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.
4 SINDEN DRIVE
Whitby (Brooklin), Ontario MLS® #30003591
Courtesy of BETTY DENG/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
203 ELIZABETH CRESCENT
Centre Wellington (Fergus), Ontario MLS® #30003616
Courtesy of STEPHANIE HARTLEY/RE/MAX WEST REALTY INC.
7 - 148 GLENLAKE AVENUE
Toronto (High Park North), Ontario MLS® #30003611
Courtesy of JONATHAN CHIU/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
138 - 11 ALMOND BLOSSOM MEWS
Vaughan (Vaughan Corporate Centre), Ontario MLS® #30003604
Courtesy of SUNNY SUN/FIRST CLASS REALTY INC.
1802 - 1470 MIDLAND AVENUE
Toronto (Dorset Park), Ontario MLS® #30003589
Courtesy of CINDY SUN/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
311 YOUNGSTOWN AVENUE
Mississauga (Rathwood), Ontario MLS® #30003609
Courtesy of JESSICA YIN/RE/MAX IMPERIAL REALTY INC.
2904 - 609 SHERBOURNE STREET
Toronto (North St. James Town), Ontario MLS® #30003630
Courtesy of TRINA WANG/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.
2108 - 99 HARBOUR SQUARE
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #30003584
Courtesy of OKSANA JANCEVIC/REAL BROKER ONTARIO LTD.
612 - 415 MAIN STREET W
Hamilton (Kirkendall), Ontario MLS® #30003642
Courtesy of SIU TA/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY LTD.
129 VICTORIA Road N Unit# 86
Guelph, Ontario MLS® #30003902
Courtesy of Jim Bowman/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC., BROKERAGE
1191 Nightingale TERRACE
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan MLS® #30003983
Courtesy of Karrylle Sending/eXp Realty
8985 WOODBINE AVENUE
Markham (Buttonville), Ontario MLS® #30003600
Courtesy of JOY ZHANG/HOMELIFE GOLCONDA REALTY INC.
181 MILKY WAY DRIVE
Richmond Hill (Observatory), Ontario MLS® #30003597
Courtesy of BING DONG/SMART SOLD REALTY
44356 TALBOT LINE
Central Elgin, Ontario MLS® #30003864
Courtesy of MARTESE HOULE/ELGIN REALTY LIMITED
3463 Loch Lomond Rd.
Loch Lomond, Nova Scotia MLS® #30003681
Courtesy of Josh Ryan/iLand Realty Inc.
821 GRANDVIEW WAY
Toronto (Willowdale East), Ontario MLS® #30003578
Courtesy of SEAN HO/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
233 WEST 33RD Street
Hamilton, Ontario MLS® #30003624
Courtesy of Xia bing Zhang/1st Sunshine Realty Inc.
8553 JENNIFER CRESCENT
Niagara Falls (Forestview), Ontario MLS® #30003573
Courtesy of Emily Ye Fraser/REVEL Realty Inc., Brokerage
56 ARLINGTON AVENUE
Toronto (Wychwood), Ontario MLS® #30003580
Courtesy of ANDREW J COPPOLA/ROYAL LEPAGE REAL ESTATE SERVICES LTD.
1688 LAMOTHE STREET
Greater Sudbury (Sudbury), Ontario MLS® #30003618
Courtesy of CAROLINE YANG/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
8985 WOODBINE AVENUE
Markham (Buttonville), Ontario MLS® #30003601
Courtesy of JOY ZHANG/HOMELIFE GOLCONDA REALTY INC.
MAKHAM - 17 THOMAS FRISBY JR CRESCENT
Markham (Victoria Square), Ontario MLS® #30003598
Courtesy of KHATEREH SHAHCHERAGHI/INTERNATIONAL REALTY FIRM, INC.
67 NAVE STREET
Vaughan (Kleinburg), Ontario MLS® #30003606
Courtesy of YANN LIU/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
808 - 255 VILLAGE GREEN SQUARE
Toronto (Agincourt South-Malvern West), Ontario MLS® #30003593
Courtesy of JEFFREY SUN/RE/MAX REALTRON JIM MO REALTY
5102 - 11 WELLESLEY STREET W
Toronto (Bay Street Corridor), Ontario MLS® #30003579
Courtesy of HONG ZHANG/DREAM HOME REALTY INC.
821 GRANDVIEW WAY
Toronto (Willowdale East), Ontario MLS® #30003581
Courtesy of SEAN HO/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
201 - 22 HANOVER ROAD
Brampton (Queen Street Corridor), Ontario MLS® #30003574
Courtesy of DONNA URBANEK/Engel & Volkers Oakville
83 FISHERVILLE ROAD
Toronto (Westminster-Branson), Ontario MLS® #30003586
Courtesy of BING DONG/SMART SOLD REALTY
4338 MILLER ROAD
Frontenac (Frontenac South), Ontario MLS® #30003877
Courtesy of Hillary Kaert/HOMELIFE/DLK REAL ESTATE LTD
31 Grandview Drive
Wolfville, Nova Scotia MLS® #30003973
Courtesy of Melanie Besemer/Exit Realty Town & Country
1220 LOWLAND ROAD
Smithers, British Columbia MLS® #30003498
Courtesy of Heather Cyr/Calderwood Realty Ltd.
95 - 29 FUNDY BAY BOULEVARD
Toronto (Steeles), Ontario MLS® #30003594
Courtesy of OLIVER JING DONG FENG/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
213 HAWTHORNE ROAD
London North (North E), Ontario MLS® #30003614
Courtesy of MAY YU/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
152 FLAGSTONE WAY
Newmarket (Woodland Hill), Ontario MLS® #30003602
Courtesy of CHARLIE JOHNSON LAI/ROYAL LEPAGE PEACELAND REALTY
7623 MONCTON CRESCENT
Prince George, British Columbia MLS® #30003272
Courtesy of Aaron Switzer/RE/MAX Core Realty
4028 MUNROE STREET
Terrace, British Columbia MLS® #30003099
Courtesy of Dawn Monsen/RE/MAX Coast Mountains
881 ANTONIO FARLEY STREET
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #30003626
Courtesy of Steven Saab/AVENUE NORTH REALTY INC.
3305 MOCKINGBIRD COMMON
Oakville (JM Joshua Meadows), Ontario MLS® #30003640
Courtesy of Robert Yin/IGNITE STAR REALTY INC.
3074 TURNER CRESCENT
London South (South U), Ontario MLS® #30003570
Courtesy of RAFI HABIBZADAH/NU-VISTA PINNACLE REALTY BROKERAGE INC
263 JOHN BOWSER CRESCENT
Newmarket (Glenway Estates), Ontario MLS® #30003638
Courtesy of LESLIE WHICHER/RE/MAX HALLMARK YORK GROUP REALTY LTD.
3302 67 ST
Beaumont, Alberta MLS® #30003652
Courtesy of David Frazier/Royal Lepage Premier Real Estate
76 CLANCY DRIVE
Toronto (Don Valley Village), Ontario MLS® #30003582
Courtesy of SUE ZHANG/SMART SOLD REALTY
899 Westside Grand River Rd.
Grand River, Nova Scotia MLS® #30003816
Courtesy of Josh Ryan/iLand 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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