3303 70 Avenue
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.
4807 44 Ave
Stony Plain, Alberta MLS® #29210474
Courtesy of Rohin Geis/Royal LePage Noralta Real Estate
133 BENADIR AVENUE
Caledon, Ontario MLS® #29632990
Courtesy of SAM NAIEL/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY, BROKERAGE
16 CARRIAGE HOUSE COURT
Richmond Hill (Jefferson), Ontario MLS® #29632976
Courtesy of JESSICA YIN/RE/MAX IMPERIAL REALTY INC.
205 - 2737 KEELE STREET W
Toronto (Downsview-Roding-CFB), Ontario MLS® #29632991
Courtesy of RICK WOOYEONG KIM/RETREND REALTY LTD
SE403 - 9199 YONGE STREET
Richmond Hill (Langstaff), Ontario MLS® #29632977
Courtesy of ANITA DAI/SMART SOLD REALTY
352 WINNETT AVENUE
Toronto (Oakwood Village), Ontario MLS® #29632960
Courtesy of ANDREW J COPPOLA/ROYAL LEPAGE REAL ESTATE SERVICES LTD.
1 - 20 BRIDESBURG DRIVE
Toronto (Kingsview Village-The Westway), Ontario MLS® #29632984
Courtesy of CAG ICER/ZOLO REALTY
309 - 4878 POWERS COMMON
Burlington (Alton), Ontario MLS® #29632992
Courtesy of DEENA RIZWAN/ROYAL LEPAGE REAL ESTATE SERVICES LTD.
3 - 20 BRIDESBURG DRIVE
Toronto (Kingsview Village-The Westway), Ontario MLS® #29632985
Courtesy of CAG ICER/ZOLO REALTY
75 JAMES SCOTT ROAD
Markham (Vinegar Hill), Ontario MLS® #29632978
Courtesy of SANDRA YOU CHIN/SUTTON GROUP-ADMIRAL REALTY INC.
22 KAHSHE LANE
Richmond Hill, Ontario MLS® #29632974
Courtesy of DANIEL TANG/RE/MAX ATRIUM HOME REALTY
64 CHAMBERS AVENUE
Toronto (Weston-Pellam Park), Ontario MLS® #29632987
Courtesy of JOHN TOKATLIDIS/ROYAL LEPAGE TERREQUITY REALTY
SE403 - 9199 YONGE STREET
Richmond Hill (Langstaff), Ontario MLS® #29632975
Courtesy of ANITA DAI/SMART SOLD REALTY
608 ONTARIO Street
Stratford, Ontario MLS® #29633012
Courtesy of LAURA THOMPSON/RED AND WHITE REALTY INC.
209 Cityscape Gardens NE
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #29632907
Courtesy of Jay Jhinger/Sutton Landmark Realty
104 537 4th AVENUE N
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan MLS® #29628247
Courtesy of Christian Didur/Realty Executives Saskatoon
906 CEDAR POINTE COURT
Collingwood, Ontario MLS® #29630951
Courtesy of VANESSA BURGESS - MASON/Chestnut Park Real Estate
706 - 45 SOUTHPORT STREET
Toronto (High Park-Swansea), Ontario MLS® #29628242
Courtesy of DEJAN HERBEZ/SUTTON GROUP REALTY SYSTEMS INC.
70F - 574 SENECA DRIVE
Fort Erie (Lakeshore), Ontario MLS® #29628254
Courtesy of CHRISTINA CRUISE/THE AGENCY
136 SIMURDA COURT
Loyalist (Amherstview), Ontario MLS® #29628266
Courtesy of TYLER MCCORD/ROYAL LEPAGE PROALLIANCE REALTY, BROKERAGE
1309 ROYAL DRIVE
Peterborough (Northcrest Ward 5), Ontario MLS® #29628273
Courtesy of CARRIE BROCKHURST/CENTURY 21 UNITED REALTY INC.
LOWER - 17 STERLING STREET
London East (East G), Ontario MLS® #29628278
Courtesy of KRISTA AJARRAY/RE/MAX ADVANTAGE REALTY LTD.
525 YELLOW BIRCH STREET
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #29628292
Courtesy of Mathieu Gignac/ROYAL LEPAGE INTEGRITY REALTY
1910 - 736 BAY STREET
Toronto (Bay Street Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29628348
Courtesy of JANE ZHANG/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
351 MONTROSE AVENUE
Toronto (Palmerston-Little Italy), Ontario MLS® #29628362
Courtesy of LORRY GREENSPAN/FOREST HILL REAL ESTATE INC.
911 - 225 SUMACH STREET
Toronto (Regent Park), Ontario MLS® #29628367
Courtesy of CHRISTOPHER FUSCO/KELLER WILLIAMS EMPOWERED REALTY
101 - 1215 BAYLY STREET
Pickering (Bay Ridges), Ontario MLS® #29628374
Courtesy of AMAN SANDHU/CENTURY 21 LEADING EDGE REALTY INC.
528 - 7608 YONGE STREET
Vaughan (Crestwood-Springfarm-Yorkhill), Ontario MLS® #29628398
Courtesy of KELLY JAKUBCZYK/ENGEL & VOLKERS OAKVILLE
2801 GULFSTREAM WAY
Mississauga (Meadowvale), Ontario MLS® #29628449
Courtesy of SHABUJ CHOWDHURY/CENTURY 21 PERCY FULTON LTD.
25 TAYLOR CO
Spruce Grove, Alberta MLS® #29628456
Courtesy of Carson K. Beier/Royal LePage Noralta Real Estate
704 ROBERT FERRIE DRIVE
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #29628475
Courtesy of IRYNA GALEVSKA/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
27 KING GEORGE SQUARE
Belleville (Belleville Ward), Ontario MLS® #29628499
Courtesy of Gerry Baker/RE/MAX QUINTE LTD.
63 GORE DRIVE
Barrie (Ardagh), Ontario MLS® #29630836
Courtesy of NIKHIL DWIVEDI/SAVE MAX SUPERSTARS
4594 Maple Guard Dr
Bowser, British Columbia MLS® #29630848
Courtesy of Trever Kudryk/REMAX Ocean Pacific (Crtny)
844 Mulholland Dr
French Creek, British Columbia MLS® #29630850
Courtesy of Melanie Peake/Royal LePage Island Living (PK)
125 CREEK PATH AVENUE
Oakville (BR Bronte), Ontario MLS® #29630855
Courtesy of DEBORAH ANN BROWN/RE/MAX ESCARPMENT REALTY INC.
64 FOXACRE ROW
Brampton (Madoc), Ontario MLS® #29630862
Courtesy of EUGENE KOTOROBAI/CITYVIEW REALTY INC.
35 MONTCALM AVENUE
Toronto (Briar Hill-Belgravia), Ontario MLS® #29630867
Courtesy of EDITH ORTIZ/KIC REALTY
2230 William AVENUE
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan MLS® #29630874
Courtesy of Jessica Betteridge/Coldwell Banker Signature
795 Torrs Court
Kelowna, British Columbia MLS® #29630949
Courtesy of Jon Albrecht/Royal LePage Kelowna
19722 26A AV NW
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #29631031
Courtesy of Sandra Wilson/Royal LePage Prestige 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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