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
93 ARTHUR Street S Unit# 1008
Guelph, Ontario MLS® #30315263
Courtesy of Mai Phung/Bosley Real Estate Ltd.
93 ARTHUR Street S Unit# 503
Guelph, Ontario MLS® #30315268
Courtesy of Mai Phung/Bosley Real Estate Ltd.
93 ARTHUR Street S Unit# 910
Guelph, Ontario MLS® #30315264
Courtesy of Mai Phung/Bosley Real Estate Ltd.
93 ARTHUR Street S Unit# 1105
Guelph, Ontario MLS® #30315265
Courtesy of Mai Phung/Bosley Real Estate Ltd.
93 ARTHUR Street S Unit# 1309
Guelph, Ontario MLS® #30315261
Courtesy of Mai Phung/Bosley Real Estate Ltd.
93 ARTHUR Street S Unit# 909
Guelph, Ontario MLS® #30315266
Courtesy of Mai Phung/Bosley Real Estate Ltd.
93 ARTHUR Street S Unit# 1206
Guelph, Ontario MLS® #30315262
Courtesy of Mai Phung/Bosley Real Estate Ltd.
4 LEGENDS WAY
Markham (Unionville), Ontario MLS® #30309987
Courtesy of MONICA WEI/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
32 WIGAN CRESCENT
Toronto (Clanton Park), Ontario MLS® #30310458
Courtesy of NICOLE BEINERT/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
756 CAIRN CRESCENT
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #30310439
Courtesy of Elie Jibrine/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY GROUP
112 MARGARET Avenue N
Waterloo, Ontario MLS® #30310491
Courtesy of DAVID GRIGG/Royal LePage Wolle Realty
141 CHISHOLM DRIVE
Milton (MN Milton North), Ontario MLS® #30311499
Courtesy of KHALID NAEEM SIDDIQUI/RE/MAX GOLD REALTY INC.
101 - 1606 CHARLES STREET
Whitby (Port Whitby), Ontario MLS® #30311235
Courtesy of SHARAN SHANMUGATHASAN/ROYAL LEPAGE IGNITE REALTY
26 MERDOCK COURT
Whitchurch-Stouffville (Stouffville), Ontario MLS® #30311259
Courtesy of DARYL KING/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY LTD.
1054 UNION Street
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #30311343
Courtesy of KEN CAMERON/RE/MAX SOLID GOLD REALTY (II) LTD.
1 CHANTILLY GATE
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #30311398
Courtesy of Caroline Risi/ROYAL LEPAGE INTEGRITY REALTY
516 - 470 DUNDAS STREET E
Hamilton (Waterdown), Ontario MLS® #30311413
Courtesy of MARIO GLUMPAK/Real Broker Ontario Ltd.
4305 Senecal DRIVE
Regina, Saskatchewan MLS® #30311583
Courtesy of Stacy Dreger/Boyes Group Realty Inc.
1004 - 2 COVINGTON ROAD
Toronto (Englemount-Lawrence), Ontario MLS® #30310333
Courtesy of MELISSA BERGMANN/SUTTON GROUP-ADMIRAL REALTY INC.
205 - 394 EUCLID AVENUE
Toronto (Palmerston-Little Italy), Ontario MLS® #30310453
Courtesy of JENN WILSON/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY LTD.
44 LENNOX STREET
Kingston (City SouthWest), Ontario MLS® #30310580
Courtesy of KENDRA HODGSON/EXP REALTY, BROKERAGE
3 - 1426 FANSHAWE PARK ROAD W
London North (North E), Ontario MLS® #30310585
Courtesy of JUSTIN KONIKOW/PRIME REAL ESTATE BROKERAGE
35 KENNARD AVENUE
Toronto (Bathurst Manor), Ontario MLS® #30310655
Courtesy of JUSTIN BREGMAN/RARE REAL ESTATE
12 - 13 KENVIEW BOULEVARD
Brampton (Parkway Belt Industrial Area), Ontario MLS® #30310751
Courtesy of JOSEPH VITALE/RE/MAX PREMIER INC.
201, 2211 29 Street SW
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #30311002
Courtesy of Kevin Bamford/RE/MAX Realty Professionals
1604 VANDUSEN COURT
London North (North C), Ontario MLS® #30311146
Courtesy of MIKE ASHBY/EXP REALTY
23 HIGHLAND CR
Sherwood Park, Alberta MLS® #30311153
Courtesy of Corey McEwen/MaxWell Devonshire Realty
35 PALACEBEACH TRAIL
Hamilton (Lakeshore), Ontario MLS® #30311317
Courtesy of HESHAM SHAABAN/HOUSESIGMA INC.
5 TIERNEY DRIVE
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #30311401
Courtesy of Hamid Riahi/POWER MARKETING REAL ESTATE INC.
65 CARNEROS WAY
Markham (Cedar Grove), Ontario MLS® #30311728
Courtesy of STEPHEN TRUONG/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
1809 - 9506 MARKHAM ROAD
Markham (Wismer), Ontario MLS® #30311735
Courtesy of EMILY LAI YI CHENG/RE/MAX CROSSROADS REALTY INC.
151 ST GEORGE STREET
Welland (Broadway), Ontario MLS® #30311627
Courtesy of Sandra Crumb/RE/MAX GARDEN CITY REALTY INC, BROKERAGE
203, 3111 34 Avenue NW
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #30311653
Courtesy of Jeffrey LeBlanc/Century 21 Bamber Realty LTD.
1337 PATRICIA PLACE
Cornwall, Ontario MLS® #30311689
Courtesy of ERIC BELANGER/RE/MAX AFFILIATES MARQUIS LTD.
85377 MCDONALD LANE
Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh (Ashfield), Ontario MLS® #30311691
Courtesy of AMANDA MCCLENAGHAN/Coldwell Banker All Points-Festival City Realty
13 6575 192 STREET
Surrey, British Columbia MLS® #30314688
Courtesy of Jeremy Sutton/RE/MAX Treeland Realty
8 DIXIE AVENUE
Niagara-on-the-Lake (Town), Ontario MLS® #30314652
Courtesy of Greg Sykes/RE/MAX NIAGARA REALTY LTD, BROKERAGE
2424 TESLA CRESCENT
Oakville (JC Joshua Creek), Ontario MLS® #30314690
Courtesy of RINA DI RISIO/ROYAL LEPAGE REAL ESTATE SERVICES LTD.
518 10838 WHALLEY BOULEVARD
Surrey, British Columbia MLS® #30314753
Courtesy of Kelly Fry/Keller Williams Bold Realty
1508 - 215 LONSDALE ROAD
Toronto (Forest Hill South), Ontario MLS® #30314532
Courtesy of CARLY ALEXANDRA PICOV/HARVEY KALLES REAL ESTATE LTD.
357 MILL STREET
Essa (Angus), Ontario MLS® #30314575
Courtesy of VIMMI KOHLY/HOMELIFE/MIRACLE REALTY LTD
396 PLAINS ROAD E
Burlington (LaSalle), Ontario MLS® #30314847
Courtesy of JOSEPH CRESPO/ROYAL LEPAGE STATE REALTY
1401 Pilot Way
Nanoose Bay, British Columbia MLS® #30314878
Courtesy of Dan Joughin/Royal LePage Island Living (QU)
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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