4907 1 Avenue
Edson, Alberta MLS® #30512790
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.
3303 70 Avenue, Leduc, AB
Leduc, Alberta MLS® #29465687
Courtesy of Michelle A. Plach/HonestDoor Inc
107 Lakeshore Drive
Desbarats, Ontario MLS® #30511682
Courtesy of Hunter Waugh/Exit Realty True North
1804, 788 12 Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #30514632
Courtesy of Sally Krulis/RE/MAX House of Real Estate
94 - 355 FISHER MILLS ROAD
Cambridge, Ontario MLS® #30514745
Courtesy of SAROOP SINGH BHANDAL/TRI-CITY PROFESSIONAL REALTY INC.
43 BROADVIEW AVENUE
Mississauga (Port Credit), Ontario MLS® #30514738
Courtesy of PETER PHILIP PAPOUSEK/RE/MAX ESCARPMENT REALTY INC.
4165 QUAKER HILL DRIVE
Mississauga (Creditview), Ontario MLS® #30514656
Courtesy of ALEKSANDAR FILIPOV/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
Fox Pen Road
Tantallon, Nova Scotia MLS® #30514670
Courtesy of Vanessa Snelgrove/EXP Realty of Canada Inc.
64312 DUFFERIN COUNTY ROAD 3
East Garafraxa, Ontario MLS® #30514771
Courtesy of GURSHARAN BAJWA/HOMELIFE MAPLE LEAF REALTY LTD.
BSMT - 5 LOCKDARE STREET
Toronto (Agincourt South-Malvern West), Ontario MLS® #30514598
Courtesy of CHEN LI/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
612 - 59 ANNIE CRAIG DRIVE
Toronto (Mimico), Ontario MLS® #30514795
Courtesy of MILA MAZURUK/ATV REALTY INC
72 BREEZE DRIVE
Bradford West Gwillimbury (Bradford), Ontario MLS® #30514733
Courtesy of JONATHAN CHOI/RE/MAX ALL-STARS REALTY INC.
9314 120 AV NW
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #30514834
Courtesy of Sunny Kan/Royal LePage Noralta Real Estate
1185 DUPONT STREET
Toronto (Dovercourt-Wallace Emerson-Junction), Ontario MLS® #30514586
Courtesy of ONAIZA KAZI/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
30 RANCHERO DRIVE
Brampton (Fletcher's Meadow), Ontario MLS® #30514858
Courtesy of PAUL GILL/LPT REALTY
258 MEADOWHAWK TRAIL
Bradford West Gwillimbury (Bradford), Ontario MLS® #30514626
Courtesy of MAHDI MAHDIZADEH/HOMELIFE/BAYVIEW REALTY INC.
69 MORNING MIST DRIVE
Hamilton (Sheldon), Ontario MLS® #30514587
Courtesy of DAVE BHATIA/HALTON REAL ESTATE CORPORATION
43 Watson Street
St. John's, Newfoundland & Labrador MLS® #30514638
Courtesy of Gene Lye/Keller Williams Platinum Realty
2068 KIPLING AVENUE
Toronto (West Humber-Clairville), Ontario MLS® #30514739
Courtesy of RAY PABLA/KING REALTY INC.
ROOM SUITE - 21 DEGRASSI COVE CIRCLE
Brampton (Credit Valley), Ontario MLS® #30514741
Courtesy of SUNIL NARALE/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY LTD.
219 Dominion Street
Glace Bay, Nova Scotia MLS® #30514676
Courtesy of Leijsa Wilton/RE/MAX Park Place Inc.
7709 Lantzville Rd
Lantzville, British Columbia MLS® #30514804
Courtesy of Paul Hennessy/Royal LePage Island Living (PK)
MAIN & UPPER - 95 SEWELLS LANE
Brampton (Fletcher's Meadow), Ontario MLS® #30514859
Courtesy of Rahul Gambhir/RE/MAX GOLD REALTY INC.
1216 - 150 EAST LIBERTY STREET
Toronto (Niagara), Ontario MLS® #30514816
Courtesy of LOUIE LUK/CENTURY 21 LEADING EDGE REALTY INC.
2 - 172 LENA CRESCENT
Cambridge, Ontario MLS® #30514823
Courtesy of MOHAMMED AL-OGAIDI/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
3206 - 20 SHORE BREEZE DRIVE
Toronto (Mimico), Ontario MLS® #30514892
Courtesy of RANDY YETMAN/RE/MAX WEST REALTY INC.
327 SPRINGDALE BOULEVARD
Toronto (Danforth Village-East York), Ontario MLS® #30514885
Courtesy of CARON WONG/GOLDENWAY REAL ESTATE LTD.
7 KETTLE VALLEY TRAIL
King (Nobleton), Ontario MLS® #30514557
Courtesy of JERRY FRAGOMENI/EXP REALTY
617 55101 Ste Anne TR
Rural Lac Ste. Anne County, Alberta MLS® #30514634
Courtesy of Frederick E. Trommeshauser/RE/MAX PREFERRED CHOICE
410 STARGRASS PRIVATE
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #30514704
Courtesy of Tafiqul Abu Mohammad/POWER MARKETING REAL ESTATE INC.
ONE BEDROOM A BSMT - 2 KELLYVALE RD ROAD
Toronto (Wexford-Maryvale), Ontario MLS® #30514576
Courtesy of JACK JI/JDL REALTY INC.
27 Fox Pen Road
Tantallon, Nova Scotia MLS® #30514595
Courtesy of Vanessa Snelgrove/EXP Realty of Canada Inc.
9 WHITEHORN CRESCENT
Barrie (Holly), Ontario MLS® #30514627
Courtesy of CHIRAG GUPTA/KING REALTY INC.
12 - 260 EAGLE STREET
Newmarket (Central Newmarket), Ontario MLS® #30514728
Courtesy of RASHMI HOODA/CENTURY 21 RED STAR REALTY INC.
54 RIVERSTONE WAY
Belleville (Thurlow Ward), Ontario MLS® #30514824
Courtesy of SELVI JEYARAJA/RE/MAX COMMUNITY REALTY INC.
648 DOON VILLAGE Road Unit# 6
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #30514747
Courtesy of EJAZ A RANA/Re/Max Real Estate Centre Inc.
1481 LEWISHAM DRIVE
Mississauga (Clarkson), Ontario MLS® #30514766
Courtesy of ROSE TROZZO/iCloud Realty Ltd.
143 PORT CRESCENT
Welland (Dain City), Ontario MLS® #30514773
Courtesy of CELINE RAMLOCHAN/CENTURY 21 PERCY FULTON LTD.
1805 - 11 LEE CENTRE DRIVE
Toronto (Woburn), Ontario MLS® #30514886
Courtesy of SHAMAIRAH NOUFARO/ROBIN HOOD REALTY LIMITED
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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