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.
61 MAUD Street
Woodstock, Ontario MLS® #29999453
Courtesy of NICOLE BRAND/RE/MAX TWIN CITY REALTY INC.
34 PINE VALLEY DRIVE
St. Thomas, Ontario MLS® #29997952
Courtesy of MARIAN WATERHOUSE/ROYAL LEPAGE TRILAND REALTY
3504 - 30 ELM DRIVE W
Mississauga (Fairview), Ontario MLS® #29998323
Courtesy of SOHAIL KHALID/SKYBOUND REALTY
535 Brule RD
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario MLS® #29998366
Courtesy of Carlo Gervasi/Century 21 Choice Realty Inc.
54 Blade Crescent
Mount Pearl, Newfoundland & Labrador MLS® #29998385
Courtesy of Cliff Curtis/Century 21 Seller's Choice Inc.
126 THIRD AVENUE E
North Bay (Central), Ontario MLS® #29998405
Courtesy of ARWYN PATERSON/Century 21 Blue Sky Region Realty Inc., Brokerage
4 SIM HILL CRESCENT
King (King City), Ontario MLS® #29998284
Courtesy of ALINA SPEKTOR/RE/MAX EXPERTS
136 Thakur STREET
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan MLS® #29998671
Courtesy of Brody Reimer/Coldwell Banker Signature
10 LOCARNO AVENUE
Hamilton (Hamilton Beach), Ontario MLS® #29998690
Courtesy of RYAN MARSHALL CAMPBELL/ROYAL LEPAGE TERREQUITY PLATINUM REALTY
493 NORMAN AVENUE
North Bay (Widdifield), Ontario MLS® #29998082
Courtesy of KERRY NELSON/Century 21 Blue Sky Region Realty Inc., Brokerage
343071 FIFTEENTH SIDE ROAD
Amaranth, Ontario MLS® #29997818
Courtesy of JESSE CHIDWICK/REVEL REALTY INC.
170 PARIS Road
Brantford, Ontario MLS® #29998222
Courtesy of Lynda Wilcox/Re/Max Twin City Realty Inc.
89 MAIN Street E
Grimsby, Ontario MLS® #29999218
Courtesy of Rob Golfi/RE/MAX Escarpment Golfi Realty Inc.
21, 712 4 Street NE
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #29999268
Courtesy of Craig Rushton/Century 21 Bamber Realty LTD.
18 Ranchlands Lane NE
Medicine Hat, Alberta MLS® #29999319
Courtesy of BRYAN DE JONG/2 PERCENT REALTY
310 19220 72 AVENUE
Surrey, British Columbia MLS® #29999364
Courtesy of Omar Mohammad/Royal LePage Global Force Realty
104 Birch ST
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario MLS® #29999441
Courtesy of Dan Nogalo/Century 21 Choice Realty Inc.
112 BENTON Street Unit# 601
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #29999446
Courtesy of CHRIS STANLEY/MCINTYRE REAL ESTATE SERVICES INC.
75 HURON Street Unit# 202
New Hamburg, Ontario MLS® #29999458
Courtesy of JON LAMBERT/RE/MAX TWIN CITY REALTY INC.
14 Hilltop Lane
Portugal Cove-St. Philips, Newfoundland & Labrador MLS® #29999477
Courtesy of Brad Bragg/Royal LePage Vision Realty
1007 BERYL PRIVATE
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #29999643
Courtesy of Danielle Gervais/ROYAL LEPAGE INTEGRITY REALTY
3302 MAIN STREET
North Stormont, Ontario MLS® #29999244
Courtesy of Geoff Walker/RE/MAX ABSOLUTE WALKER REALTY
103 - 299 THOMAS STREET
Carleton Place, Ontario MLS® #29999251
Courtesy of Haley Robinson/THE AGENCY OTTAWA
39 RUSSELL Crescent
St. George, Ontario MLS® #29999256
Courtesy of Joanne Acri/Re/Max Twin City Realty Inc
410 RIDGE Road Unit# 7
Meaford, Ontario MLS® #29999287
Courtesy of ISH FICICI/RE/MAX TWIN CITY REALTY INC.
4309 - 14 YORK STREET
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29999302
Courtesy of RAYMOND CHIU/KELLER WILLIAMS REFERRED URBAN REALTY
2515 - 319 JARVIS STREET
Toronto (Moss Park), Ontario MLS® #29999307
Courtesy of ANDI DUONG/CENTURY 21 ATRIA REALTY INC.
1161 Spirit Crt
Langford, British Columbia MLS® #29999352
Courtesy of Sean Wen/Sutton Group West Coast Realty
639 - 3091 DUFFERIN STREET
Toronto (Yorkdale-Glen Park), Ontario MLS® #29999369
Courtesy of ANTONIO SIRIANNI/WEISS REALTY LTD.
111 BLOOMINGTON DRIVE
Cambridge, Ontario MLS® #29999403
Courtesy of MICHEAL WILLIAM DESORMEAUX/ROCK STAR REAL ESTATE INC.
112 - 67 GODSTONE ROAD
Toronto (Don Valley Village), Ontario MLS® #29999061
Courtesy of EVELYN LI/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
502 - 30 NELSON STREET
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29999066
Courtesy of LUCY ROBERTS/REMAX YOUR COMMUNITY REALTY
32 OAK COURT
Aurora (Aurora Village), Ontario MLS® #29999097
Courtesy of ALFRED MARTINELLI/RE/MAX EXPERTS
44 TOUCHETTE DRIVE
Barrie (Holly), Ontario MLS® #29999112
Courtesy of SONIA BAL/ROYAL LEPAGE/J & D DIVISION
441 FLEET CANUCK PRIVATE
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #29999186
Courtesy of CECILIA OSIDEIN/HOMELIFE/MIRACLE REALTY LTD
322 BRADSHAW DRIVE
Stratford, Ontario MLS® #29999193
Courtesy of MANI BATOO/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.
403 - 455 CHARLTON AVENUE E
Hamilton (Stinson), Ontario MLS® #29999198
Courtesy of MATTHEW ADEH/RE/MAX ESCARPMENT REALTY INC.
1409 - 1210 RADOM STREET
Pickering (Bay Ridges), Ontario MLS® #29999078
Courtesy of DALE E. THOM/ROYAL LEPAGE TERREQUITY REALTY
146 CRYSTALVIEW CRESCENT
Brampton (Bram East), Ontario MLS® #29999129
Courtesy of JESSIE SINGH/COLDWELL BANKER SUN REALTY
306 - 2772 KEELE STREET
Toronto (Downsview-Roding-CFB), Ontario MLS® #29999131
Courtesy of ORAZIO CANGELOSI/RE/MAX PREMIER INC.
7 PENDRITH STREET
Toronto (Dovercourt-Wallace Emerson-Junction), Ontario MLS® #29999136
Courtesy of ERIN JOY STANFIELD/BOSLEY REAL ESTATE LTD.
2 - 300 LAKESHORE ROAD E
Oakville (OO Old Oakville), Ontario MLS® #29999155
Courtesy of JESSICA SCARFO/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
313 410 Ledingham WAY
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan MLS® #29999162
Courtesy of Andy Goddard Realty P.C. Ltd./Realty ONE Group Dynamic
UPPER - 506 SHERBROOKE STREET
Peterborough (Town Ward 3), Ontario MLS® #29999174
Courtesy of PATRICK D'AGOSTINI/KELLER WILLIAMS ADVANTAGE 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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