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.
3303 70 Avenue, Leduc, AB
Leduc, Alberta MLS® #29465687
Courtesy of Michelle A. Plach/HonestDoor Inc
10628 HISLOP ROAD
Telkwa, British Columbia MLS® #30144218
Courtesy of Ron Lapadat/RE/MAX Bulkley Valley
1731 - 230 SIMCOE STREET
Toronto (Kensington-Chinatown), Ontario MLS® #30140134
Courtesy of MICHAEL WANG/ROYAL LEPAGE PEACELAND REALTY
802 - 1121 STEELES AVENUE W
Toronto (Westminster-Branson), Ontario MLS® #30140139
Courtesy of OLGA DONCHENKO/RE/MAX REALTRON BARRY COHEN HOMES INC.
16 MAZEPA PLACE
Oro-Medonte (Hawkestone), Ontario MLS® #30140836
Courtesy of JAMES SHIELLS/HOUSESIGMA INC.
531 Empire Ave.
Thunder Bay, Ontario MLS® #30140076
Courtesy of JOE SPEZIALE/ROYAL LEPAGE LANNON REALTY
LOT 7 PART OF LOT 6 CON 5 SOUTH SHORE ROAD
Bonfield, Ontario MLS® #30140090
Courtesy of ANDREW DEAN/Century 21 Blue Sky Region Realty Inc., Brokerage
361 ROBINSON ROAD
Brant (Burford), Ontario MLS® #30139911
Courtesy of SANDY DALTON/Royal LePage Real Estate Services Ltd., Brokerage
1432 Madrona Dr
Nanoose Bay, British Columbia MLS® #30139846
Courtesy of Morgan Carey/eXp Realty (NA)
314 BEASLEY TERRACE
Milton (FO Ford), Ontario MLS® #30140684
Courtesy of SUNNY GAWRI/RE/MAX REALTY SERVICES INC.
11 Tuscany Ridge Park NW
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #30142298
Courtesy of Tomasz Samborski/MaxWell Capital Realty
48 MOUNTAIN AVENUE N
Hamilton (Stoney Creek), Ontario MLS® #30139997
Courtesy of JOE COSENTINO/ROYAL LEPAGE STATE REALTY
205 - 3269 BLOOR STREET W
Toronto (Stonegate-Queensway), Ontario MLS® #30139985
Courtesy of JARED ROGERS/RE/MAX WEST REALTY INC.
46 Westcomb Crescent
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island MLS® #30139980
Courtesy of Kris Fournier/RE/MAX CHARLOTTETOWN REALTY
#61 603 WATT BV SW
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #30144511
Courtesy of Harvinder Aulakh/Royal LePage Noralta Real Estate
9392 Brookwood Dr
Sidney, British Columbia MLS® #30139973
Courtesy of Kim Barber/Coldwell Banker Oceanside Real Estate
3110 - 42 CHARLES STREET E
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #30139942
Courtesy of Weitao Shen/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
1310 ST CLAIR AVENUE W
Toronto (Corso Italia-Davenport), Ontario MLS® #30139872
Courtesy of TONY VITALE/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
UPPER - 58 CARRICK AVENUE
Toronto (Weston-Pellam Park), Ontario MLS® #30140242
Courtesy of MICHELLE ZHANG/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
201 VERONICA Drive
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #30140254
Courtesy of DENISE BRAUN/RE/MAX Twin City Realty Inc.
10 POOLE STREET
Brantford, Ontario MLS® #30140273
Courtesy of RACHHPAL SINGH GREWAL/RE/MAX PRESIDENT REALTY
7886 ALFRED STREET
Niagara Falls (West Wood), Ontario MLS® #30140278
Courtesy of TEJ SINGH/RE/MAX EXPERTS
5612 Hammond Bay Rd
Nanaimo, British Columbia MLS® #30140312
Courtesy of Dawn Walton/eXp Realty (NA)
229 Granville Street
Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia MLS® #30140348
Courtesy of Jake Chisholm/Results Realty Atlantic Inc.
43 COPPERMILL DRIVE
Brampton (Northwest Sandalwood Parkway), Ontario MLS® #30140367
Courtesy of DWAYNE LINTON/Royal LePage Credit Valley Real Estate Inc., Brokerage
#B - 25 GOSLING GARDENS
Guelph (Clairfields/Hanlon Business Park), Ontario MLS® #30140393
Courtesy of LISA CHOU/HomeLife Power Realty Inc
LOT 3 WELLINGTON STREET
Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh (Ashfield), Ontario MLS® #30140398
Courtesy of DONNY RIVERS/Coldwell Banker All Points-Festival City Realty
16 BONISTEEL Road
Quinte West, Ontario MLS® #30140401
Courtesy of Ana Carter/Keller Williams Complete Realty
156 SNOWDON AVENUE
Toronto (Lawrence Park North), Ontario MLS® #30140406
Courtesy of MANI SHOOSHTARIZADEH/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
4203 - 251 JARVIS STREET
Toronto (Moss Park), Ontario MLS® #30140413
Courtesy of WEI LI/RE/MAX EXCEL REALTY LTD.
3707 - 35 MARINER TERRACE
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #30140418
Courtesy of HILARY BROWNING/SAGE REAL ESTATE LIMITED
1 JOHN Avenue
Paris, Ontario MLS® #30139928
Courtesy of Henk Vanden Beukel/Royal LePage NRC Realty Inc.
913 - 8 WIDMER STREET
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #30139935
Courtesy of DINAH WONG/CENTURY 21 LEADING EDGE REALTY INC.
41 SCOTCHMERE CRESCENT
London South (South X), Ontario MLS® #30139954
Courtesy of ROB RUDELL/KELLER WILLIAMS LIFESTYLES
461 LIMERICK STREET
Innisfil, Ontario MLS® #30139961
Courtesy of JOSEPH MORRIELLO/GRANGE HALL REALTY INC.
43 FITTONS ROAD W
Orillia, Ontario MLS® #30139966
Courtesy of JENNIFER SQUIRES/ROYAL LEPAGE FIRST CONTACT REALTY
4127 69 Street NW
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #30140014
Courtesy of Atif Z. Rajan/RE/MAX Real Estate (Mountain View)
UNIT 1 - 128 WILSON ROAD S
Oshawa (Central), Ontario MLS® #30140019
Courtesy of Phil Cannon/Royal Heritage Realty Ltd.
4904 MCKINLEY AVENUE
Regina, Saskatchewan MLS® #30140021
Courtesy of Lori Radmacher/RE/MAX Crown Real Estate
37 SWEETNAM DRIVE
Kawartha Lakes (Lindsay), Ontario MLS® #30140033
Courtesy of Tracy Hennekam/Re/Max All-Stars Realty Inc.
130 COUNTY RD 40
Asphodel-Norwood, Ontario MLS® #30140038
Courtesy of Farhan Rahman/RE/MAX HALLMARK EASTERN REALTY
2161 TRIBALWOOD STREET
London North (North E), Ontario MLS® #30140040
Courtesy of SEBASTIAN DZWONCZYK/INFINITY REALTY 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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