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.
4807 44 Ave
Stony Plain, Alberta MLS® #29210474
Courtesy of Rohin Geis/Royal LePage Noralta Real Estate
8 DUNMAIL DRIVE
Toronto (Agincourt North), Ontario MLS® #29934973
Courtesy of ARMANDO C GAMBOA/HOMELIFE EXCELSIOR REALTY INC.
33 - 39 LACORRA WAY
Brampton (Sandringham-Wellington), Ontario MLS® #29935483
Courtesy of ANGELA MARIE MARSHALL/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
24 MIDLAND Drive Unit# 503B
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #29935464
Courtesy of George Dmitrovic/KELLER WILLIAMS INNOVATION REALTY
9923 DICKENSON Road W
Mount Hope, Ontario MLS® #29935457
Courtesy of Fathalla Denno/Right at Home Realty
142, 328 Centre Street SE
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #29935104
Courtesy of Zhengrong Peng/Homecare Realty Ltd.
120 COURT Drive Unit# 29
Paris, Ontario MLS® #29935003
Courtesy of Matthew Adeh/RE/MAX Escarpment Realty Inc.
3312 - 85 WOOD STREET
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29935135
Courtesy of GRACE GAO/AIMHOME REALTY INC.
2 HALLMARK WAY
Whitby (Lynde Creek), Ontario MLS® #29935142
Courtesy of BONNIE WANG/MASTER'S TRUST REALTY INC.
376 MALLORY BEACH Road
South Bruce Peninsula, Ontario MLS® #29935166
Courtesy of Tracey Voisin/RE/MAX SOLID GOLD REALTY (II) LTD.
40 MOORE Avenue
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #29935370
Courtesy of Ashley Congi/RE/MAX TWIN CITY REALTY INC.
11 PALACE COURT
Richmond Hill (Doncrest), Ontario MLS® #29935438
Courtesy of ANNIE LI/RE/MAX EPIC REALTY
18 DAVIDOFF STREET
Markham (Wismer), Ontario MLS® #29935440
Courtesy of JESSICA YIN/RE/MAX IMPERIAL REALTY INC.
119 Airmont Court
Fort McMurray, Alberta MLS® #29935375
Courtesy of Sheila Green/COLDWELL BANKER UNITED
1009 QUEENSTON Road Unit# 205
Cambridge, Ontario MLS® #29935192
Courtesy of MIKE GRANT/RE/MAX TWIN CITY REALTY INC.
168 LYDIA Street
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #29935010
Courtesy of Holly Guistini/Bosley Real Estate Ltd.
34 - 70 EAST BEAVER CREEK ROAD
Richmond Hill (Beaver Creek Business Park), Ontario MLS® #29935065
Courtesy of PETER L.M. SO/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
1 HEMLOCK CL
Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta MLS® #29935072
Courtesy of Pierre Desrochers/2% Realty Edge AB
377 ARGYLE Avenue
Delhi, Ontario MLS® #29935123
Courtesy of Sue Descheemaeker/RE/MAX Erie Shores Realty Inc. Brokerage
71 TRUAX STREET
Kawartha Lakes (Ops), Ontario MLS® #29935128
Courtesy of Paul Jackman/Realty Executives Associates Ltd.
236 SYDENHAM STREET
Strathroy-Caradoc (NW), Ontario MLS® #29935130
Courtesy of SHAUN PICKERING/eXp Realty
232 STONEBRIDGE DRIVE
Markham (Berczy), Ontario MLS® #29935433
Courtesy of SHUNQI WANG/HC REALTY GROUP INC.
98 - 1444 PALMERSTON DRIVE
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #29935825
Courtesy of Wassim Soweid/COLDWELL BANKER FIRST OTTAWA REALTY
8 SHERIDAN Boulevard
Simcoe, Ontario MLS® #29935863
Courtesy of Lori Birbari/Royal LePage Trius Realty Brokerage
6 GREY OWL RUN
Halton Hills (Georgetown), Ontario MLS® #29936114
Courtesy of RAYMOND CHESHER/YOUR HOME TODAY REALTY INC.
1050 EDGELEIGH AVENUE
Mississauga (Lakeview), Ontario MLS® #29936126
Courtesy of SAM ALLAN MCDADI/SAM MCDADI REAL ESTATE INC.
1208 - 20 JOE SHUSTER WAY
Toronto (South Parkdale), Ontario MLS® #29936133
Courtesy of CALLIE KINNEAR/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
Yellow Creek Farm
Invergordon Rm No. 430, Saskatchewan MLS® #29936171
Courtesy of Cindy Frey/Royal LePage Saskatoon Real Estate
21489 90 AVENUE
Langley, British Columbia MLS® #29936260
Courtesy of Jamie Ruscheinski/Royal LePage - Wolstencroft
235 HAMILTON Road
London, Ontario MLS® #29936253
Courtesy of MICHEAL WILLIAM DESORMEAUX/Rock Star Real Estate Inc.
1405 - 100 DALHOUSIE STREET
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29936277
Courtesy of TONY LI/IGNITE STAR REALTY INC.
425 - 240 CHAPEL STREET
Cobourg, Ontario MLS® #29935983
Courtesy of Melissa Lee/Royal LePage Frank Real Estate
46 WINDTREE WAY
Halton Hills (Georgetown), Ontario MLS® #29936119
Courtesy of RITA NERSESSIAN/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.
88 ETONIA Road
Princeton, Ontario MLS® #29935798
Courtesy of Adam DeGroote/Re/Max Twin City Realty Inc
2008 - 33 HELENDALE AVENUE
Toronto (Yonge-Eglinton), Ontario MLS® #29936049
Courtesy of WILLIAM LY/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
44 YEAGER AVENUE
Norfolk (Simcoe), Ontario MLS® #29936359
Courtesy of Marius Kerkhoff/RE/MAX a-b Realty Ltd Brokerage
828 - 600 QUEENS QUAY W
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29936051
Courtesy of KIM KEHOE/BOSLEY REAL ESTATE LTD.
31 Lake Shore Drive
North Range, Nova Scotia MLS® #29935832
Courtesy of Shauna Denton/Exit Realty Town & Country
59 KALMAR AVENUE
Toronto (Birchcliffe-Cliffside), Ontario MLS® #29936570
Courtesy of JACK TRUMAN CHERRY/SAGE REAL ESTATE LIMITED
706 1630 Quadra St
Victoria, British Columbia MLS® #29936385
Courtesy of Christian Ravlic/Oakwyn Realty Ltd.
4225 12TH AVENUE
New Hazelton, British Columbia MLS® #29936361
Courtesy of Eldon Whalen/Calderwood Realty Ltd.
748 BREEZY DRIVE
Pickering (West Shore), Ontario MLS® #29936070
Courtesy of ELIZABETH ALLEYNE/RE/MAX HALLMARK FIRST GROUP REALTY LTD.
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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