3303 70 Avenue, Leduc, AB
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.
63 95 LAIDLAW ROAD
Smithers, British Columbia MLS® #30389504
Courtesy of Vanita Des Mazes/RE/MAX Bulkley Valley
BSMNT. - 5535 BRIDGEPORT GATE
Mississauga (Churchill Meadows), Ontario MLS® #30389580
Courtesy of MOYEEN SYED/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
521 - 395 DUNDAS STREET W
Oakville (GO Glenorchy), Ontario MLS® #30389720
Courtesy of XIAOFENG XU/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
101 ST VINCENT STREET N
Stratford, Ontario MLS® #30389718
Courtesy of SANDRA MORRIS/The Realty Firm Inc.
95 ROBERTSON AVENUE
Chatham-Kent (Chatham), Ontario MLS® #30389725
Courtesy of JAMES TASCA/ICI SOURCE REAL ASSET SERVICES INC.
100 JENNY WREN WAY
Toronto (Hillcrest Village), Ontario MLS® #30389706
Courtesy of FRED SEDIGHI/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
FIRST FLOOR & BASEMENT - 24 KEWBEACH AVENUE
Toronto (The Beaches), Ontario MLS® #30389631
Courtesy of STACEY CHEN/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
808 - 45 PAISLEY BOULEVARD W
Mississauga (Cooksville), Ontario MLS® #30389617
Courtesy of Matt Vescio/The Agency
806 - 1315 BAY STREET
Toronto (Annex), Ontario MLS® #30389674
Courtesy of LI LIU/ROYAL LEPAGE REAL ESTATE SERVICES LTD.
25 - 11 PLAISANCE ROAD
Richmond Hill (North Richvale), Ontario MLS® #30389592
Courtesy of JAY XU/AVION REALTY INC.
3390 WESTON ROAD
Toronto (Humbermede), Ontario MLS® #30390037
Courtesy of TAYYIB SHARIFF/RE/MAX PREMIER INC.
Lot 3/Blk 4 Hwy 303-4.9 Acres
Lloydminster, Saskatchewan MLS® #30390133
Courtesy of Lee Braun/Boyes Group Realty Inc.
128 COALBROOK COURT
Vaughan (East Woodbridge), Ontario MLS® #30390082
Courtesy of MICHAEL LIU/REALTY ASSOCIATES INC.
3511 RAINBOW VALLEY ROAD W
Springwater, Ontario MLS® #30389833
Courtesy of ROBERT BIFOLCHI/Royal LePage Locations North
26 PEACHLEAF CRESCENT S
Brampton (Fletcher's Meadow), Ontario MLS® #30389869
Courtesy of MANPRIT SINGH/RE/MAX REALTY SERVICES INC.
32 Bow Street
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia MLS® #30389903
Courtesy of Adam Noseworthy/Century 21 Optimum Realty
890 GRIERSON STREET
Oshawa (Centennial), Ontario MLS® #30389819
Courtesy of NATALIE MOODLEY/REALTY ONE GROUP REVEAL
118 LINCOLN ROAD E
Fort Erie (Crystal Beach), Ontario MLS® #30389910
Courtesy of TONY GIGLIOTTI/RE/MAX NIAGARA REALTY LTD, BROKERAGE
4023 WHISPERING RIVER DR NW
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #30389908
Courtesy of Mark Clericuzio/The Foundry Real Estate Company Ltd
2180 KING VAUGHAN ROAD S
Vaughan (Maple), Ontario MLS® #30389915
Courtesy of NASRULLAH JOYIA/RE/MAX PREMIER INC.
147 - 50 CARNATION AVENUE
Toronto (Long Branch), Ontario MLS® #30389939
Courtesy of ABIODUN OLOPADE/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
2610 - 4010 EGLINTON AVENUE W
Toronto (Humber Heights), Ontario MLS® #30389941
Courtesy of ODRIS KOCO/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY LTD.
484 SIMILKAMEEN Avenue
Princeton, British Columbia MLS® #30389958
Courtesy of Colin Szasz/Canada Flex Realty Group
88 - 387 BEECHGROVE DRIVE
Toronto (West Hill), Ontario MLS® #30389977
Courtesy of JELILA GHARBI/CENTURY 21 LEADING EDGE REALTY INC.
371 DOWSON LOOP
Newmarket (Woodland Hill), Ontario MLS® #30389984
Courtesy of SAMMY YANG/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
2310 - 4010 EGLINTON AVENUE W
Toronto (Humber Heights), Ontario MLS® #30389991
Courtesy of ODRIS KOCO/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY LTD.
C321 - 5260 DUNDAS STREET
Burlington (Orchard), Ontario MLS® #30389996
Courtesy of H.B. CELEBI/RE/MAX NOBLECORP REAL ESTATE
9085 JANE Street Unit# 108
Vaughan, Ontario MLS® #30390032
Courtesy of Harry Chopra/Royal Lepage Signature Realty
1031 Creek Springs Rise NW
Airdrie, Alberta MLS® #30390051
Courtesy of Nadine Faule/Real Estate Professionals Inc.
103 - 43 HANNA AVENUE
Toronto (Niagara), Ontario MLS® #30390068
Courtesy of JOHANE CLAIRE LEFRANCOIS/SOTHEBY'S INTERNATIONAL REALTY CANADA
PART 11, PLAN 23R-11611 TOWNSHIP OF PICKLE LAKE
Pickle Lake, Ontario MLS® #30390063
Courtesy of Olivia Thomas/ZIEMINSKI REAL ESTATE INC
75 - 1055 SHAWNMARR ROAD
Mississauga (Port Credit), Ontario MLS® #30390099
Courtesy of MILA GAWRYSIAK/GOWEST REALTY LTD.
2 - 70 SPADINA AVENUE
Hamilton (Stipley), Ontario MLS® #30390107
Courtesy of BILL VASILIS PAPAIOANNOU/RE/MAX ESCARPMENT REALTY INC.
BSMT - 3067 ILOMAR COURT
Mississauga (Meadowvale), Ontario MLS® #30389876
Courtesy of SABINE EL GHALI/KELLER WILLIAMS PORTFOLIO REALTY
809 - 330 RIDOUT STREET N
London East (East K), Ontario MLS® #30389799
Courtesy of MIKE HARRIS/CENTURY 21 FIRST CANADIAN CORP
544 MCINTYRE STREET E
North Bay (Central), Ontario MLS® #30389763
Courtesy of EMMA BONNAR/Royal LePage Lakes Of Muskoka Realty
3 ASHDALE ROAD
Brampton (Bram West), Ontario MLS® #30389768
Courtesy of MAUNIL SHAH/HOMELIFE/MIRACLE REALTY LTD
BEDROOM A BSMT - 16 ROSS ST STREET
Toronto (Kensington-Chinatown), Ontario MLS® #30389814
Courtesy of JACK JI/JDL REALTY 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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