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.
308 - 66 KIPPENDAVIE AVENUE
Toronto (The Beaches), Ontario MLS® #30497369
Courtesy of DAVID MCLEAN/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY LTD.
367 GERMAN SCHOOL Road
Paris, Ontario MLS® #30497631
Courtesy of Billy Abels/Re/Max Twin City Realty Inc
4235 LIBERTY CROSS
London South (South V), Ontario MLS® #30497605
Courtesy of SHARON ALLISON-PRELAZZI/ROYAL LEPAGE TRILAND REALTY
108 GARMENT Street Unit# 307
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #30497585
Courtesy of SCOTT MICHAEL JONES/Condo Culture, Brokerage
56 ACKER STREET
Guelph (Grange Road), Ontario MLS® #30497617
Courtesy of RYAN WALLER/Keller Williams Home Group Realty
141 Little Passage Road|West Arichat
St. Marys, Nova Scotia MLS® #30497679
Courtesy of Tanja Wypper/Cape Breton Realty
211 - 625 QUEEN STREET E
Toronto (South Riverdale), Ontario MLS® #30497725
Courtesy of EILEEN LASSWELL/CHESTNUT PARK REAL ESTATE LIMITED
1167 GINA STREET
Innisfil (Alcona), Ontario MLS® #30497732
Courtesy of SABINA SADL-KOLCHETSKI/RE/MAX HALLMARK CHAY REALTY
21 SHELLEY LANE
Barrie (Letitia Heights), Ontario MLS® #30497737
Courtesy of JENNIFER JONES/LPT REALTY
308 ESPIN HEIGHTS
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #30497744
Courtesy of Nancy Zhang/COLDWELL BANKER SARAZEN REALTY
512 - 2490 OLD BRONTE ROAD
Oakville (WM Westmount), Ontario MLS® #30497751
Courtesy of MICHAEL BOZINOSKI/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.
15 HEATHERDALE DRIVE
Brampton (Fletcher's Meadow), Ontario MLS® #30497749
Courtesy of PARAM MANN/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.
798 NEW AMHERST BOULEVARD
Cobourg, Ontario MLS® #30497763
Courtesy of JACQUELINE PENNINGTON/RE/MAX HALLMARK FIRST GROUP REALTY LTD.
162 SNYDER'S Road E Unit# 104
Baden, Ontario MLS® #30497782
Courtesy of Samantha Bailey/RE/MAX SOLID GOLD REALTY (II) LTD.
2718 - 4055 PARKSIDE VILLAGE DRIVE
Mississauga (City Centre), Ontario MLS® #30497756
Courtesy of SEHR MAHMOOD/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
320 - 15 MERCER STREET
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #30497364
Courtesy of STEPHEN AU-YEUNG/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
1906 - 38 WATER WALK DRIVE
Markham (Unionville), Ontario MLS® #30497460
Courtesy of GRACE WANG/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
11 - 965 BOVAIRD DRIVE W
Brampton (Fletcher's Creek Village), Ontario MLS® #30497472
Courtesy of JAMES TASCA/ICI SOURCE REAL ASSET SERVICES INC.
32030 Kodiak Springs Road
Rural Rocky View County, Alberta MLS® #30497504
Courtesy of Puma S. Banwait/Century 21 Bamber Realty LTD.
51 ROSSLYN AVENUE N
Hamilton (Crown Point), Ontario MLS® #30497523
Courtesy of MICHAEL CROSS/Right At Home Realty, Brokerage
2103 - 219 DUNDAS STREET E
Toronto (Moss Park), Ontario MLS® #30497542
Courtesy of PEARL KIM/FIRST CLASS REALTY INC.
131 Wellington ST E
Sault Ste. Mrarie, Ontario MLS® #30497600
Courtesy of Jean Morrison/EXP Realty Brokerage
2408 - 33 SHEPPARD AVENUE E
Toronto (Willowdale East), Ontario MLS® #30497706
Courtesy of DAVID YOUNG/ROYAL LEPAGE PEACELAND REALTY
B - 4271 SHEPPARD AVENUE E
Toronto (Agincourt South-Malvern West), Ontario MLS® #30497718
Courtesy of HARISH NAGABHAIRU/RE/MAX OPTIMUM REALTY
7706 COUNTY ROAD 30
Trent Hills, Ontario MLS® #30497713
Courtesy of J.J. Hudson/RE/MAX HALLMARK EASTERN REALTY
7 Center Island Road
Fogo Island, Newfoundland & Labrador MLS® #30497408
Courtesy of Kyran Dwyer/BlueKey Realty Inc.
71 VANIER Drive Unit# 310
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #30497427
Courtesy of Zoran Stojakovic/Royal LePage Wolle Realty
1504 - 11 BOGERT AVENUE
Toronto (Lansing-Westgate), Ontario MLS® #30497446
Courtesy of PETER WANG/HOMECOMFORT REALTY INC.
23 PEACE DRIVE
Toronto (Woburn), Ontario MLS® #30497547
Courtesy of ARLENE LEE MILBURY/RE/MAX ALL-STARS REALTY INC.
2074 KEVIN Crescent
Burlington, Ontario MLS® #30498780
Courtesy of Michael O'Sullivan/RE/MAX Escarpment Realty Inc.
39 62331 RGE RD 411A
Rural Bonnyville M.D., Alberta MLS® #30498797
Courtesy of Cori Ferguson/Royal Lepage Northern Lights Realty
209 1576 MERKLIN STREET
White Rock, British Columbia MLS® #30498184
Courtesy of Jesse Kleine/Sutton Group-West Coast Realty (Surrey/24)
316 WILLIAMS CRESCENT
Prince George, British Columbia MLS® #30497989
Courtesy of Dean Birks/Royal LePage Aspire Realty
21 RIDLEY GARDENS
Toronto (High Park-Swansea), Ontario MLS® #30497941
Courtesy of CHARLENE STAMEGNA/BOSLEY REAL ESTATE LTD.
1706 - 3883 QUARTZ ROAD
Mississauga (City Centre), Ontario MLS® #30497939
Courtesy of ERIC GUO/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
138 ST. JAMES Street S
Waterford, Ontario MLS® #30497977
Courtesy of Daryl Rainey/Progressive Realty Group Inc.
3214 PARKERHILL ROAD
Mississauga (Cooksville), Ontario MLS® #30497946
Courtesy of ZIGGY PISZCZEK/REMAX YOUR COMMUNITY REALTY
LOWER - 92 CLARENCE STREET
Vaughan (West Woodbridge), Ontario MLS® #30497922
Courtesy of ROMAN SMIRNOV/NORTH 2 SOUTH 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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