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
6002 49th Ave
Bonnyville Town, Alberta MLS® #30143807
Courtesy of Vince J. Kelly/RE/MAX Bonnyville Realty
1108 - 474 CALDARI ROAD
Vaughan (Concord), Ontario MLS® #30161407
Courtesy of RAYMOND TAM/Avenue Group Realty Inc.
3502 - 501 YONGE STREET
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #30161402
Courtesy of JOHN YE/JDL REALTY INC.
1109A - 9608 YONGE STREET
Richmond Hill (North Richvale), Ontario MLS® #30161394
Courtesy of RYAN LIAN/REAL ONE REALTY INC.
3201 - 761 BAY STREET
Toronto (Bay Street Corridor), Ontario MLS® #30161403
Courtesy of JACK J. WANG/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.
4009 - 100 DALHOUSIE STREET
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #30161388
Courtesy of MIN SOO YU/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
101B - 2347 KENNEDY ROAD
Toronto (Agincourt South-Malvern West), Ontario MLS® #30161391
Courtesy of NELSON TAI-CHEUNG YIP/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.
1109 - 20 BRUYERES MEWS
Toronto (Niagara), Ontario MLS® #30161389
Courtesy of KATHY L. CHOU/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
1006 - 370 MARTHA STREET
Burlington (Brant), Ontario MLS® #30161396
Courtesy of ASHRAF MESSIHA/REMAX YOUR COMMUNITY REALTY
71 MAIN Street E Unit# 8
Hamilton, Ontario MLS® #30161411
Courtesy of Xia bing Zhang/1st Sunshine Realty Inc.
5793 YONGE STREET
Toronto (Newtonbrook East), Ontario MLS® #30161384
Courtesy of SHAY SHAUL/TFN REALTY INC.
42 LAKE Avenue N
Hamilton, Ontario MLS® #30161373
Courtesy of Cory Welsh/RE/MAX Escarpment Realty Inc.
917 - 60 HONEYCRISP CRESCENT
Vaughan (Vaughan Corporate Centre), Ontario MLS® #30161405
Courtesy of JAMES PARK/RE/MAX CROSSROADS REALTY INC.
3712 - 88 QUEEN STREET E
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #30161385
Courtesy of WILLIAM ZHENG/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
2&3 - 4385 SHEPPARD AVENUE E
Toronto (Agincourt South-Malvern West), Ontario MLS® #30161392
Courtesy of SELENA CHEN/MASTER'S TRUST REALTY INC.
228 - 8323 KENNEDY ROAD
Markham (Village Green-South Unionville), Ontario MLS® #30161406
Courtesy of DEREK TING HO TO/FIRST CLASS REALTY INC.
4132 CELIA COURT
Burlington (Shoreacres), Ontario MLS® #30161398
Courtesy of LI ZOU/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
1904 - 25 RICHMOND STREET E
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #30161386
Courtesy of LOUISA PO-HAR LAU/CENTURY 21 HERITAGE GROUP LTD.
10 West Cedar Rise SW
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #30160093
Courtesy of Flora Moradzadeh/First Place Realty
32 WILKINS CRESCENT
Tillsonburg, Ontario MLS® #30160098
Courtesy of Nate Shearer/RE/MAX a-b Realty Ltd Brokerage
4 CLARA STREET
Orangeville, Ontario MLS® #30160106
Courtesy of TAUNYA BAILEY/ROYAL LEPAGE RCR REALTY
5108 - 1080 BAY STREET
Toronto (Bay Street Corridor), Ontario MLS® #30160120
Courtesy of SIMON CHENG/MASTER'S TRUST REALTY INC.
138 CHATHAM STREET
Kingston (East of Sir John A. Blvd), Ontario MLS® #30160137
Courtesy of John Stevenson/ONE PERCENT REALTY LTD.
22 BURNSTEAD CRESCENT
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #30160149
Courtesy of Ian Stirling/REMAX BOARDWALK REALTY
4032 - 5 MABELLE AVENUE
Toronto (Islington-City Centre West), Ontario MLS® #30159988
Courtesy of MAX LU/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
28 BEATTIE AVENUE
London East (East N), Ontario MLS® #30159995
Courtesy of LINDSAY REID/ROYAL LEPAGE TRILAND REALTY
1307 - 15 GREENVIEW AVENUE
Toronto (Newtonbrook West), Ontario MLS® #30160000
Courtesy of JOHN LI/ROYAL LEPAGE GOLDEN RIDGE REALTY
MAIN - 1060 GLENDOR AVENUE
Burlington (Freeman), Ontario MLS® #30160012
Courtesy of KEVIN LIU/EXP REALTY
6 RESERVE Street
Turkey Point, Ontario MLS® #30160055
Courtesy of Jarred Wilcox/Peak Peninsula Realty Brokerage Inc.
2310 - 3985 GRAND PARK DRIVE
Mississauga (City Centre), Ontario MLS® #30160067
Courtesy of MELODIA BENEDICTO/CENTURY 21 GREEN REALTY INC.
553 WATERTON Drive
Waterloo, Ontario MLS® #30160074
Courtesy of MAHENDRA COSTA/Living Stone Realty Inc.
228 Castleridge Drive NE
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #30160086
Courtesy of Ehtisham Butt/Real Estate Professionals Inc.
131 Oakfield Drive
Marion Bridge, Nova Scotia MLS® #30160182
Courtesy of Heather Grant/Coldwell Banker Boardwalk Realty
65 RILEY REED LANE
Richmond Hill, Ontario MLS® #30160187
Courtesy of SAEID BOKHARAIE/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY LTD.
453 - 2501 SAW WHET BOULEVARD
Oakville (GA Glen Abbey), Ontario MLS® #30160199
Courtesy of NUTAN ARYA/HOMELIFE/MIRACLE REALTY LTD
14 SEAFAIR CRESCENT
Brampton (Fletcher's West), Ontario MLS® #30160202
Courtesy of KUNAL SHAH/HOMELIFE/MIRACLE REALTY LTD
208 - 529 SOUTH PELHAM ROAD
Welland (West Welland), Ontario MLS® #30160207
Courtesy of SHERYL BRADSHAW/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
4616 GRAY DRIVE
Prince George, British Columbia MLS® #30160214
Courtesy of Steven Baker/RE/MAX Core Realty
20 MEADOWBROOK DRIVE
Laurentian Valley, Ontario MLS® #30160226
Courtesy of Jessica Brooks/RE/MAX PEMBROKE REALTY LTD.
205 BORDEN AVENUE
Port Colborne (Main Street), Ontario MLS® #30160151
Courtesy of Derek Breton/COLDWELL BANKER ADVANTAGE REAL ESTATE INC, BROKERAGE
333234 PLANK LINE ROAD
South-West Oxford (Mount Elgin), Ontario MLS® #30160156
Courtesy of Lori Goldhawk/Royal Lepage Triland Realty Brokerage
4 416 Heritage DRIVE
Estevan, Saskatchewan MLS® #30160170
Courtesy of Linda Mack/RE/MAX Blue Chip Realty - Estevan
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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