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.
510 - 218 QUEENS QUAY W
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #30416890
Courtesy of KELLY KAY EDGE/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
22823 WEIRS SIDE ROAD
Georgina (Pefferlaw), Ontario MLS® #30416903
Courtesy of ERAN SCHWARTZ/HOMELIFE EXCELSIOR REALTY INC.
202 GODDARD STREET
Toronto (Bathurst Manor), Ontario MLS® #30416910
Courtesy of DONGSHENG QIU/FIRST CLASS REALTY INC.
306 - 120 PARLIAMENT STREET
Toronto (Moss Park), Ontario MLS® #30416908
Courtesy of CLOUD FAN/SMART SOLD REALTY
UPPER 46766 FIRST AVENUE|Chilliwack Proper East
Chilliwack, British Columbia MLS® #30416775
Courtesy of Serena Laye/Century 21 Creekside Realty
4171 SAWMILL VALLEY DRIVE
Mississauga (Erin Mills), Ontario MLS® #30416915
Courtesy of STAZ GEORGOULIAS/RE/MAX REALTY SERVICES INC.
30 - 2199 LILLYKIN STREET
Oakville (RO River Oaks), Ontario MLS® #30416916
Courtesy of JUN QIN/REAL ONE REALTY INC.
1265 MANITOU WAY
Milton (BW Bowes), Ontario MLS® #30416904
Courtesy of ABDULLAH MEREI/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
3207 - 319 JARVIS STREET
Toronto (Moss Park), Ontario MLS® #30416909
Courtesy of OM PERKASH LASI/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
156 RHODES AVENUE
Toronto (Greenwood-Coxwell), Ontario MLS® #30416896
Courtesy of JONATHAN MATTHEW WONG/KELLER WILLIAMS REFERRED URBAN REALTY
32 CARDREW STREET
Markham (Cornell), Ontario MLS® #30416912
Courtesy of JOY ZHANG/HOMELIFE GOLCONDA REALTY INC.
60 STARLING Drive
Hamilton, Ontario MLS® #30416878
Courtesy of George Palios/Real Broker Ontario Ltd.
414 - 38 FOREST MANOR ROAD
Toronto (Henry Farm), Ontario MLS® #30416892
Courtesy of CLIFF TSZ SIU LAU/SKYLETTE MARKETING REALTY INC.
621 BYRON STREET S
Whitby (Downtown Whitby), Ontario MLS® #30416897
Courtesy of RAVI SHANKAR KYGONAHALLI/REAL ESTATE HOMEWARD
503 - 395 SQUARE ONE DRIVE
Mississauga (City Centre), Ontario MLS® #30416905
Courtesy of SANJEEP SHRESTHA/SAVE HOME REALTY INC.
2885 FOXDEN SQUARE
Pickering, Ontario MLS® #30416900
Courtesy of DARREN KHAN/RE/MAX ULTIMATE REALTY INC.
33 Glen Stewart Drive
Stratford, Prince Edward Island MLS® #30416761
Courtesy of Bingyi Pan/NORTHERN LIGHTS REALTY LTD.
22 HENLEY COURT
Welland (Dain City), Ontario MLS® #30416906
Courtesy of Jordan Greenough/RE/MAX NIAGARA REALTY LTD, BROKERAGE
412 - 1 CHEF LANE
Barrie, Ontario MLS® #30416913
Courtesy of ALI TCHESHMEJOUI/ROYAL LEPAGE PEACELAND REALTY
LOWER 46766 FIRST AVENUE|Chilliwack Proper East
Chilliwack, British Columbia MLS® #30416774
Courtesy of Serena Laye/Century 21 Creekside Realty
108 ABITIBI AVENUE
Toronto (Newtonbrook East), Ontario MLS® #30416894
Courtesy of NOAH ZHANG/NU STREAM REALTY (TORONTO) INC.
112 LACEWOOD DRIVE
Richmond Hill (Westbrook), Ontario MLS® #30416902
Courtesy of STACY ZHANG/HC YouHome Realty Inc.
4 BRULE CRESCENT
Toronto (High Park-Swansea), Ontario MLS® #30416914
Courtesy of NATASHA ABRAHAM/SUTTON GROUP REALTY SYSTEMS INC.
12 JILL COURT
Markham (Markham Village), Ontario MLS® #30416009
Courtesy of PING PING HU/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
52 BERKELEY COURT
Markham (Unionville), Ontario MLS® #30416085
Courtesy of GLORIA TONG/RE/MAX PARTNERS REALTY INC.
201 DAWSON Street
Waterloo, Ontario MLS® #30416059
Courtesy of Deirdre Maria Dunne/Re/Max Icon Realty
57 - 7 WOODVALE GREEN LANE
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #30416174
Courtesy of Mark Christie/CENTURY 21 GOLDLEAF REALTY INC.
322 FLEMING DRIVE
London East (East D), Ontario MLS® #30416193
Courtesy of MANINDER BHATIA/KING REALTY INC.
242 BUTTERCUP Court Unit# Upper
Waterloo, Ontario MLS® #30416066
Courtesy of YING SUSAN JIANG/Royal LePage Peaceland Realty
239 MIDLAND Place
Welland, Ontario MLS® #30416674
Courtesy of Visalinh Saythavy/Stonemill Realty Inc.
551 - 10 CAPREOL COURT
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #30416559
Courtesy of EDWARD CHOW/UNION CAPITAL REALTY
212 CAMERON CRESCENT
Georgina (Keswick North), Ontario MLS® #30416655
Courtesy of Kimberly Jin/LPT REALTY
TWP 621 HIWAY 63
Rural Thorhild County, Alberta MLS® #30416617
Courtesy of Marilyn L. Drader/Century 21 All Stars Realty Ltd
2 - 527 LADEROUTE AVENUE
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #30416821
Courtesy of Cameron Morris/ENGEL & VOLKERS OTTAWA
246 Fairmont Boulevard S
Lethbridge, Alberta MLS® #30416819
Courtesy of Connor Irvine/Onyx Realty Ltd.
210 SOUTH SERVICE ROAD
Mississauga (Mineola), Ontario MLS® #30416840
Courtesy of NAR SANDHU/EXP REALTY
MAIN - 92 LOGANBERRY CRESCENT
Toronto (Hillcrest Village), Ontario MLS® #30416826
Courtesy of PIN LI/MASTER'S TRUST REALTY INC.
4412 - 488 UNIVERSITY AVENUE
Toronto (Kensington-Chinatown), Ontario MLS® #30416179
Courtesy of GRACE GAO/AIMHOME REALTY INC.
LOWER - 824 CROWELLS STREET
Oshawa (Pinecrest), Ontario MLS® #30416206
Courtesy of ELIZABETH MILOT/HOMELIFE/VISION REALTY INC.
185 TWYFORD STREET
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #30416225
Courtesy of Mustafa Sawalha/COLDWELL BANKER SARAZEN REALTY
245-255 BLOOR STREET W
Oshawa (Lakeview), Ontario MLS® #30416042
Courtesy of JASHAN KOCHHAR/AREA 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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Toronto Neighbourhood Guide
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