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
#202 205 Jennifer Heilway
Spruce Grove, Alberta MLS® #30167519
Courtesy of Rakesh Chadha/Logic Realty
50 MIDLAND Drive Unit# 6
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #30284817
Courtesy of LINDA CYBALSKI/Royal LePage Wolle Realty
82 MASONVILLE CRESCENT
London North (North G), Ontario MLS® #30284836
Courtesy of SEBASTIAN PEDREROS-ROUSSY/INITIA REAL ESTATE (ONTARIO) LTD
37 - 2766 FOLKWAY DRIVE
Mississauga (Erin Mills), Ontario MLS® #30284901
Courtesy of JIAJIA ZHU/RE/MAX ABOUTOWNE REALTY CORP.
BASEMENT - 2129 WILSON STREET
Innisfil (Alcona), Ontario MLS® #30284855
Courtesy of MEHRDAD SAFIZADEH/CENTURY 21 B.J. ROTH REALTY LTD.
B113 - 2082 LUMEN DRIVE
London South (South A), Ontario MLS® #30284862
Courtesy of CAMILO ANDRES GAMEZ CUESTA/THE AGENCY
56 BURNESS DRIVE
St. Catharines (Secord Woods), Ontario MLS® #30284874
Courtesy of Michael Martin/RE/MAX GARDEN CITY REALTY INC, BROKERAGE
1115 - 45 CHARLES STREET E
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #30284881
Courtesy of SHAWN FANG/SUTTON GROUP REALTY SYSTEMS INC.
244 GREENWOOD ROAD
Whitchurch-Stouffville (Stouffville), Ontario MLS® #30284893
Courtesy of DOLORES TRENTADUE/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY LTD.
408 FLANAGAN COURT
Newmarket (Summerhill Estates), Ontario MLS® #30284898
Courtesy of STEVEN B. CHEUNG/REAL BROKER ONTARIO LTD.
1950 MILL STREET
Innisfil (Alcona), Ontario MLS® #30284851
Courtesy of JETESH ROVIN SOMNATH/KELLER WILLIAMS EXPERIENCE REALTY
18 REXWAY ROAD
London North (North F), Ontario MLS® #30284837
Courtesy of KATHY MENDHAM-MEATHREL/THRIVE REALTY GROUP INC.
1718 - 2020 BATHURST STREET
Toronto (Humewood-Cedarvale), Ontario MLS® #30284844
Courtesy of SOPHIA XIAO/BAY STREET INTEGRITY REALTY INC.
157 WALLER STREET
Whitby (Rolling Acres), Ontario MLS® #30284849
Courtesy of JAMES LI/SMART SOLD REALTY
52 QUEENSMILL COURT
Richmond Hill (Doncrest), Ontario MLS® #30284856
Courtesy of KELVIN LIU/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
860 FORKS ROAD W
Welland (Broadway), Ontario MLS® #30284863
Courtesy of AMANDA ABERGEL/REVEL REALTY INC.
65 DARLINGSIDE DRIVE
Toronto (West Hill), Ontario MLS® #30284882
Courtesy of JAMSHED MUBARAK/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
187 SIMPSON AVENUE
Toronto (North Riverdale), Ontario MLS® #30284887
Courtesy of CLEMENT SAVIO GEORGE/ONE PERCENT REALTY LTD.
431 KERRYBROOK DRIVE
Richmond Hill (Mill Pond), Ontario MLS® #30284894
Courtesy of FARA ABDOLLAH-FOROGHI/META REALTY INC.
54 ELIZA Avenue
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #30284782
Courtesy of LIDIA ADAMSKA/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC., BROKERAGE
1710 - 17 ANNDALE DRIVE
Toronto (Willowdale East), Ontario MLS® #30284840
Courtesy of OPEL OU/PROPTECH REALTY INC.
147 HERKIMER STREET
Hamilton (Durand), Ontario MLS® #30284864
Courtesy of JOHN AKLEH/CENTURY 21 GREEN REALTY INC.
10 TURRET HILLWAY WAY
Toronto (Hillcrest Village), Ontario MLS® #30284876
Courtesy of MITCHELL TROI CABRIAS/KELLER WILLIAMS REFERRED URBAN REALTY
BASEMENT - 82 PANDORA CIRCLE
Toronto (Woburn), Ontario MLS® #30284883
Courtesy of SANJIDA BEGUM/HOMELIFE EXCELSIOR REALTY INC.
GARDEN - 113 CROCUS DRIVE
Toronto (Wexford-Maryvale), Ontario MLS® #30284888
Courtesy of THEVA JEYAKUMARAN/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
7 LAKEWOODS STREET
Richmond Hill (Jefferson), Ontario MLS® #30284890
Courtesy of FARA ABDOLLAH-FOROGHI/META REALTY INC.
212 VERMONT AVENUE
Newmarket (Summerhill Estates), Ontario MLS® #30284895
Courtesy of SHIRLEY YB XU/RE/MAX IMPERIAL REALTY INC.
38 - 1532 LANCASTER DRIVE
Oakville (FA Falgarwood), Ontario MLS® #30284903
Courtesy of BILL SAINI/ROYAL LEPAGE CERTIFIED REALTY
713 - 3 ELLESMERE STREET
Richmond Hill (Langstaff), Ontario MLS® #30284852
Courtesy of RYAN CHAN/RE/MAX CROSSROADS REALTY INC.
76 TILMAN CIRCLE
Markham (Markham Village), Ontario MLS® #30284857
Courtesy of RHONDA ROSALINDA BAILEY/CENTURY 21 LEADING EDGE REALTY INC.
248 RUTTAN TERRACE
Cobourg, Ontario MLS® #30284834
Courtesy of Michael William March/Royal Service Real Estate Inc.
1804 - 99 JOHN STREET
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #30284846
Courtesy of GERRARD HE/HC REALTY GROUP INC.
214 - 3 BANCROFT LANE E
Richmond Hill (Jefferson), Ontario MLS® #30284853
Courtesy of CHERRY GAO/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
803 - 85 ROBINSON STREET
Hamilton (Durand), Ontario MLS® #30284865
Courtesy of ALEX LEE/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
504 ALCOR TERRACE
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #30284872
Courtesy of Zyaire Zhang/KELLER WILLIAMS ICON REALTY
2212 KENNEDY ROAD
Toronto (Tam O'Shanter-Sullivan), Ontario MLS® #30284884
Courtesy of John Huang/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
809E - 8868 YONGE STREET
Richmond Hill (South Richvale), Ontario MLS® #30284891
Courtesy of SERENA WU/RE/MAX EXCEL REALTY LTD.
MAIN - 166 FINCHAM AVENUE
Markham (Markham Village), Ontario MLS® #30284896
Courtesy of HENRY ZHAO/AIMHOME REALTY INC.
100 GARMENT Street Unit# 1107
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #30284783
Courtesy of Rebecca Liu/Royal LePage Peaceland Realty
22 - 39 DREWRY AVENUE
Toronto (Newtonbrook West), Ontario MLS® #30284839
Courtesy of ERIKA CUNANAN/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
204 - 1430 YONGE STREET
Toronto (Yonge-St. Clair), Ontario MLS® #30284841
Courtesy of Arlene Monzar/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
Toronto Neighbourhood Guide