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.
Lot 3 MEIER FRONTAGE ROAD
Prince George, British Columbia MLS® #30497299
Courtesy of Jesse Parker/RE/MAX Core Realty
55 GREEN VALLEY Drive Unit# 708
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #30497326
Courtesy of Lidia Tagliabracci/Royal LePage Wolle Realty
708 - 153 BEECROFT ROAD
Toronto (Lansing-Westgate), Ontario MLS® #30497340
Courtesy of JOAN M. BEAL/ROYAL LEPAGE ESTATE REALTY
8 MACKELLER COURT
Ajax (Northwest Ajax), Ontario MLS® #30497345
Courtesy of JACQUELINE RODNEY/CENTURY 21 PERCY FULTON LTD.
2305 - 36 PARK LAWN ROAD
Toronto (Mimico), Ontario MLS® #30497352
Courtesy of KEVIN CHOU/FREEMAN REAL ESTATE LTD.
15 MERCER STREET
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #30497364
Courtesy of STEPHEN AU-YEUNG/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
308 - 66 KIPPENDAVIE AVENUE
Toronto (The Beaches), Ontario MLS® #30497369
Courtesy of DAVID MCLEAN/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY LTD.
467 HINCHEY CRESCENT
Milton (SC Scott), Ontario MLS® #30497376
Courtesy of FATEMEH FAKHR/INSIDER REALTY
115 IRONSIDE Crescent Unit# 9, 10 & 11
Toronto, Ontario MLS® #30497360
Courtesy of Mike Tan/EXP REALTY OF CANADA INC
DL940 SWANSON ROAD
Prince George, British Columbia MLS® #30497271
Courtesy of Jesse Parker/RE/MAX Core Realty
520 - 156 PORTLAND STREET
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #30497341
Courtesy of MELI COLUCCI/TAILOR MADE REAL ESTATE INC.
BSMT - 115 NANTUCKET DRIVE
Richmond Hill (Oak Ridges Lake Wilcox), Ontario MLS® #30497346
Courtesy of PETER MOSTOUFIPOOR/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
69 DOLOBRAM TRAIL
Brampton (Northwest Brampton), Ontario MLS® #30497353
Courtesy of Ishmeet Singh Malhotra/EXP REALTY
2302 - 195 WYNFORD DRIVE
Toronto (Flemingdon Park), Ontario MLS® #30497365
Courtesy of ABDUL T. KAROVALIA/NEWGEN REALTY EXPERTS
703 - 9000 JANE STREET
Vaughan (Vellore Village), Ontario MLS® #30497372
Courtesy of STEVEN JONATHAN COMMISSO/ROYAL LEPAGE PREMIUM ONE REALTY
802 - 25 FONTENAY COURT
Toronto (Edenbridge-Humber Valley), Ontario MLS® #30497377
Courtesy of ENZO BUONO/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
430 - 2 DAVID EYER ROAD
Richmond Hill, Ontario MLS® #30497347
Courtesy of JING HUANG/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.
2003 - 20 BRUYERES MEWS
Toronto (Niagara), Ontario MLS® #30497366
Courtesy of STEPHEN AU-YEUNG/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
1 MCGILL DRIVE
Kawartha Lakes (Manvers), Ontario MLS® #30497378
Courtesy of LISA TRAN/HOMEPIN REALTY INC.
56 COLLIN COURT
Richmond Hill (Jefferson), Ontario MLS® #30497373
Courtesy of VINCENT JIANG/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
62 OLD CHICOPEE Drive
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #30497385
Courtesy of Ying Susan Jiang/Royal Lepage Peaceland Realty
17 CLAPPERTON STREET
Barrie (City Centre), Ontario MLS® #30497348
Courtesy of AAKASH JANGRA/HOME CHOICE REALTY INC.
1909 - 700 CONSTELLATION DRIVE
Mississauga (Hurontario), Ontario MLS® #30497350
Courtesy of MARIA ONGARO/RE/MAX HALLMARK YORK GROUP REALTY LTD.
19 VERBENA STREET
East Gwillimbury (Sharon), Ontario MLS® #30497374
Courtesy of STELLA LI/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
1 MCGILL DRIVE
Kawartha Lakes (Manvers), Ontario MLS® #30497379
Courtesy of LISA TRAN/HOMEPIN REALTY INC.
273 WOODBINE Avenue
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #30497386
Courtesy of Rahul Bhimani/Re/Max Real Estate Centre Inc
2006 - 68 CANTERBURY PLACE
Toronto (Willowdale West), Ontario MLS® #30497344
Courtesy of RICHARD HUANG/RE/MAX PARTNERS REALTY INC.
BSMT - 870 OASIS DRIVE
Mississauga (East Credit), Ontario MLS® #30497349
Courtesy of KEVIN CHOU/FREEMAN REAL ESTATE LTD.
206 - 259 THE KINGSWAY
Toronto (Edenbridge-Humber Valley), Ontario MLS® #30497351
Courtesy of MOLLY YANG/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
15 CURREN CRESCENT
Tillsonburg, Ontario MLS® #30497356
Courtesy of GURPREET SANDHU/iCloud Realty Ltd.
BASEMENT - 31 STALEY TERRACE
Toronto (L'Amoreaux), Ontario MLS® #30497368
Courtesy of MARINA YUE/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
24 MAPLEHYRN AVENUE
East Gwillimbury (Sharon), Ontario MLS® #30497375
Courtesy of HONG TINA CHEN/REAL ONE REALTY INC.
107 4430 HIGHWAY 16
Smithers, British Columbia MLS® #30497111
Courtesy of Ron Lapadat/RE/MAX Bulkley Valley
1474 GLENCAIRN AVENUE
Peterborough (Monaghan Ward 2), Ontario MLS® #30492984
Courtesy of CHRISTINE KEMP/RE/MAX ROUGE RIVER REALTY LTD.
83 HARDCASTLE DRIVE S
Waterloo, Ontario MLS® #30493211
Courtesy of DONNA PIANO/HOMELIFE PARTNERS REALTY CORP.
8 PARAMOUNT PLACE
Brampton (Fletcher's West), Ontario MLS® #30493444
Courtesy of FRANK POLSINELLO/EXP REALTY
60 CHARLES Street W Unit# 1504
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #30493401
Courtesy of Vince Vasco/Royal LePage Wolle Realty
1110 - 330 ALTON TOWERS CIRCLE
Toronto (Milliken), Ontario MLS® #30493406
Courtesy of MAYUR DOLATRAI MISTRY/CENTURY 21 TITANS REALTY INC.
3 - 369 GEORGIAN DRIVE
Barrie (Georgian Drive), Ontario MLS® #30493432
Courtesy of DANIEL FORTUNATO/RE/MAX WEST REALTY INC.
112 Burnt Woods Road
Victoria, Newfoundland & Labrador MLS® #30493425
Courtesy of Frank Evely/RE/MAX Eastern Edge Realty Ltd. - Bay Roberts
7 - 4538 HURON STREET
Niagara Falls (Downtown), Ontario MLS® #30493305
Courtesy of Matt Vescio/The Agency
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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