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.
573 HOMEWOOD AVENUE
Peterborough (Town Ward 3), Ontario MLS® #30419053
Courtesy of Ken Barrick/Royal LePage ProAlliance Realty
LOWER - 408 RIDGEWOOD CRESCENT
London South (South D), Ontario MLS® #30419058
Courtesy of COLENE WELLS/THE REALTY FIRM INC.
2058 WESTPOINT HEIGHTS
London South (South V), Ontario MLS® #30419060
Courtesy of JUSTIN VAN ECK/BLUE FOREST REALTY INC.
LOWER 2 - 10 TINDER CRESCENT
Toronto (Victoria Village), Ontario MLS® #30419109
Courtesy of DRAGI DODEVSKI/REMAX YOUR COMMUNITY REALTY
65 PRINCEMERE CRESCENT
Toronto (Wexford-Maryvale), Ontario MLS® #30419130
Courtesy of OLIVER QI LE FAN/ELITE CAPITAL REALTY INC.
14 DAVID DRIVE
Toronto (Morningside), Ontario MLS® #30419135
Courtesy of DILYAR MURAT/RE/MAX HALLMARK FIRST GROUP REALTY LTD.
14 BRIARWOOD PLACE
Innisfil (Cookstown), Ontario MLS® #30419147
Courtesy of CATHERINE MITCHELL WEAVER/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
#2 - 339 LAKESHORE ROAD E
Mississauga (Port Credit), Ontario MLS® #30419180
Courtesy of KY JOSEPH/SUTTON GROUP QUANTUM REALTY INC.
35 GRANT Avenue Unit# 4
Hamilton, Ontario MLS® #30419267
Courtesy of Cory Stewart Greenwood/RE/MAX Escarpment Realty Inc.
1865 Jennens Road
West Kelowna, British Columbia MLS® #30419255
Courtesy of Todd Simpson/Royal LePage Kelowna
52 BEACON DRIVE
Brighton, Ontario MLS® #30418815
Courtesy of Kim Herrington/Royal LePage ProAlliance Realty
2341 HIGHWAY # 2
Clarington (Bowmanville), Ontario MLS® #30418810
Courtesy of Nicole Tanner/Keller Williams Energy Real Estate
27 - 119 D'AMBROSIO DRIVE
Barrie (Painswick North), Ontario MLS® #30419159
Courtesy of LINDA S. FURTADO/HOMELIFE INTEGRITY REALTY INC.
34 Freshwater Road
St. John's, Newfoundland & Labrador MLS® #30419154
Courtesy of Jonny Fancy/Royal LePage Atlantic Homestead
308 RUSSELL STREET
Midland, Ontario MLS® #30419161
Courtesy of MARK FARIS/FARIS TEAM REAL ESTATE BROKERAGE
1983 - 85 DAVENPORT ROAD
Toronto (Weston-Pellam Park), Ontario MLS® #30419166
Courtesy of Ahmad Rezapoor/SUTTON GROUP-ADMIRAL REALTY INC.
1058 AGRAM DRIVE
Oakville (JC Joshua Creek), Ontario MLS® #30419173
Courtesy of RAJ PHULL/ROYAL LEPAGE FLOWER CITY REALTY
6 COLONEL FRANK CHING CRESCENT
Brampton (Fletcher's West), Ontario MLS® #30419185
Courtesy of JENNY LAM/WESTON REALTY PARTNERS
106 MOORE CRESCENT
Hamilton (Ancaster), Ontario MLS® #30419229
Courtesy of EUN YOUNG HAN/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
685 Quigley Road
Kelowna, British Columbia MLS® #30419248
Courtesy of Charlene Volk/Oakwyn Realty Okanagan
63 BAYNARDS LANE
Richmond Hill (Mill Pond), Ontario MLS® #30418891
Courtesy of BILL ZHIHONG GUO/RE/MAX CROSSROADS REALTY INC.
31 WRIGHT CRESCENT
Brockville, Ontario MLS® #30418834
Courtesy of Sharon Jordan/REMAX BOARDWALK REALTY
642 - 38 IANNUZZI STREET
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #30418846
Courtesy of BETH ANNE O'DONOGHUE/BRAD J. LAMB REALTY 2016 INC.
333 DIXON BOULEVARD
Newmarket (Central Newmarket), Ontario MLS® #30418889
Courtesy of AMIR GERAN/INTERNATIONAL REALTY FIRM, INC.
MAIN - 959 HUNTINGWOOD DRIVE S
Toronto (Tam O'Shanter-Sullivan), Ontario MLS® #30418860
Courtesy of SANDY ZHOU/CENTURY 21 LEADING EDGE REALTY INC.
1515 - 89 MONTCLAIR AVENUE
Toronto (Forest Hill South), Ontario MLS® #30418853
Courtesy of DARRIN LUCAS COUROUX/BAYTREE REAL ESTATE INC.
3307 LAUREL Crescent
Trail, British Columbia MLS® #30419041
Courtesy of Lisa Nicole/Century 21 Kootenay Homes (2018) Ltd
13 ALLAN AVENUE
Hamilton (Dundas), Ontario MLS® #30418980
Courtesy of CHRIS CIPRIANI/RE/MAX ESCARPMENT REALTY INC.
MAIN LEVEL - 26 PHILLIPO DRIVE
Hamilton (Chappel), Ontario MLS® #30418985
Courtesy of ALIREZA MAHMOODI/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.
129 8509 158 STREET
Surrey, British Columbia MLS® #30418992
Courtesy of Jas Kandola/Macdonald Realty (Surrey/152)
77 NAPIER STREET
Goderich (Goderich (Town)), Ontario MLS® #30418928
Courtesy of LAURA HERMAN/Coldwell Banker All Points-Festival City Realty
61011 704A Township
Rural Grande Prairie No. 1, County of, Alberta MLS® #30418935
Courtesy of Tory Foster/RE/MAX Grande Prairie
16 BRULE STREET
Penetanguishene, Ontario MLS® #30418916
Courtesy of YVETTE ROBITAILLE/Team Hawke Realty
45 LINCOLN COURT
Brampton (Bramalea West Industrial), Ontario MLS® #30418954
Courtesy of NIRAV PATEL/HOMELIFE/MIRACLE REALTY LTD
114 DESROCHES TRAIL
Tiny, Ontario MLS® #30418923
Courtesy of CATARINA DOMINGUES/ROYAL LEPAGE SUPREME REALTY
2 - 140 MURRAY STREET
Brantford, Ontario MLS® #30418973
Courtesy of DARRYL VAN SICKLE/NORTH 2 SOUTH REALTY
220 - 3465 PLATINUM ROAD
Mississauga (Churchill Meadows), Ontario MLS® #30418942
Courtesy of ONKAR JASWAL/HOMELIFE/DIAMONDS REALTY INC.
17 Regiment Road
St. John's, Newfoundland & Labrador MLS® #30418827
Courtesy of Tom Clift/Keller Williams Platinum Realty
2 Allandale Road
St. John's, Newfoundland & Labrador MLS® #30419065
Courtesy of Erica Coultas/RE/MAX Infinity Realty Inc. - Sheraton Hotel
9368 MILWAUKEE WAY
Prince George, British Columbia MLS® #30419022
Courtesy of Clint Dahl/Royal LePage Aspire Realty
3871 RYAN AVENUE
Fort Erie (Crystal Beach), Ontario MLS® #30419077
Courtesy of Joshua Mackenzie/KELLER WILLIAMS COMPLETE 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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Toronto Neighbourhood Guide
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