
BSMT - 41 RITA AVENUE
Hamilton (Templemead), Ontario MLS® #29744846
Courtesy of AZEEZ OYEBANJI ADESANYA/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
258 BRIAR HILL CRESCENT
Hamilton (Ancaster), Ontario MLS® #29744853
Courtesy of JAKE NICOLLE/REAL BROKER ONTARIO LTD.
302 WILLARD STREET
Pembroke, Ontario MLS® #29744909
Courtesy of Olivia Dooley/RE/MAX PEMBROKE REALTY LTD.
1367 Abitibi Road W
Lethbridge, Alberta MLS® #29744815
Courtesy of BRAD TRADEWELL/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE - LETHBRIDGE
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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