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
2516 CAMERON RAVINE LANDING LD NW
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #29886935
Courtesy of Ryan B. Debler/Sotheby's International Realty Canada
8001 STILLWATER CRESCENT
Prince George, British Columbia MLS® #29886757
Courtesy of Aaron Switzer/RE/MAX Core Realty
7587 WOMACK ROAD
Deka Lake / Sulphurous / Hathaway Lakes, British Columbia MLS® #29886728
Courtesy of Adam Dirkson/eXp Realty (100 Mile)
485 Queen ST E # 103
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario MLS® #29885435
Courtesy of James Caicco/Century 21 Choice Realty Inc.
1903 - 725 DON MILLS ROAD
Toronto (Flemingdon Park), Ontario MLS® #29880570
Courtesy of ALI KAROVALIA/NEWGEN REALTY EXPERTS
69 GILBANK DRIVE
Aurora (Aurora Heights), Ontario MLS® #29880582
Courtesy of VINCENT BONGARD/KELLER WILLIAMS REALTY CENTRES
238 LORMONT BOULEVARD
Hamilton (Stoney Creek Mountain), Ontario MLS® #29880594
Courtesy of SANG DHILLON/EXP REALTY
7110 - 388 YONGE STREET
Toronto (Bay Street Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29880602
Courtesy of JENNY JIAN/MAPLE LIFE REALTY INC.
159 FRANK KELLY DRIVE
East Gwillimbury (Holland Landing), Ontario MLS® #29880619
Courtesy of MARGARET MIAO-DAI/RE/MAX CROSSROADS REALTY INC.
1505 - 160 FLEMINGTON ROAD
Toronto (Yorkdale-Glen Park), Ontario MLS® #29880626
Courtesy of LAURA COOPER/ROYAL LEPAGE ESTATE REALTY
3377 HARGROVE ROAD
Mississauga (Erin Mills), Ontario MLS® #29880633
Courtesy of JESSICA GENG/RE/MAX IMPERIAL REALTY INC.
704 - 363 COLBORNE STREET
London East (East K), Ontario MLS® #29880563
Courtesy of JOAN BUTLER/SUTTON GROUP PREFERRED REALTY INC.
901 - 51 TROLLEY CRESCENT
Toronto (Moss Park), Ontario MLS® #29880568
Courtesy of MAJA CURIC/HOUSESIGMA INC.
#205 9908 84 AV NW
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #29880645
Courtesy of Lesa M. Patermann/MaxWell Challenge Realty
81 DOREEN CRESCENT
Clarington (Bowmanville), Ontario MLS® #29883264
Courtesy of Amanda Davis/Royal Heritage Realty Ltd.
1 CRESCENT STREET
South Bruce Peninsula, Ontario MLS® #29882696
Courtesy of MARK BARBOSA/Century 21 Millennium Inc.
2203 PREVIN COURT
Burlington (Brant Hills), Ontario MLS® #29882994
Courtesy of LISA BEKAVAC/CENTURY 21 LEADING EDGE REALTY INC.
122 QUEENSDALE AVENUE E
Hamilton (Centremount), Ontario MLS® #29883079
Courtesy of JOE COSENTINO/ROYAL LEPAGE STATE REALTY
404 - 308 JARVIS STREET
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29883168
Courtesy of RYAN ABBASSI/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY LTD.
27 STRATHGOWAN CRESCENT
Toronto (Lawrence Park South), Ontario MLS® #29883170
Courtesy of CHERI DORSEY MCCANN/MCCANN REALTY GROUP LTD.
2212 - 308 JARVIS STREET
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29883182
Courtesy of RYAN ABBASSI/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY LTD.
260 - 209 FORT YORK BOULEVARD
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29883187
Courtesy of EMMA PACE/REAL BROKER ONTARIO LTD.
460 DALGLEISH Drive Unit# 28
Kamloops, British Columbia MLS® #29883202
Courtesy of Riley Peterson/REMAX Kamloops
670 Walkers Hook Rd
Salt Spring, British Columbia MLS® #29884798
Courtesy of Norman T. Rothwell/Pemberton Holmes - Salt Spring
81 WATER Street S Unit# 3
Cambridge, Ontario MLS® #29885164
Courtesy of Rob Golfi/RE/MAX Escarpment Golfi Realty Inc.
116 HIGHRIDGE Avenue
Hamilton, Ontario MLS® #29885239
Courtesy of Ramsin Kamo/Coldwell Banker Community Professionals
5 LLOYDMINSTER CRESCENT
Toronto (Newtonbrook East), Ontario MLS® #29885289
Courtesy of FRANK LING/RE/MAX ADVANCE REALTY
TH 105 - 8010 DERRY ROAD W
Milton (CO Coates), Ontario MLS® #29885342
Courtesy of SHASHANK KATHURIA/CENTURY 21 PROPERTY ZONE REALTY INC.
1360 TURKEY POINT ROAD
Norfolk (Walsh), Ontario MLS® #29885366
Courtesy of John Klassen/RE/MAX Tri-County Realty Inc Brokerage
401 - 2782 BARTON STREET E
Hamilton (Riverdale), Ontario MLS® #29885373
Courtesy of ASHISH PARIKH/SAVE MAX REAL ESTATE INC.
5405 62 Street
Camrose, Alberta MLS® #29884370
Courtesy of Tracy Brandingen/RE/MAX Real Estate (Edmonton) Ltd.
70 Jensen Place
Red Deer, Alberta MLS® #29883810
Courtesy of Angela Stonehouse/Royal LePage Network Realty Corp.
952 Port Latour Road
Thomasville, Nova Scotia MLS® #29880703
Courtesy of Anne Swim/Keller Williams Select Realty (Shelburne)
13615 Middle Bench Road
Lake Country, British Columbia MLS® #29883461
Courtesy of Petrina Owen/Royal LePage Kelowna
14 DUNBAR AVENUE
Cornwall, Ontario MLS® #29885049
Courtesy of GARRET MUNRO/RE/MAX AFFILIATES MARQUIS LTD.
1045 N NINTH AVENUE
Williams Lake, British Columbia MLS® #29885051
Courtesy of Tanya Rankin/Tanya Rankin Ltd
1108 - 82 DALHOUSIE STREET
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29885063
Courtesy of OLGA PARKHOMENKO/HOMELIFE FRONTIER REALTY INC.
#216 - 365A WILSON AVENUE N
Toronto (Bathurst Manor), Ontario MLS® #29885068
Courtesy of REESA SARI GARBER/ADENAT REAL ESTATE LTD.
117 APPLE BLOSSOM BOULEVARD
Clarington (Bowmanville), Ontario MLS® #29885082
Courtesy of ADRIANO A FIACCONI/REMAX YOUR COMMUNITY REALTY
124 PERRY CRESCENT
Toronto (Princess-Rosethorn), Ontario MLS® #29885157
Courtesy of CHRISTINA JACKSON/BOSLEY REAL ESTATE LTD.
243 EPSOM DOWNS DRIVE
Toronto (Downsview-Roding-CFB), Ontario MLS® #29885169
Courtesy of FLORENTINA ZORZI/ROYAL LEPAGE SUPREME REALTY
1010-33 ERIE AVENUE
Brantford, Ontario MLS® #29885195
Courtesy of SHARONA NANDALAL/KINGSWAY REAL ESTATE
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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