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
4 LEGENDS WAY
Markham (Unionville), Ontario MLS® #30309987
Courtesy of MONICA WEI/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
210 - 158 FRONT STREET E
Toronto (Moss Park), Ontario MLS® #30309968
Courtesy of ROY WANG/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
205 - 70 FOREST MANOR ROAD
Toronto (Henry Farm), Ontario MLS® #30309975
Courtesy of JAMIE KINCH/KELLER WILLIAMS REFERRED URBAN REALTY
240 SCOTTSDALE DRIVE
Clarington (Bowmanville), Ontario MLS® #30309982
Courtesy of MOHMED SALIM MALEK/ACHIEVERS REALTY
1110 - 36 FOREST MANOR ROAD
Toronto (Henry Farm), Ontario MLS® #30310009
Courtesy of Michelle Wang/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
118 LEANDER STREET
Brampton (Westgate), Ontario MLS® #30310023
Courtesy of JOHN TOKATLIDIS/ROYAL LEPAGE TERREQUITY REALTY
ABU - 381 RICHMOND STREET E
Toronto (Moss Park), Ontario MLS® #30310011
Courtesy of DANI HABBAL/Royal LePage Real Estate Associates
302 - 318 LORRY GREENBERG DRIVE
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #30310066
Courtesy of Mike Devonish/DIGI BROKERAGE
79 HAZELTON AVENUE
Toronto (Annex), Ontario MLS® #30310080
Courtesy of JIMMY MOLLOY/CHESTNUT PARK REAL ESTATE LIMITED
57 SHAW STREET
Toronto (Niagara), Ontario MLS® #30310085
Courtesy of LAURA SIMPSON/RE/MAX PROFESSIONALS INC.
1084 SILK STREET
Pickering, Ontario MLS® #30310092
Courtesy of MIKE DHILLON/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.
57 TUPLING STREET
Bradford West Gwillimbury (Bradford), Ontario MLS® #30310100
Courtesy of RICHARD TAO/MASTER'S TRUST REALTY INC.
0 BOUNDARY ROAD
Frontenac (Frontenac South), Ontario MLS® #30310294
Courtesy of SARAH ROULEAU/EXP REALTY, BROKERAGE
16 PENINSULA COURT
Trent Lakes, Ontario MLS® #30310299
Courtesy of Desiree Clark/Re/Max All-Stars Realty Inc.
A4 - 4838 SWITZER DRIVE
Southwest Middlesex, Ontario MLS® #30310302
Courtesy of AMANDA MOREIRA/THRIVE REALTY GROUP INC.
1004 - 2 COVINGTON ROAD
Toronto (Englemount-Lawrence), Ontario MLS® #30310333
Courtesy of MELISSA BERGMANN/SUTTON GROUP-ADMIRAL REALTY INC.
205 VAUXHALL DRIVE
Toronto (Dorset Park), Ontario MLS® #30310338
Courtesy of KAYVAN ZEBARJADIAN/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY LTD.
200 - 172 KING STREET E
Oshawa (Central), Ontario MLS® #30310345
Courtesy of DAVID BERTOLO/ROYAL LEPAGE MAXIMUM REALTY
LOT 13 5TH STREET
South Bruce Peninsula, Ontario MLS® #30310369
Courtesy of SHANNON MCCOMB/Sutton-Sound Realty
82 CHALMERS Street N
Cambridge, Ontario MLS® #30310124
Courtesy of RIINA JESSEL/GRAND WEST REALTY INC., BROKERAGE
PH 3705 - 8 PARK ROAD
Toronto (Rosedale-Moore Park), Ontario MLS® #30310148
Courtesy of MARY ANN GUTIERREZ/KELLER WILLIAMS REFERRED URBAN REALTY
706 - 400 ADELAIDE STREET E
Toronto (Moss Park), Ontario MLS® #30310193
Courtesy of GRACE GAO/AIMHOME REALTY INC.
86 DUNROBIN LANE
Grimsby (Grimsby Beach), Ontario MLS® #30310198
Courtesy of ANDREA MCDONALD/Real Broker Ontario Ltd.
217 - 555 WILLIAM GRAHAM DRIVE
Aurora, Ontario MLS® #30310213
Courtesy of FADY DAOUD/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
28 THORA AVENUE
Toronto (Oakridge), Ontario MLS® #30310150
Courtesy of KATIE HERBERT/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY LTD.
6 - 400 WEST FRONT STREET
Stirling-Rawdon (Stirling Ward), Ontario MLS® #30310186
Courtesy of Trish Clarke/Royal Lepage Proalliance Realty
602 - 7730 KIPLING AVENUE
Vaughan (West Woodbridge), Ontario MLS® #30310097
Courtesy of FAY TSATSKINA/HOMELIFE FRONTIER REALTY INC.
402 WEST STREET
Tay (Victoria Harbour), Ontario MLS® #30310105
Courtesy of CATHERINE SAUNDERS/CENTURY 21 B.J. ROTH REALTY LTD.
LOWER - 2769 WILLOWMORE WAY
Mississauga (Meadowvale), Ontario MLS® #30310112
Courtesy of JAMES TASCA/ICI SOURCE REAL ASSET SERVICES INC.
137 EAST 16TH STREET
Hamilton (Inch Park), Ontario MLS® #30310395
Courtesy of Daniel Ciccone/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.
112 N MARGARET Avenue N
Waterloo, Ontario MLS® #30310491
Courtesy of DAVID GRIGG/Royal LePage Wolle Realty
32 WIGAN CRESCENT
Toronto (Clanton Park), Ontario MLS® #30310458
Courtesy of NICOLE BEINERT/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
1226 - 108 PETER STREET
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #30310326
Courtesy of SLAVA RYZHIKOV/HOMELIFE/BAYVIEW REALTY INC.
118 Chapel Cove Road
L'Ardoise, Nova Scotia MLS® #30310460
Courtesy of Sherry MacLeod/Cape Breton Realty
1576 KERNS Road Unit# 7
Burlington, Ontario MLS® #30310403
Courtesy of Barbara Beers/Royal LePage Burloak Real Estate Services
3501 - 5 BUTTERMILL AVENUE
Vaughan (Vaughan Corporate Centre), Ontario MLS® #30310472
Courtesy of JINHYUN KIM/REMAX YC REALTY
910 3RD AVENUE
Prince George, British Columbia MLS® #30309868
Courtesy of Norman Ferris/RE/MAX Core Realty
4408 - 55 CHARLES STREET E
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #30309969
Courtesy of ANDY SHEN/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
130 18811 72 AVENUE
Surrey, British Columbia MLS® #30309870
Courtesy of Jeff Copland/RE/MAX Elevate Realty
3008 - 3303 DON MILLS ROAD
Toronto (Don Valley Village), Ontario MLS® #30309971
Courtesy of LUCY LIU/SMART SOLD REALTY
1110 - 36 FOREST MANOR ROAD
Toronto (Henry Farm), Ontario MLS® #30309976
Courtesy of Michelle Wang/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
29 FALLING RIVER DRIVE
Richmond Hill (Devonsleigh), Ontario MLS® #30309990
Courtesy of WILLIAM SUN/AVION REALTY INC.
50 BERESFORD DRIVE
Richmond Hill (Langstaff), Ontario MLS® #30309988
Courtesy of MOSTAFA RAJABIAN/INTERNATIONAL REALTY FIRM, 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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