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
2259 HIGHCROFT ROAD
Oakville (WM Westmount), Ontario MLS® #30022875
Courtesy of ALEX NEZAMINIA/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
1003 - 10 HONEYCRISP CRESCENT
Vaughan (Vaughan Corporate Centre), Ontario MLS® #30022870
Courtesy of EDWARD XIN/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
4505 - 8 WATER WALK DRIVE
Markham (Unionville), Ontario MLS® #30022868
Courtesy of PUI YEE SHIRLEY CHENG/RE/MAX EXCEL REALTY LTD.
23 CHEMIN VENETTE ROAD
Chéticamp, Nova Scotia MLS® #30023378
Courtesy of Gilles Belliveau/Red Door Realty
649 Douglas CRESCENT
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan MLS® #30023140
Courtesy of Rowena Gambito/Realty ONE Group Dynamic
38 SOUTHSHORE CRESCENT
Hamilton (Stoney Creek), Ontario MLS® #30023405
Courtesy of NOSHEEN BASHIR/CENTURY 21 HERITAGE GROUP LTD.
(LOWER) - 1292 GODWICK DRIVE
Mississauga (Meadowvale Village), Ontario MLS® #30023400
Courtesy of DANIAL ARIF/CENTURY 21 PEOPLE'S CHOICE REALTY INC.
3245 CAMBOURNE CRESCENT
Mississauga (Meadowvale), Ontario MLS® #30023265
Courtesy of CHERRY YANG/REAL ONE REALTY INC.
1328 CAWTHRA ROAD
Mississauga (Mineola), Ontario MLS® #30023260
Courtesy of AVTAR SINGH JANDU/KIGO REALTY INC.
#112 340 WINDERMERE RD NW
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #30023272
Courtesy of Joseph Yisak/MaxWell Devonshire Realty
22 BENTON ROAD
Toronto (Brookhaven-Amesbury), Ontario MLS® #30023289
Courtesy of NELSON OLUWOLE AKINKUGBE/CENTURY 21 PEOPLE'S CHOICE REALTY INC.
1202 - 2495 EGLINTON AVENUE W
Mississauga (Central Erin Mills), Ontario MLS® #30023347
Courtesy of BISHOY TAWADROS/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY, BROKERAGE
7279 PARKSIDE ROAD
Niagara Falls (Forestview), Ontario MLS® #30023563
Courtesy of SHERIE SUKRAM/KING REALTY INC.
91 WOLFE TRAIL
Tiny, Ontario MLS® #30023001
Courtesy of SCOTT K.T. ASTAPHAN/RE/MAX ESCARPMENT REALTY INC.
1811 - 5162 YONGE STREET
Toronto (Willowdale West), Ontario MLS® #30023049
Courtesy of JULIA VERLINT/INTERNATIONAL REALTY FIRM, INC.
2707 - 2033 KENNEDY ROAD
Toronto (Agincourt South-Malvern West), Ontario MLS® #30023121
Courtesy of GEORGE MA/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
215 - 10 ESPLANADE LANE
Grimsby (Grimsby Beach), Ontario MLS® #30023133
Courtesy of TERRY ROGERS/ROYAL LEPAGE BURLOAK REAL ESTATE SERVICES
622 Glacial Shores WAY
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan MLS® #30023657
Courtesy of Shawn Johnson/RE/MAX Saskatoon
80 Gordons Point Road
West Green Harbour, Nova Scotia MLS® #30023645
Courtesy of John Foss/Keller Williams Select Realty (Shelburne)
2205 - 1000 PORTAGE PARKWAY
Vaughan (Vaughan Corporate Centre), Ontario MLS® #30022869
Courtesy of PAUL PECA/WEST-100 METRO VIEW REALTY LTD.
36 - 1742 JOHN STREET
Markham (Bayview Fairway-Bayview Country Club Estates), Ontario MLS® #30023052
Courtesy of KITTY YANG/HC REALTY GROUP INC.
2111 - 5162 YONGE STREET
Toronto (Willowdale West), Ontario MLS® #30023045
Courtesy of JULIA VERLINT/INTERNATIONAL REALTY FIRM, INC.
3306 CHARLES BIGGAR DRIVE
Oakville (GO Glenorchy), Ontario MLS® #30023259
Courtesy of PETER FENG/REAL ONE REALTY INC.
1602 - 340 DIXON ROAD
Toronto (Kingsview Village-The Westway), Ontario MLS® #30023228
Courtesy of LEO VELIZ/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
1128 KELL STREET
Innisfil (Alcona), Ontario MLS® #30023127
Courtesy of ADRIEN COSTABILE/Royal LePage Real Estate Associates
224 HOLLINGHAM ROAD
Markham (Unionville), Ontario MLS® #30023285
Courtesy of TIFFANY HIU YAN TSUI/TRUSTWELL REALTY INC.
39 KISTLER STREET
Brampton (Sandringham-Wellington), Ontario MLS® #30023401
Courtesy of Manik Chatley/HOMELIFE/MIRACLE REALTY LTD
213 - 34 NORMAN STREET
Brantford, Ontario MLS® #30023406
Courtesy of MARISSA KERR/RE/MAX REALTY SERVICES INC.
150 Springmere Drive
Chestermere, Alberta MLS® #30023110
Courtesy of Suman Randhawa/Town Residential
603 - 20 MCFARLANE DRIVE
Halton Hills (Georgetown), Ontario MLS® #30022876
Courtesy of NASIR MANJI/REALTY EXECUTIVES PLUS LTD
1, 12 Silver Creek Boulevard NW
Airdrie, Alberta MLS® #30023379
Courtesy of Priscilla Vitale/The Real Estate District
#81 9535 217 ST NW
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #30023691
Courtesy of Kimberly Will/Royal Lepage Arteam Realty
4183 PHEASANT RUN ROAD
Mississauga (Erin Mills), Ontario MLS® #30022877
Courtesy of SCOTT HUA/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
789 COBBLE HILL DRIVE
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #30022911
Courtesy of Shelby Hiratsuka/ENGEL & VOLKERS OTTAWA
300 - 3660 HURONTARIO STREET
Mississauga (City Centre), Ontario MLS® #30023003
Courtesy of FRANCIS D'ATRI-GUIRAN/ADVISORS REALTY
2693 HEARDCREEK TRAIL
London North (North S), Ontario MLS® #30023008
Courtesy of ANMOL BRAR/NU-VISTA PINNACLE REALTY BROKERAGE 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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