3303 70 Avenue
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.
4807 44 Ave
Stony Plain, Alberta MLS® #29210474
Courtesy of Rohin Geis/Royal LePage Noralta Real Estate
11 ROUGHFIELD CRESCENT
Toronto (Agincourt North), Ontario MLS® #29472740
Courtesy of QILUN XU/BAY STREET INTEGRITY REALTY INC.
14 ARMSTRONG CRESCENT
Bradford West Gwillimbury (Bradford), Ontario MLS® #29472858
Courtesy of DANNY ABBALLE/REMAX YOUR COMMUNITY REALTY
3511 - 4978 YONGE STREET
Toronto (Lansing-Westgate), Ontario MLS® #29472827
Courtesy of RAYMOND CHAN/WARWICK REALTY GROUP INC.
1187 ST CLAIR AVENUE W
Toronto (Corso Italia-Davenport), Ontario MLS® #29472846
Courtesy of BRENT W. PEARLMAN/Royal LePage Our Neighbourhood Realty
5515 KLEANZA DRIVE
Terrace, British Columbia MLS® #29472619
Courtesy of Dawn Monsen/RE/MAX Coast Mountains
1215 - 181 VILLAGE GREEN SQUARE
Toronto (Agincourt South-Malvern West), Ontario MLS® #29472739
Courtesy of FUNING TONY ZHANG/RE/MAX IMPERIAL REALTY INC.
183-185 DOMINION STREET S
North Glengarry, Ontario MLS® #29472784
Courtesy of RHONDA GREENFELD/DECOSTE REALTY INC.
#97 501 YOUVILLE DR E NW
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #29472842
Courtesy of Megan Parker/Century 21 Masters
952 MISSISSAUGA VALLEY BOULEVARD
Mississauga (Mississauga Valleys), Ontario MLS® #29472861
Courtesy of TONY WHITEHOUSE/RE/MAX ESCARPMENT REALTY INC.
51 THIRTY SIXTH STREET
Toronto (Long Branch), Ontario MLS® #29472785
Courtesy of TARA NEAL MCNALLY/ROYAL LEPAGE PORRITT REAL ESTATE
408 Duffield STREET W
Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan MLS® #29472778
Courtesy of Gayland Panko/Royal LePage Next Level
1408 MARCHAND STREET S
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #29472874
Courtesy of Jocelyne Lauzon/REMAX BOARDWALK REALTY
6310 43 Avenue
Camrose, Alberta MLS® #29472767
Courtesy of Marilou Yampolsky/Coldwell Banker OnTrack Realty
201 - 180 VETERANS DRIVE
Brampton (Northwest Brampton), Ontario MLS® #29472863
Courtesy of KIRK ORVILLE JACKSON/ROYAL LEPAGE MEADOWTOWNE REALTY
36 ZANETTA CRESCENT
Brampton (Credit Valley), Ontario MLS® #29472806
Courtesy of STELLA RAM/Royal Lepage Real Estate Associates
2007 - 180 FRONT STREET E
Toronto (Moss Park), Ontario MLS® #29472725
Courtesy of DONNA LEE/HOME STANDARDS BRICKSTONE REALTY
1210 - 2916 HIGHWAY 7 ROAD
Vaughan (Concord), Ontario MLS® #29472857
Courtesy of CAROL CHEN/RE/MAX ATRIUM HOME REALTY
10 Edelweiss CRESCENT
Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan MLS® #29472871
Courtesy of Jordan Fehr/Coldwell Banker Local Realty
18 CREEKVIEW COURT
Brampton (Heart Lake West), Ontario MLS® #29472895
Courtesy of SANIMER SINGH/RE/MAX REALTY SERVICES INC.
805 - 760 SHEPPARD AVENUE W
Toronto (Bathurst Manor), Ontario MLS® #29471499
Courtesy of AGATA IWICKI/SUTTON GROUP REALTY SYSTEMS INC.
645 LINCOLN STREET
Welland (Lincoln/Crowland), Ontario MLS® #29471355
Courtesy of Tom Woods/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY, BROKERAGE
7 WOOD ASTER COURT
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #29471418
Courtesy of Heith Gharib/ROYAL LEPAGE INTEGRITY REALTY
1002 - 223 ST CLAIR AVENUE W
Toronto (Yonge-St. Clair), Ontario MLS® #29471420
Courtesy of SAVANNAH WENG/RE/MAX DASH REALTY
19 LOWER LINKS ROAD
Toronto (St. Andrew-Windfields), Ontario MLS® #29471425
Courtesy of SIMONE CHEN/RE/MAX REALTRON BARRY COHEN HOMES INC.
111 DIGBY CRESCENT
Markham (Milliken Mills East), Ontario MLS® #29471432
Courtesy of VICKIE HUANG/PROPTECH REALTY INC.
1 - 69 OLD MILL TERRACE
Toronto (Stonegate-Queensway), Ontario MLS® #29471437
Courtesy of SAVANNAH WENG/RE/MAX DASH REALTY
212 - 121 HIGHWAY 8
Hamilton (Stoney Creek), Ontario MLS® #29471444
Courtesy of SUSAN HUIZINGA/SUTTON GROUP REALTY SYSTEMS INC.
40 CENTRE ROAD
Parry Sound Remote Area (Lount), Ontario MLS® #29471463
Courtesy of TOM FREER/RE/MAX Professionals North
37 GILLESPIE CRESCENT N
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #29471494
Courtesy of Vanessa Rodriguez/DETAILS REALTY INC.
82 OAK STREET
New Tecumseth (Alliston), Ontario MLS® #29471507
Courtesy of JEFF J. HUMMEL/COLDWELL BANKER RONAN REALTY
842 FOURTH LINE
Milton (BE Beaty), Ontario MLS® #29471514
Courtesy of MARK MALINOWSKI/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY, BROKERAGE
MAIN - 368 SHARON AVENUE
Oshawa (Lakeview), Ontario MLS® #29471533
Courtesy of ALDO IBRAHIMI/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
LPH02 - 73 KING WILLIAM CRESCENT
Richmond Hill (Langstaff), Ontario MLS® #29471538
Courtesy of JEREMY ANDREW CHEN/ONE PERCENT REALTY LTD.
9 YVONNE CRESCENT
Oro-Medonte, Ontario MLS® #29471540
Courtesy of MARK FARIS/FARIS TEAM REAL ESTATE BROKERAGE
421 GINGER GATE N
Oakville (GO Glenorchy), Ontario MLS® #29471545
Courtesy of NIKCO SIU KEUNG TSANG/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
4359 COUNTY RD 9 ROAD
The Nation, Ontario MLS® #29471569
Courtesy of Lise Picard/RE/MAX DELTA REALTY
5663 HORSE LAKE ROAD
100 Mile House, British Columbia MLS® #29471576
Courtesy of Sallee Duntin/Real Broker BC LTD
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
Toronto Neighbourhood Guide