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.
205 STRAWBERRY LANE
King, Ontario MLS® #30465431
Courtesy of DAVID XUE DONG LIU/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
UNIT #B - 684 BRONSON AVENUE
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #30465443
Courtesy of Shirley Jiuhong Kang/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
BSMT1 - 206 SUNNY MEADOW BOULEVARD
Brampton (Sandringham-Wellington), Ontario MLS® #30465436
Courtesy of ADEEL BHAYANI/Royal LePage Our Neighbourhood Realty
137 BANNOCKBURN AVENUE
Toronto (Bedford Park-Nortown), Ontario MLS® #30465448
Courtesy of ANNETTE N. ROSENTHAL/WEISS REALTY LTD.
2816 ROSEWOOD LANE
Oakville (CV Clearview), Ontario MLS® #30465455
Courtesy of SHERLY XAVIER ARUL SAMY/REAL ESTATE HOMEWARD
412 - 120 BROADWAY AVENUE
Toronto (Mount Pleasant West), Ontario MLS® #30465425
Courtesy of KEVIN LIU/EXP REALTY
421 - 251 MANITOBA STREET
Toronto (Mimico), Ontario MLS® #30465437
Courtesy of ANDREW PRESTA/RE/MAX EXPERTS
405 - 15 GREENVIEW AVENUE
Toronto (Newtonbrook West), Ontario MLS® #30465444
Courtesy of JENNY LEE/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
27 CORDGRASS CRESCENT
Brampton (Sandringham-Wellington), Ontario MLS® #30465451
Courtesy of SHAMAIRAH NOUFARO/ROBIN HOOD REALTY LIMITED
1 GREGORY STREET
Brampton (Downtown Brampton), Ontario MLS® #30465438
Courtesy of RUDY LACHHMAN/HOMELIFE/MIRACLE REALTY LTD
2115 - 27 MCMAHON DRIVE
Toronto (Bayview Village), Ontario MLS® #30465445
Courtesy of JENNY LEE/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
244 - 19 APPLEWOOD LANE
Toronto (Etobicoke West Mall), Ontario MLS® #30465452
Courtesy of MOSES LU/RE/MAX CROSSROADS REALTY INC.
132 SONG MEADOWAY WAY
Toronto (Hillcrest Village), Ontario MLS® #30465426
Courtesy of HENRY ZHAO/AIMHOME REALTY INC.
19 EASTGATE CRESCENT
Richmond Hill (Bayview Hill), Ontario MLS® #30465434
Courtesy of JOHN LI/ROYAL LEPAGE GOLDEN RIDGE REALTY
2812 - 898 PORTAGE PARKWAY
Vaughan (Concord), Ontario MLS® #30465430
Courtesy of Tess J Lee/HC YouHome Realty Inc.
3229 - 400 KING STREET W
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #30465428
Courtesy of FEY YUN/WANTHOME REALTY INC.
LOWER LVL - 11 CROWLAND DRIVE DRIVE
Toronto (Rexdale-Kipling), Ontario MLS® #30465435
Courtesy of MUSTAFA YAGCI/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
1912 - 31 BALES AVENUE
Toronto (Willowdale East), Ontario MLS® #30465447
Courtesy of NIGEL WHITE/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
2344 NORLAND DRIVE
Burlington (Orchard), Ontario MLS® #30465454
Courtesy of CINDY ZHANG/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
4122 RAINBOW DRIVE
Prince George, British Columbia MLS® #30463973
Courtesy of Bob Quinlan/RE/MAX Core Realty
5005 - 4015 THE EXCHANGE
Mississauga (City Centre), Ontario MLS® #30464394
Courtesy of CECILIA SAILIN WANG/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
4 - 64 MILL STREET
Mississippi Mills, Ontario MLS® #30465190
Courtesy of Alexi Johnston/ENGEL & VOLKERS OTTAWA
642 PETER RUPERT AVENUE
Vaughan (Patterson), Ontario MLS® #30465208
Courtesy of NAJMI MUHAMMAD/HOMELIFE/MIRACLE REALTY LTD
4206 - 5 BUTTERMILL AVENUE
Vaughan (Vaughan Corporate Centre), Ontario MLS® #30465210
Courtesy of ANGELA SARDELLA/ROYAL LEPAGE RCR REALTY
137 CHURCHILL ROAD S
Halton Hills (AC Acton), Ontario MLS® #30465215
Courtesy of PAUL IRELAND/RE/MAX HALLMARK YORK GROUP REALTY LTD.
125 BONAVENTURE Drive Unit# 37
Hamilton, Ontario MLS® #30465169
Courtesy of Gauruv Lall/RE/MAX Escarpment Realty Inc.
24 - 555 CHABLIS DRIVE
Waterloo, Ontario MLS® #30465176
Courtesy of ZANA JALAL/RE/MAX TWIN CITY REALTY INC.
3145 Milton STREET
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan MLS® #30465188
Courtesy of Bernard Normand/Royal LePage Saskatoon Real Estate
701 - 158 FRONT STREET EAST STREET
Toronto (Moss Park), Ontario MLS® #30464248
Courtesy of MARK ZHU/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
211 - 365A WILSON AVENUE E
Toronto (Clanton Park), Ontario MLS® #30465203
Courtesy of JUSTIN SINGH/RE/MAX REALTY SPECIALISTS INC.
52B - 798 ST. ANDRE DRIVE
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #30465068
Courtesy of Kristine Johnson/RE/MAX ABSOLUTE REALTY INC.
703 - 736 BAY STREET
Toronto (Bay Street Corridor), Ontario MLS® #30465075
Courtesy of SANTO SESSA/RE/MAX PREMIER INC.
374 QUEEN STREET
Brampton (Queen Street Corridor), Ontario MLS® #30465082
Courtesy of BHUPINDER SINGH CHOPRA/RE/MAX REALTY SPECIALISTS INC.
201, 3501 49 Avenue
Red Deer, Alberta MLS® #30465102
Courtesy of Dale Russell/RE/MAX real estate central alberta
#321 63 Inglewood Park SE
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #30465284
Courtesy of Kai Cui/Homes & Gardens Real Estate Limited
144 OLD COLONY ROAD
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #30465272
Courtesy of Joanne Goneau/RE/MAX ABSOLUTE REALTY INC.
87 PERCY LANE
Whitchurch-Stouffville (Stouffville), Ontario MLS® #30465291
Courtesy of REBECCA DONER/CENTURY 21 LEADING EDGE REALTY INC.
1 - 325 GEORGE STREET
Central Elgin (Port Stanley), Ontario MLS® #30465094
Courtesy of SATYAM PRASHAR/ROYAL LEPAGE TRILAND REALTY
0 PEFFERLAW RD CON4 PT LOT24 PT LOT25,CON5 PT LOT24 ROAD
Georgina (Pefferlaw), Ontario MLS® #30465126
Courtesy of MICHAEL SUN/AIMHOME REALTY 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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