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.
3303 70 Avenue, Leduc, AB
Leduc, Alberta MLS® #29465687
Courtesy of Michelle A. Plach/HonestDoor Inc
2326 YORKTOWN CIRCLE
Mississauga (Central Erin Mills), Ontario MLS® #30126312
Courtesy of JING HUANG/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.
2350 SUTTON DRIVE
Burlington (Orchard), Ontario MLS® #30126313
Courtesy of SAMMI WANG/REAL ONE REALTY INC.
6B - 164 HEIMAN STREET
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #30126320
Courtesy of PAULA RODRIGUEZ/REMAX YOUR COMMUNITY REALTY
#417 10717 83 AV NW
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #30126368
Courtesy of Chuck Mulholland/Century 21 All Stars Realty Ltd
1130 GLEN VALLEY ROAD
Oakville (WT West Oak Trails), Ontario MLS® #30126319
Courtesy of KEN QI/HIGHLAND REALTY
PRO LIQUOR STORE
Vegreville, Alberta MLS® #30006458
Courtesy of Kuljeet Dhaliwal/Royal Lepage Arteam Realty
95 HOEY CRESCENT
Oakville (GO Glenorchy), Ontario MLS® #30126314
Courtesy of SCOTT MA/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
6 LILY Lane Unit# Lower
Georgetown, Ontario MLS® #30126333
Courtesy of Vishal Saxena/eXp Realty, Brokerage
13604 90A ST NW
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #30126364
Courtesy of Maverick Tameta/The E Group Real Estate
LPH7 - 4065 BRICKSTONE MEWS
Mississauga (City Centre), Ontario MLS® #30126310
Courtesy of NIK HANDA/REAL BROKER ONTARIO LTD.
6 WOOD CIRCLE
Caledon (Bolton East), Ontario MLS® #30126315
Courtesy of SUNNY SINGH/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
45 POND MILLS Road Unit# 103
London, Ontario MLS® #30126276
Courtesy of Rajeev Cherian/Right at Home Realty
42 Kaleigh Drive
Eastern Passage, Nova Scotia MLS® #30126187
Courtesy of Alexandre Tremblay/Century 21 Optimum Realty
624 RISHOR AVENUE
Douro-Dummer, Ontario MLS® #30126322
Courtesy of ARTHUR PARKS/ROYAL LEPAGE/J & D DIVISION
1103 - 260 MALTA AVENUE
Brampton (Fletcher's Creek South), Ontario MLS® #30126311
Courtesy of Jayesh Wadhwani/JVRE
4527 CONCORD PLACE
Burlington (Shoreacres), Ontario MLS® #30126316
Courtesy of TRACY ANNE LILLY/ROYAL LEPAGE REALTY PLUS OAKVILLE
4699 GLEN ERIN DRIVE E
Mississauga (Central Erin Mills), Ontario MLS® #30126309
Courtesy of JAWEED GHULAMI/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
32 - 113 HARTLEY AVENUE
Brant (Paris), Ontario MLS® #30125960
Courtesy of KETAN MISTRY/HOMELIFE/MIRACLE REALTY LTD
522 - 1700 EGLINTON AVENUE E
Toronto (Victoria Village), Ontario MLS® #30125100
Courtesy of VICKY CHIAPPARI/EXP REALTY
25, 5235 50 Street
Caroline, Alberta MLS® #30123774
Courtesy of Laurie Wacher/Royal LePage Tamarack Trail Realty
274 BLACKACRES BOULEVARD
London North (North F), Ontario MLS® #30126110
Courtesy of CHRISTINE CRNCICH/TEAM GLASSER REAL ESTATE BROKERAGE INC.
633 CLARENCE STREET
Port Colborne (Sugarloaf), Ontario MLS® #30120972
Courtesy of Rachel Stempski/RE/MAX NIAGARA REALTY LTD, BROKERAGE
20 DOVER STREET
Woodstock (Woodstock - South), Ontario MLS® #30120977
Courtesy of Christine Hamulecki/Gale Group Realty Brokerage Ltd
158 ERB Street E Unit# 33
Waterloo, Ontario MLS® #30120991
Courtesy of Andrew Macallum/Royal LePage Wolle Realty
1802 - 11 LILLIAN STREET
Toronto (Mount Pleasant West), Ontario MLS® #30121007
Courtesy of MELISSA BERALL/CHESTNUT PARK REAL ESTATE LIMITED
#12 18230 104A ST NW
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #30121019
Courtesy of Daniel M. Israel/Royal Lepage Arteam Realty
29 WINDERMERE CR
St. Albert, Alberta MLS® #30121021
Courtesy of Christine Tetreault/One Percent Realty
28 MAREVAN PLACE
Vaughan (East Woodbridge), Ontario MLS® #30121026
Courtesy of DAWNA MARIE BORG/RE/MAX PREMIER INC.
2122 FERN GLEN COURT
Severn (Bass Lake), Ontario MLS® #30121033
Courtesy of MARK FARIS/FARIS TEAM REAL ESTATE BROKERAGE
721 REECE COURT
Milton (HA Harrison), Ontario MLS® #30121038
Courtesy of REHAN IFTIKHAR/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
19 - 4211 MILLCROFT PARK DRIVE
Burlington (Rose), Ontario MLS® #30121040
Courtesy of GREG KUCHMA/RE/MAX ESCARPMENT REALTY INC.
7746 REDSTONE ROAD
Mississauga (Malton), Ontario MLS® #30121045
Courtesy of AVTAR SINGH/HOMELIFE SILVERCITY REALTY INC.
13 QUAY Street
Port Dover, Ontario MLS® #30121052
Courtesy of Matt Devos/RE/MAX Erie Shores Realty Inc. Brokerage
69 Mount Herbert Road
Stratford, Prince Edward Island MLS® #30121057
Courtesy of Leigh Jenkins/CENTURY 21 COLONIAL REALTY INC
158 SAVANNAH RIDGE DRIVE
Brant (Paris), Ontario MLS® #30121064
Courtesy of SARA SEHRAWAT/HOMELIFE/MIRACLE REALTY LTD
10 AZALEA COURT
Hamilton (Stoney Creek Mountain), Ontario MLS® #30121069
Courtesy of E. MARTIN MAZZA/ROYAL LEPAGE STATE REALTY
22 LEGACY LANE
Thorold (Hurricane/Merrittville), Ontario MLS® #30121982
Courtesy of JAYMIN PATEL/THE CANADIAN HOME REALTY INC.
#274 52343 RGE ROAD 211
Rural Strathcona County, Alberta MLS® #30121999
Courtesy of Keri A. Harstad/MaxWell Devonshire Realty
2732 Sackville Drive
Upper Sackville, Nova Scotia MLS® #30122005
Courtesy of Mehrdad Samadzadeh/RE/MAX Nova (Halifax)
113 Riverview Court W
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #30122012
Courtesy of Bryan Adolph/Royal LePage Mission Real Estate
52 Almond Crescent
Blackfalds, Alberta MLS® #30122029
Courtesy of Andrew Russell/RE/MAX real estate central alberta
501 - 699 ABERDEEN BOULEVARD
Midland, Ontario MLS® #30122043
Courtesy of PHIL PANTLING/Royal LePage In Touch Realty
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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