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.
82 PRINCE OF WALES DRIVE
Markham (Victoria Square), Ontario MLS® #30431336
Courtesy of RAYMOND XU/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
8 ALHAMBRA AVENUE
Toronto (High Park-Swansea), Ontario MLS® #30431367
Courtesy of SHANNON KIMBERLY STEWART/SUTTON GROUP REALTY SYSTEMS INC.
303 - 500 DUPONT STREET
Toronto (Annex), Ontario MLS® #30431317
Courtesy of JACOB GE/PRESTIGIUM REAL ESTATE LTD.
3305 - 27 MCMAHON DRIVE
Toronto (Bayview Village), Ontario MLS® #30431355
Courtesy of WILLIAM LIN/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
2207 - 900 DYNES ROAD
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #30431350
Courtesy of Tao Peng/ROYAL LEPAGE INTEGRITY REALTY
479 CUMMER AVENUE
Toronto (Newtonbrook East), Ontario MLS® #30431324
Courtesy of NICOLE LIN/KELLER WILLIAMS REFERRED URBAN REALTY
34 IRENE DRIVE
Barrie (Painswick South), Ontario MLS® #30431362
Courtesy of JENNY CALALANG/HOMELIFE EXCELSIOR REALTY INC.
3120 SOUTH SERVICE ROAD
Burlington (Industrial Burlington), Ontario MLS® #30431344
Courtesy of JAIDEV GAIND/EXECUTIVE REAL ESTATE SERVICES LTD.
1923 UPPER THAMES DRIVE
Woodstock (Woodstock - North), Ontario MLS® #30431351
Courtesy of Satnam Chatha/Bridge Realty
38 BOULTBEE AVENUE
Toronto (Blake-Jones), Ontario MLS® #30431356
Courtesy of HARVEY ZUCKERMAN/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY LTD.
2407 - 57 ST JOSEPH STREET
Toronto (Bay Street Corridor), Ontario MLS® #30431318
Courtesy of VIVIAN MAO/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
170 PRINCE WILLIAM WAY
Barrie (Innis-Shore), Ontario MLS® #30431363
Courtesy of DAVID GUO/REAL ONE REALTY INC.
32 SCIBERRAS ROAD
Markham (Unionville), Ontario MLS® #30431338
Courtesy of LEO CHEN/HC REALTY GROUP INC.
1154 UPPER THAMES DRIVE
Woodstock (Woodstock - North), Ontario MLS® #30431369
Courtesy of NAVEEN DUA/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.
84 MAIN UNIONVILLE STREET
Markham (Unionville), Ontario MLS® #30431357
Courtesy of JOY ZHANG/HOMELIFE GOLCONDA REALTY INC.
1606 - 91 MONTCLAIR AVENUE
Toronto (Forest Hill South), Ontario MLS® #30431326
Courtesy of FANGFANG MA/AIMHOME REALTY INC.
28 TALLY LANE
Toronto (Bayview Village), Ontario MLS® #30431319
Courtesy of RAY WANG/AVION REALTY INC.
83 NATANYA BOULEVARD
Georgina (Keswick North), Ontario MLS® #30431334
Courtesy of DREW MACMARTIN/KELLER WILLIAMS REALTY CENTRES
144 MCKEAN DRIVE
Whitchurch-Stouffville (Stouffville), Ontario MLS® #30431339
Courtesy of BETTY DENG/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
2701 - 88 QUEEN STREET E
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #30431322
Courtesy of JASON MOK/CENTURY 21 ATRIA REALTY INC.
111 - 233 BEECROFT ROAD
Toronto (Willowdale West), Ontario MLS® #30431327
Courtesy of SUKI LIU/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.
96 SAFFRON STREET
Markham (Greensborough), Ontario MLS® #30431360
Courtesy of MAGGIE ZHANG/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
100 FAIRLOP WAY
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #30431315
Courtesy of Jamie Sabourin/QUEENSWOOD NATIONAL REAL ESTATE LTD
23 VALENCIA Avenue
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #30431353
Courtesy of Maninder Sohi/RE/MAX Twin City Realty Inc.
35 - 642 TAPESTRY LANE
Newmarket (Stonehaven-Wyndham), Ontario MLS® #30431335
Courtesy of DREW MACMARTIN/KELLER WILLIAMS REALTY CENTRES
52 BERNADINO STREET
Brampton (Bram East), Ontario MLS® #30431342
Courtesy of JAIDEV GAIND/EXECUTIVE REAL ESTATE SERVICES LTD.
47 MAIN ST N Street Unit# 14
Waterdown, Ontario MLS® #30431272
Courtesy of Russell Gardner/RE/MAX Real Estate Centre Inc.
436 - 39 QUEENS QUAY E
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #30431316
Courtesy of RAY HOU/SMART SOLD REALTY
2404 - 8 CUMBERLAND STREET
Toronto (Annex), Ontario MLS® #30431354
Courtesy of TARIQ MUMTAZ/WORLD CLASS REALTY POINT
2303 - 5 MEADOWDALE ROAD
Vaughan (Vaughan Corporate Centre), Ontario MLS® #30431359
Courtesy of EMILY WANG/NU STREAM REALTY (TORONTO) INC.
11 Spruce Grove Avenue
Goulds, Newfoundland & Labrador MLS® #30426609
Courtesy of Chris O'Neill/Royal LePage Atlantic Homestead
28 Donegal Run
St. John's, Newfoundland & Labrador MLS® #30426611
Courtesy of Matt Tucker/Royal LePage Atlantic Homestead
12 BAKER Road N
Grimsby, Ontario MLS® #30426729
Courtesy of Jason Jacobs/Royal LePage State Realty Inc.
8438 HWY 7
Guelph/Eramosa, Ontario MLS® #30426724
Courtesy of HARJIT SINGH BRAR/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.
1211 - 205 SHERWAY GARDENS ROAD
Toronto (Islington-City Centre West), Ontario MLS® #30426560
Courtesy of BOGDAN PETRI/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
6570 ALDERWOOD TRAIL
Mississauga (Lisgar), Ontario MLS® #30426717
Courtesy of PETER WOZNOWSKI/GOWEST REALTY LTD.
3 - 38 KENWELL CRESCENT
Barrie (Holly), Ontario MLS® #30426700
Courtesy of CURTIS GODDARD/RE/MAX HALLMARK CHAY REALTY
49 LAKESHORE DRIVE
South Dundas, Ontario MLS® #30426820
Courtesy of Andrew Bowers/COLDWELL BANKER COBURN REALTY
51 SUPERIOR STREET
Welland (Dain City), Ontario MLS® #30426832
Courtesy of Anthony Petti/RE/MAX NIAGARA REALTY LTD, BROKERAGE
99 DUNEDIN DRIVE
Toronto (Kingsway South), Ontario MLS® #30426844
Courtesy of JUSTINE FERNIE/ROYAL LEPAGE TERREQUITY 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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