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.
6608 - 1 BLOOR STREET E
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29950621
Courtesy of HANNAH HAN/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
18 FOLIAGE DRIVE
Brampton (Northwest Brampton), Ontario MLS® #29950652
Courtesy of AMAN DHALIWAL/NEWGEN REALTY EXPERTS
238 NAUTICAL BOULEVARD
Oakville (BR Bronte), Ontario MLS® #29950657
Courtesy of SOPHIA HUANG/REAL ONE REALTY INC.
UPPER - 326 CHANDLER CRESCENT
Peterborough (Monaghan Ward 2), Ontario MLS® #29950671
Courtesy of SERWAT NAZ AHMED/THE AGENCY
2007 - 80 QUEENS WHARF ROAD
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29950626
Courtesy of GRACE JIANG/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
579 SHAFTSBURY STREET
Oshawa (Eastdale), Ontario MLS® #29950638
Courtesy of HECTOR ANTONIO LARA/EXP REALTY
924 & 926 LAKE DRIVE E
Georgina (Sutton & Jackson's Point), Ontario MLS® #29950645
Courtesy of AFSHIN NABAVI/TESA REAL ESTATE INC.
2601 - 95 MCMAHON DRIVE
Toronto (Bayview Village), Ontario MLS® #29950619
Courtesy of SKY QIU/RE/MAX IMPERIAL REALTY INC.
13911 Highway 1
Hants Border, Nova Scotia MLS® #29950981
Courtesy of Johnathon Benedict/Royal LePage Atlantic - Valley(Windsor)
219 Coral Springs Circle
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #29950878
Courtesy of Lori Gillespie/RE/MAX Complete Realty
18 KEYS Crescent
Guelph, Ontario MLS® #29951004
Courtesy of Bradley Wylde/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC., BROKERAGE
107 - 99A FARLEY ROAD
Centre Wellington (Fergus), Ontario MLS® #29950955
Courtesy of MARY MCEACHERN/M1 Real Estate Brokerage Ltd
9384 Chemainus Rd
Chemainus, British Columbia MLS® #29950688
Courtesy of Mark Brotherton/Real Broker
38 Irven Drive
Garlands Crossing, Nova Scotia MLS® #29950722
Courtesy of Rhonda Parsons/Keller Williams Select Realty
139 - 55 TROTT BOULEVARD
Collingwood, Ontario MLS® #29950746
Courtesy of VIRGINIA DAWN/Royal LePage Locations North
6 SHERWAY STREET
Hamilton (Stoney Creek Mountain), Ontario MLS® #29950917
Courtesy of ZAYD HAMAMIYAH/EXP REALTY
6 MAIN Street W
Grimsby, Ontario MLS® #29950924
Courtesy of Jason Barry/Keller Williams Complete Realty
19 4 Rose Way
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia MLS® #29950929
Courtesy of Laura Leigh Gillis/East Coast Realty Ltd.
242 CENTRE STREET
Essa (Angus), Ontario MLS® #29950967
Courtesy of DAVID CHRISTOPHER JANNETTA/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
343 EDGEMONT DR NW
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #29951011
Courtesy of Azmina Ladha/Homes & Gardens Real Estate Limited
5207 AA MacDonald Highway|Rte 4
Brudenell, Prince Edward Island MLS® #29950905
Courtesy of Anthony Delodder/ROYAL LEPAGE PRINCE EDWARD REALTY
151 BRANTHAVEN STREET
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #29950614
Courtesy of Koussei Kurbaj/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY GROUP
MAIN - 61 MADISON AVENUE
Toronto (Annex), Ontario MLS® #29950760
Courtesy of MILES NG/ROYAL LEPAGE PEACELAND REALTY
36A DOVERWOOD COURT
Toronto (Newtonbrook East), Ontario MLS® #29950765
Courtesy of MARTIN SHUM/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
688 BECKWORTH SQUARE
Pickering (Amberlea), Ontario MLS® #29950772
Courtesy of ANNA WOOD/RE/MAX ROUGE RIVER REALTY LTD.
2089 BROADLEAF CRESCENT
Burlington (Uptown), Ontario MLS® #29950828
Courtesy of KELLE BAKER/RE/MAX ESCARPMENT REALTY INC.
1430 10th AVENUE E
Regina, Saskatchewan MLS® #29950830
Courtesy of Anthony Oddo/Coldwell Banker Local Realty
819 BRADFORD AVENUE
Fort Erie (Crescent Park), Ontario MLS® #29950847
Courtesy of Om Anand/Gold Estate Realty Inc.
3049, 35468 Range Road 30,
Rural Red Deer County, Alberta MLS® #29950859
Courtesy of Brad Walz/TREC The Real Estate Company
370 SIDNEY STREET
Belleville (Belleville Ward), Ontario MLS® #29950861
Courtesy of George Wang/eXp Realty
4359 CHEMONDA STREET
Niagara Falls (Lyons Creek), Ontario MLS® #29950873
Courtesy of YING WANG/COSMOPOLITAN REALTY
318 Twinriver Road W
Lethbridge, Alberta MLS® #29950880
Courtesy of Jim Archer/Century 21 Foothills South Real Estate
52 DUNGANNON DRIVE
Markham (Angus Glen), Ontario MLS® #29950900
Courtesy of ELLAYNE KIN BING NIP/RE/MAX CROSSROADS REALTY INC.
68 MACPHERSON AVENUE
Toronto (Annex), Ontario MLS® #29950897
Courtesy of HOÉJIN WANG/RE/MAX ALL-STARS REALTY INC.
521 10 Avenue NE
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #29950912
Courtesy of Anne Clarke-Davidson/Real Estate Professionals 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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