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.
1906 - 20 BRUYERES MEWS
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #30441897
Courtesy of ZHOU LU/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
221 Hillside DR S
Elliot Lake, Ontario MLS® #30442054
Courtesy of Michelle J Cayen/Royal LePage® Mid North Realty Elliot Lake
508 - 2550 SIMCOE STREET N
Oshawa (Windfields), Ontario MLS® #30442066
Courtesy of DAN PLOWMAN/DAN PLOWMAN TEAM REALTY INC.
1521 KILWORTHY ROAD
Gravenhurst (Morrison), Ontario MLS® #30442085
Courtesy of PETER DE GRAAF/RE/MAX Professionals North
514 CLEMENCY CRESCENT
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #30442080
Courtesy of Simon Si/ROYAL LEPAGE PERFORMANCE REALTY
GR, 2ND - 17 BONNINGTON PLACE
Toronto (Willowdale East), Ontario MLS® #30442092
Courtesy of LARRY KA-CHEE HO/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.
BIG MASTER BEDROOM MAIN - 118 SHUTER ST STREET
Toronto (Moss Park), Ontario MLS® #30442059
Courtesy of JACK JI/JDL REALTY INC.
5330 FLATFORD ROAD
Mississauga (East Credit), Ontario MLS® #30442105
Courtesy of KARL KOBYLINSKI/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY, BROKERAGE
UPPER UNIT - 367 MARBLE PLACE
Newmarket (Woodland Hill), Ontario MLS® #30441936
Courtesy of TIFFANY SHAO/ROYAL LEPAGE PEACELAND REALTY
69 WALKER BOULEVARD
New Tecumseth (Alliston), Ontario MLS® #30441981
Courtesy of DWAYNE CLUGSTON/ZOLO REALTY
(BASEMENT) - 1474 PATE COURT
Mississauga (East Credit), Ontario MLS® #30441986
Courtesy of ABDUL RASHID/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.
1004 - 1155 BOUGH BEECHES BOULEVARD
Mississauga (Rathwood), Ontario MLS® #30442023
Courtesy of OLGA GRANT/ROYAL LEPAGE REAL ESTATE SERVICES LTD.
B - 210 MCCAUL STREET
Toronto (Kensington-Chinatown), Ontario MLS® #30441979
Courtesy of DEMETRA HAZINEH/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
1419 - 181 VILLAGE GREEN SQUARE
Toronto (Agincourt South-Malvern West), Ontario MLS® #30441962
Courtesy of CINDY LUK/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
144 LOCKE Street Unit# 3
Hamilton, Ontario MLS® #30441974
Courtesy of Cory Stewart Greenwood/RE/MAX Escarpment Realty Inc.
68 Front Street
Pictou, Nova Scotia MLS® #30442011
Courtesy of Sherry Blinkhorn/Blinkhorn Real Estate Ltd.
37 425 Langer PLACE
Warman, Saskatchewan MLS® #30442030
Courtesy of Alysa Mathies/Coldwell Banker Signature
LOT 1 BAKER Road
Niagara Falls, Ontario MLS® #30442035
Courtesy of Sidhu Manny Singh/Royal Lepage Flower City Realty
15 PINE RIDGE LANE
Brampton (Brampton East), Ontario MLS® #30442042
Courtesy of EMANUEL RODRIGUES/RE/MAX REALTY SERVICES INC.
602 - 325 WEBB DRIVE
Mississauga (City Centre), Ontario MLS® #30441924
Courtesy of TIGER GUO/REAL HOME CANADA REALTY INC.
2906 - 3 CONCORD CITYPLACE WAY
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #30441917
Courtesy of JAMIE WU/PROMPTON REAL ESTATE SERVICES CORP.
19 COXWORTH CRESCENT
Toronto (Malvern), Ontario MLS® #30442016
Courtesy of MANNY ANAGNOSTAKIS/WESTVIEW REALTY INC.
8 LAURELWOOD CRESCENT
Toronto (Willowridge-Martingrove-Richview), Ontario MLS® #30442181
Courtesy of LORENZO CORSI/HOMELIFE/MIRACLE REALTY LTD
UNIT 1 - 220 ROSEDALE DRIVE
Whitby (Downtown Whitby), Ontario MLS® #30442148
Courtesy of JOSHUA MANN/CENTURY 21 PERCY FULTON LTD.
904 Prairie Sound Circle NW
High River, Alberta MLS® #30441929
Courtesy of Jessica Greenhow/CIR Realty
2608 - 4010 EGLINTON AVENUE W
Toronto (Humber Heights), Ontario MLS® #30441901
Courtesy of AMY LI/FIRST CLASS REALTY INC.
5914 FRONTENAC STREET
Niagara Falls (Arad/Fallsview), Ontario MLS® #30442081
Courtesy of Emily Ye Fraser/REVEL Realty Inc., Brokerage
611 - 2365 KENNEDY ROAD
Toronto (Agincourt South-Malvern West), Ontario MLS® #30442067
Courtesy of JENNIFER LIU/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
305 LAKESHORE DR
Cold Lake, Alberta MLS® #30442098
Courtesy of Joanne Myhre Copeland/Coldwell Banker Lifestyle
3722 ELLENGALE DRIVE
Mississauga (Erindale), Ontario MLS® #30442106
Courtesy of OLIVER SHUKOORI/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.
1509 KILWORTHY ROAD
Gravenhurst (Morrison), Ontario MLS® #30442086
Courtesy of PETER DE GRAAF/RE/MAX Professionals North
904B - 125 NIPISSING ROAD
Milton (TM Timberlea), Ontario MLS® #30442149
Courtesy of AZHAR ABRAR/ROYAL LEPAGE CERTIFIED REALTY
455 SAMFORD Place
Oakville, Ontario MLS® #30442156
Courtesy of Rayo Irani/RE/MAX Aboutowne Realty Corp.
A - 204 OAKDALE AVENUE
St. Catharines (Oakdale), Ontario MLS® #30442163
Courtesy of Sebastian Serniak/REVEL Realty Inc., Brokerage
219 - 1033 BAY STREET
Toronto (Bay Street Corridor), Ontario MLS® #30442168
Courtesy of SOM GOSAIN/HOMELIFE MAPLE LEAF REALTY LTD.
610 - 1200 THE ESPLANADE ROAD N
Pickering (Town Centre), Ontario MLS® #30442170
Courtesy of TREVOR CHRISTIAN NICOLLE/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
326 - 3 CONCORD CITYPLACE WAY
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #30441898
Courtesy of STEPHY LIU/PROMPTON REAL ESTATE SERVICES CORP.
3380 BAKER Road
Niagara Falls, Ontario MLS® #30441994
Courtesy of Sidhu Manny Singh/Royal Lepage Flower City Realty
114 MAIN STREET
Markham (Unionville), Ontario MLS® #30441982
Courtesy of ROBIN P. TINNEY/RE/MAX ALL-STARS REALTY INC.
3022 COLLISTA COURT
Mississauga (Meadowvale), Ontario MLS® #30441970
Courtesy of AIMEE XU/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
38 AYLIN CRESCENT
Vaughan (Patterson), Ontario MLS® #30441963
Courtesy of DANNY ZHANG/HOMELIFE LANDMARK 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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