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
PRO LIQUOR STORE
Vegreville, Alberta MLS® #30006458
Courtesy of Kuljeet Dhaliwal/Royal Lepage Arteam Realty
20 Neebig AVE
Manitouwadge, Ontario MLS® #30060407
Courtesy of SIMONE DONALDSON/CENTURY 21 SUPERIOR REALTY INC.
49 Otter Ave
Manitouwadge, Ontario MLS® #30060254
Courtesy of SIMONE DONALDSON/CENTURY 21 SUPERIOR REALTY INC.
435A MIDWOOD Crescent
Waterloo, Ontario MLS® #30060616
Courtesy of TYLER O'DONOVAN/RE/MAX TWIN CITY REALTY INC.
569 PARKSIDE Crescent
Burlington, Ontario MLS® #30059347
Courtesy of Michael Griffith/Coldwell Banker-Burnhill Realty
154 CATHERINE AVENUE
Beckwith, Ontario MLS® #30060914
Courtesy of Michale Fyke/REMAX BOARDWALK REALTY
1591 CEDAR STREET
Prince George, British Columbia MLS® #30061359
Courtesy of Ari Carleton/RE/MAX Core Realty
30 BARTLETT DRIVE
Seguin, Ontario MLS® #30061708
Courtesy of TERRI LYNN GIBSON/Royal LePage Team Advantage Realty
90 8413 MIDTOWN WAY|Chilliwack Proper South
Chilliwack, British Columbia MLS® #30061760
Courtesy of Susie Tai/Heller Murch Realty
21 - 127 FAIRWAY CRESCENT
Collingwood, Ontario MLS® #30060058
Courtesy of KIM MCGORAN/Century 21 Millennium Inc.
41-47 WEDEENE STREET
Kitimat, British Columbia MLS® #30061133
Courtesy of Katica Petersen/Royal LePage Aspire Realty (Terr)
1626 Water Street Unit# 1808
Kelowna, British Columbia MLS® #30061378
Courtesy of Kristi Shortt/Parker Real Estate
8 JAKEMAN STREET
Kawartha Lakes (Manvers), Ontario MLS® #30061551
Courtesy of BRYAN JUSTIN JASKOLKA/CMI REAL ESTATE INC.
5 Lake Charlotte
Lake Charlotte, Nova Scotia MLS® #30061621
Courtesy of Rick Clarke/Century 21 Trident Realty Ltd.
152 Hodgewater Line
Makinsons, Newfoundland & Labrador MLS® #30061734
Courtesy of Lee Li/Royal LePage Property Consultants Limited
307 - 73 KING WILLIAM CRESCENT
Richmond Hill (Langstaff), Ontario MLS® #30061746
Courtesy of CHARLES RUOCCO/SUTTON GROUP-ADMIRAL REALTY INC.
1960 Grandview Dr
Saanich, British Columbia MLS® #30061753
Courtesy of John Byrne/Macdonald Realty Victoria
PH32 - 858 DUPONT STREET
Toronto (Dovercourt-Wallace Emerson-Junction), Ontario MLS® #30061765
Courtesy of KAMAL RAINA/CENTURY 21 PEOPLE'S CHOICE REALTY INC.
Lot 4 Thomas DRIVE
Cochin, Saskatchewan MLS® #30061791
Courtesy of Alysa Mathies/Coldwell Banker Signature
17 MULLIGAN LANE
Georgian Bay (Baxter), Ontario MLS® #30061556
Courtesy of CATHY KORPI/REAL BROKER ONTARIO LTD.
S2505 - 330 PHILLIP STREET
Waterloo, Ontario MLS® #30061563
Courtesy of MALLORY SIEZAR/RE/MAX TWIN CITY REALTY INC.
50 203 Herold TERRACE
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan MLS® #30061568
Courtesy of Della Zhang/Royal LePage Varsity
2321 HILLARY AVENUE
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #30061645
Courtesy of Paul McCunn/ROYAL LEPAGE PERFORMANCE REALTY
2105 - 242 RIDEAU STREET
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #30061652
Courtesy of Paul Franchuk/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY GROUP
8791 SOURGUM AVENUE
Niagara Falls (Brown), Ontario MLS® #30061657
Courtesy of Justin Taylor/RE/MAX HENDRIKS TEAM REALTY
571 LEONARD Court
Burlington, Ontario MLS® #30061703
Courtesy of AUDREY BAILEY/Real Broker Ontario Ltd.
17 RICKABY STREET
Clarington (Bowmanville), Ontario MLS® #30061710
Courtesy of Katarina Eikeland/Career Real Estate Services Ltd.
210 - 18 YORKVILLE AVENUE
Toronto (Annex), Ontario MLS® #30061715
Courtesy of NORA JOANNE ROSEMOND/CHESTNUT PARK REAL ESTATE LIMITED
1618 - 585 BLOOR STREET E
Toronto (North St. James Town), Ontario MLS® #30061722
Courtesy of FORREST WANG/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
60-66 WEDEENE STREET
Kitimat, British Columbia MLS® #30060919
Courtesy of Katica Petersen/Royal LePage Aspire Realty (Terr)
3 GARLAND AVENUE
Cambridge, Ontario MLS® #30059777
Courtesy of JASWINDER DAYAL/CENTURY 21 PEOPLE'S CHOICE REALTY INC.
216 VERMONT AVENUE
Newmarket (Summerhill Estates), Ontario MLS® #30058952
Courtesy of JOLENE YU/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.
100 105th STREET W
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan MLS® #30059133
Courtesy of Grant LaMarsh/2 Percent Realty Platinum Inc.
7 LORIMER Street
St. George, Ontario MLS® #30059405
Courtesy of William Morley/Re/Max Twin City Realty Inc.
1 Saskatchewan PLACE
Candle Lake, Saskatchewan MLS® #30059537
Courtesy of Karyn Steinke/TRCG The Realty Consultants Group
7 MCPHAIL ROAD
Carleton Place, Ontario MLS® #30059842
Courtesy of Lorie Ann Warren/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY GROUP
27 DUNKELD WAY
Markham (Royal Orchard), Ontario MLS® #30059929
Courtesy of MARJAN ARCURI/REMAX YOUR COMMUNITY REALTY
10593,10594,10595 MCGARRY TWP
Timiskaming (TIM - Outside - Rural), Ontario MLS® #30060022
Courtesy of Claire Brazeau/ROYAL LEPAGE BEST CHOICE REALTY
50 15 Assiniboine DRIVE
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan MLS® #30060015
Courtesy of Jenna Schmid/Century 21 Fusion
5 - 2605 WOODCHESTER DRIVE
Mississauga (Sheridan), Ontario MLS® #30060166
Courtesy of SYED HUSSAIN/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
1550 Union Road Unit# 46
Kelowna, British Columbia MLS® #30061190
Courtesy of Darya Pfund/Easy List Realty
61 BALFOUR Crescent
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #30061195
Courtesy of RIZ JADAVJI/Royal LePage Wolle Realty
103 AYLESWORTH AVENUE
Toronto (Birchcliffe-Cliffside), Ontario MLS® #30061208
Courtesy of Heather Sinclair/ROYAL LEPAGE ESTATE REALTY
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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