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.
88 Saamis Meadow Lane SE
Medicine Hat, Alberta MLS® #30481434
Courtesy of SARAH PAHL/2 PERCENT REALTY
108, 369 Rocky Vista Park NW
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #30481428
Courtesy of Hao Yu/Homecare Realty Ltd.
17 Sikorsky Place
Gander, Newfoundland & Labrador MLS® #30477967
Courtesy of Rick Stead/Homefinders Real Estate Gander
1392 WRIGLEY Road
Ayr, Ontario MLS® #30477633
Courtesy of Mallory Siezar/RE/MAX Escarpment Realty Inc.
8160 153A STREET
Surrey, British Columbia MLS® #30477688
Courtesy of Spencer DeBoice/Oakwyn Realty Ltd.
150 GROVE Street
Simcoe, Ontario MLS® #30477695
Courtesy of Nuno Francisco/Royal LePage Trius Realty
210 - 418 IROQUOIS SHORE ROAD
Oakville (QE Queen Elizabeth), Ontario MLS® #30477645
Courtesy of JASON ABELA/HOMELIFE/ROMANO REALTY LTD.
25 GRANDVIEW Avenue
Cambridge, Ontario MLS® #30477640
Courtesy of MICHELLE HATT/R W Dyer Realty Inc., Brokerage
1116 - 120 VARNA DRIVE
Toronto (Englemount-Lawrence), Ontario MLS® #30477575
Courtesy of AMANDA SISCO/RE/MAX NOBLECORP REAL ESTATE
6 RAYMOND Drive
CLARENVILLE, Newfoundland & Labrador MLS® #30477556
Courtesy of Joseph Wells/RE/MAX Eastern Edge Realty Ltd. Clarenville
12 - 136 SCANLON AVENUE
Bradford West Gwillimbury (Bradford), Ontario MLS® #30477866
Courtesy of THEDA LEAN/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
227 SAUGEEN STREET
Saugeen Shores, Ontario MLS® #30477842
Courtesy of DAN GRAHAM/Wilfred McIntee & Co Limited
170 ELMER ADAMS DRIVE
Clarington (Courtice), Ontario MLS® #30477835
Courtesy of CINDY SGROI/CINDY & CRAIG REAL ESTATE LTD.
322 - 1720 BAYVIEW AVENUE
Toronto (Mount Pleasant East), Ontario MLS® #30477823
Courtesy of JONATHAN CHAN/EXP REALTY
1510 - 8 REAN DRIVE
Toronto (Bayview Village), Ontario MLS® #30477816
Courtesy of ELEONORA MAZUR/TFN REALTY INC.
1201 - 32 DAVENPORT ROAD
Toronto (Annex), Ontario MLS® #30477804
Courtesy of DONNA LI/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
444 PARKDALE AVENUE
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #30477765
Courtesy of Douglas Stuewe/ROYAL LEPAGE TEAM REALTY
1492 NORTH VERNON AVENUE
London North (North H), Ontario MLS® #30477746
Courtesy of JAS SANDHU/CENTURY 21 FIRST CANADIAN CORP
405 - 128 GROVEWOOD COMMON
Oakville (GO Glenorchy), Ontario MLS® #30477474
Courtesy of PATRICK MICHAEL DUCHARME/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY, BROKERAGE
1 KINGS HILL DRIVE
Brampton (Northwest Brampton), Ontario MLS® #30477905
Courtesy of JEFFREY CHEN/RE/MAX WEALTH BUILDERS REAL ESTATE
27 COLLINSON BOULEVARD
Toronto (Clanton Park), Ontario MLS® #30477809
Courtesy of MOE ASGARIAN/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY LTD.
22 COVENTRY CRESCENT
Kingston (West of Sir John A. Blvd), Ontario MLS® #30477734
Courtesy of TIM BARBER/RE/MAX FINEST REALTY INC., BROKERAGE
83 Campbell Ave
Currys Corner, Nova Scotia MLS® #30477710
Courtesy of Chris Barnes/Royal LePage Atlantic (New Minas)
8713 SOURGUM Avenue
Niagara Falls, Ontario MLS® #30477962
Courtesy of Rob Golfi/RE/MAX Escarpment Golfi Realty Inc.
79 PARKLAND Crescent
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #30477955
Courtesy of Faisal Patel/RE/MAX TWIN CITY REALTY INC.
UPPER - 9 HAMBLY AVENUE
Toronto (The Beaches), Ontario MLS® #30477138
Courtesy of NADIA ADAMS-CLARK/SMART Brokerages
4 MARLBORO COURT
Woodstock (Woodstock - North), Ontario MLS® #30477121
Courtesy of Brad Vink/Real Broker Ontario Ltd., Brokerage
34 ONTARIO STREET S
Lambton Shores (Grand Bend), Ontario MLS® #30477102
Courtesy of AMANDA PITTAO/SUTTON GROUP - SELECT REALTY INC.
50 SLIDELL CRESCENT
Toronto (Parkwoods-Donalda), Ontario MLS® #30477114
Courtesy of JASON YU/RE/MAX PARTNERS REALTY INC.
2648 LAWRENCE AVENUE
Innisfil (Stroud), Ontario MLS® #30476813
Courtesy of STEPHANIE SOAVE/REAL BROKER ONTARIO LTD.
5 BOATHOUSE Lane
Port Rowan, Ontario MLS® #30476724
Courtesy of Michael Connor/Peak Peninsula Realty Inc.
2157 GERBER ROAD
Wellesley, Ontario MLS® #30476717
Courtesy of DARREN MARTIN/Wilfred McIntee & Co Limited
1609 - 38 JOE SHUSTER WAY
Toronto (Niagara), Ontario MLS® #30476712
Courtesy of Shervin Khajeh Hassani Mohammadian/ROYAL LEPAGE CERTIFIED REALTY
70 CHURCH STREET
Orangeville, Ontario MLS® #30476616
Courtesy of STEWART GRIBBON/RE/MAX WEST REALTY INC.
139 YANKEE LINE
Kawartha Lakes (Emily), Ontario MLS® #30476781
Courtesy of Ari David Zider/Royal Lepage Kawartha Lakes Realty Inc.
49 MATHEOS CRESCENT
Quinte West (Murray Ward), Ontario MLS® #30476779
Courtesy of Vikas Patel/Re/Max Quinte Ltd.
38 MCGOVERN LANE
Brant (Paris), Ontario MLS® #30476762
Courtesy of RAKESH CHANDER BABBER/CITYSCAPE REAL ESTATE LTD.
815 - 1185 THE QUEENSWAY
Toronto (Islington-City Centre West), Ontario MLS® #30476748
Courtesy of ANDREW MCLOUGHLIN/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
BSMT - 63 BUNNELL CRESCENT
Toronto (Downsview-Roding-CFB), Ontario MLS® #30476743
Courtesy of MARIA BIFOLCHI/RE/MAX NOBLECORP REAL ESTATE
641 ALBERT Street Unit# 3
Waterloo, Ontario MLS® #30476630
Courtesy of Ryan Shi/Royal LePage Wolle Realty
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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