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.
6002 49th Ave
Bonnyville Town, Alberta MLS® #30143807
Courtesy of Vince J. Kelly/RE/MAX Bonnyville Realty
#202 205 Jennifer Heilway
Spruce Grove, Alberta MLS® #30167519
Courtesy of Rakesh Chadha/Logic Realty
246 - 42 TANNERY STREET E
Cambridge, Ontario MLS® #30285517
Courtesy of JUSTINE FERNIE/ROYAL LEPAGE TERREQUITY REALTY
79 POTTERS WAY
Woodstock (Woodstock - South), Ontario MLS® #30285442
Courtesy of Ben Sage/Gale Group Realty Brokerage Ltd
53 VALIANT Circle
Binbrook, Ontario MLS® #30285543
Courtesy of Soni Chachad/Keller Williams Edge Realty
277 ARLINGTON AVENUE
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #30286060
Courtesy of Nick J. Kyte/COLDWELL BANKER FIRST OTTAWA REALTY
80 FIFTH STREET
Toronto (New Toronto), Ontario MLS® #30286178
Courtesy of GLORIA DEFRANCESCO/HARVEY KALLES REAL ESTATE LTD.
29 BRAMLEY STREET S
Port Hope, Ontario MLS® #30286039
Courtesy of Ryanne McGee/Royal Lepage Proalliance Realty
611 - 2085 AMHERST HEIGHTS DRIVE
Burlington (Brant Hills), Ontario MLS® #30286173
Courtesy of LINO FEIJO/HOMELIFE REGIONAL REALTY LTD.
45 WESTLAKE AVENUE
Toronto (East End-Danforth), Ontario MLS® #30286414
Courtesy of MATTHEW NICHOLAS PAANANEN/SKYBOUND REALTY
97 Wellington AVE
Blind River, Ontario MLS® #30286034
Courtesy of Danielle Marie Gagnon/Royal LePage® Mid North Realty Blind River
1677 SECOND Avenue
Rossland, British Columbia MLS® #30286096
Courtesy of Ali Worsfold/Mountain Town Properties Ltd.
6 MCFEETERS CRESCENT
Clarington (Bowmanville), Ontario MLS® #30286402
Courtesy of Kayla Ciccone/REALTY ONE GROUP REVEAL
4464 36 ST
Drayton Valley, Alberta MLS® #30286419
Courtesy of Roger R. MacKinnon/Century 21 Hi-Point Realty Ltd
308 - 7398 YONGE STREET
Vaughan (Crestwood-Springfarm-Yorkhill), Ontario MLS® #30286440
Courtesy of OLGA DONCHENKO/RE/MAX REALTRON BARRY COHEN HOMES INC.
216 - 3 BANCROFT LANE
Richmond Hill (Jefferson), Ontario MLS® #30286445
Courtesy of WILL ARMANIOS/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
205 - 100 PROMENADE CIRCLE
Vaughan (Brownridge), Ontario MLS® #30286438
Courtesy of BLAIR CHAMI/CHESTNUT PARK REAL ESTATE LIMITED
416 SUNNIDALE ROAD
Barrie (Northwest), Ontario MLS® #30286452
Courtesy of FARSHID GHODSIAN-ZADEH/CENTURY 21 HERITAGE GROUP LTD.
2309 - 4010 EGLINTON AVENUE W
Toronto (Humber Heights), Ontario MLS® #30286457
Courtesy of HICHAM S FARHAT/CENTURY 21 LEADING EDGE REALTY INC.
1701 - 310 BURNHAMTHORPE ROAD W
Mississauga (City Centre), Ontario MLS® #30286464
Courtesy of FAIRY YU/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.
10 - 115 EIGHTH STREET
Toronto (New Toronto), Ontario MLS® #30286476
Courtesy of STANISLAVA DAVIDOV/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
244 INDIAN ROAD
Toronto (High Park-Swansea), Ontario MLS® #30286469
Courtesy of RAMZI ASSAL/ROYAL LEPAGE URBAN REALTY
Windels Land
Duck Lake Rm No. 463, Saskatchewan MLS® #30286488
Courtesy of Kelly Reimer/RE/MAX North Country
24 FAWNRIDGE ROAD
Caledon, Ontario MLS® #30286490
Courtesy of SPARSH SETHI/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.
907 DOON VILLAGE Road
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #30286495
Courtesy of EMANUEL CATANA/SMART FROM HOME REALTY LIMITED
34 CAMROSE COURT
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #30286510
Courtesy of Senthol Kumar/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.
94 BRISCOE STREET E
London South (South F), Ontario MLS® #30286522
Courtesy of JESSICA CONE/CHESTNUT PARK REAL ESTATE LIMITED
8 - 5 FAIRHOLT ROAD N
Hamilton (Stipley), Ontario MLS® #30286527
Courtesy of MARISSA KERR/RE/MAX REALTY SERVICES INC.
109 - 1696 FIDDLEHEAD PLACE
London North (North R), Ontario MLS® #30286053
Courtesy of ANDREW STINSON/CENTURY 21 FIRST CANADIAN CORP
124 ST AUGUSTINE DRIVE
St. Catharines (Secord Woods), Ontario MLS® #30284956
Courtesy of Trevor Ingham/EXP REALTY
305 - 1014 BANK STREET
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #30285252
Courtesy of Bruce Libbos/REAL BROKER ONTARIO LTD.
26 OAKRIDGE BOULEVARD
Pelham (Fonthill), Ontario MLS® #30285668
Courtesy of Michael Fossey/REVEL Realty Inc., Brokerage
29-31 WEST MAIN STREET
Welland (Broadway), Ontario MLS® #30285670
Courtesy of Ryan Serravalle/REVEL Realty Inc., Brokerage
4 PEACHER STREET
Springwater (Anten Mills), Ontario MLS® #30285738
Courtesy of KATRINA ELLISTON/Sotheby's International Realty Canada
37 - 37 SILVER GLEN BOULEVARD
Collingwood, Ontario MLS® #30285745
Courtesy of GREG SYROTA/Century 21 Millennium Inc.
393 MAIN STREET S
Guelph/Eramosa (Rockwood), Ontario MLS® #30285815
Courtesy of ANDREW VINCE/Royal LePage Royal City Realty
2 YACHT DRIVE
Clarington (Bowmanville), Ontario MLS® #30285839
Courtesy of BRUCE OLIVER CHIN/PROPERTY.CA INC.
210 WOODLEY CRESCENT
Milton (WI Willmott), Ontario MLS® #30285980
Courtesy of SEBASTIAN OMASTA/RE/MAX REALTY SPECIALISTS INC.
1656 CARRINGTON ROAD
Mississauga (East Credit), Ontario MLS® #30285985
Courtesy of AARON CHUNG/ROYAL LEPAGE TERREQUITY REALTY
139 ATTWOOD DRIVE
Cambridge, Ontario MLS® #30285997
Courtesy of SUE MACHADO/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE 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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