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
PRO LIQUOR STORE
Vegreville, Alberta MLS® #30006458
Courtesy of Kuljeet Dhaliwal/Royal Lepage Arteam Realty
179 WENDOVER Drive Unit# Lower Unit
Hamilton, Ontario MLS® #30103618
Courtesy of Adrian Kiani KhalKhal/Right at Home Realty
10 STANCROFT DRIVE
Richmond Hill (Westbrook), Ontario MLS® #30103668
Courtesy of JING HUANG/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.
209 - 1030 KING STREET W
Toronto (Niagara), Ontario MLS® #30103656
Courtesy of MELI COLUCCI/TAILOR MADE REAL ESTATE INC.
933 GLENBOURNE COURT
Oshawa (Pinecrest), Ontario MLS® #30103663
Courtesy of GADY LIU/HOMELIFE GOLCONDA REALTY INC.
517 - 1 UPTOWN DRIVE
Markham (Unionville), Ontario MLS® #30103670
Courtesy of RICO WONG/CENTURY 21 ATRIA REALTY INC.
837 QUEENSBRIDGE DRIVE
Mississauga (Creditview), Ontario MLS® #30103682
Courtesy of JULIET QIN/SMART SOLD REALTY
BSMT - 40 BREWSLAND CRESCENT
Markham (Thornlea), Ontario MLS® #30103699
Courtesy of YIN YAO/RE/MAX IMPERIAL REALTY INC.
62 EDDY CRESCENT
Pembroke, Ontario MLS® #30103719
Courtesy of Nik Lubimiv/RE/MAX PEMBROKE REALTY LTD.
103 - 208 SILVERCREEK PARKWAY N
Guelph (Junction/Onward Willow), Ontario MLS® #30103858
Courtesy of ZABRINA STEFFLER/LifeStyle International Realty Inc
159 WELLINGTON STREET
Cambridge, Ontario MLS® #30103961
Courtesy of JOEANN CHABROL/RE/MAX REALTY SERVICES INC.
10 - 110 KELLIE'S WAY
Blue Mountains, Ontario MLS® #30103891
Courtesy of CRAIG DAVIES/Sotheby's International Realty Canada
101 - 3261A LAKESHORE BOULEVARD W
Toronto (Long Branch), Ontario MLS® #30103896
Courtesy of MARIA GRACE COLUCCI/RE/MAX EXPERTS
165 EAST WEST LINE
Niagara-on-the-Lake (Lakeshore), Ontario MLS® #30103916
Courtesy of Jessie MacDonald/REVEL Realty Inc., Brokerage
4 - 3500 GLEN ERIN DRIVE
Mississauga (Erin Mills), Ontario MLS® #30103947
Courtesy of JACKIE JIANG/ROYAL LEPAGE REAL ESTATE SERVICES LTD.
321 - 3900 CONFEDERATION PARKWAY E
Mississauga (City Centre), Ontario MLS® #30103954
Courtesy of NING YUAN/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
99 MURIEL CRESCENT
London South (South X), Ontario MLS® #30103978
Courtesy of ARTHUR TKACZYK/CENTURY 21 FIRST CANADIAN CORP
2402 - 50 CHARLES STREET E
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #30103992
Courtesy of LU YI/GOLDENWAY REAL ESTATE LTD.
1608 - 65 EAST LIBERTY STREET
Toronto (Niagara), Ontario MLS® #30103997
Courtesy of KEVIN LIU/EXP REALTY
1704 - 10 FLAVELLE TRAIL
Vaughan (Steeles West Industrial), Ontario MLS® #30104022
Courtesy of YEMI ADEGORITE/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
50 MASTERS CRESCENT W
Georgian Bay (Baxter), Ontario MLS® #30104072
Courtesy of CATHY KORPI/REAL BROKER ONTARIO LTD.
BASEMENT APARTMENT - 2387 KENTUCKY DERBY WAY
Oshawa (Windfields), Ontario MLS® #30103733
Courtesy of Zahir Al-Mamun/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
6 - 194-A EDWARDS STREET
Clarence-Rockland, Ontario MLS® #30103738
Courtesy of Tina Colizza/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
27 KILBRIDE ROAD
Toronto (Bendale), Ontario MLS® #30103757
Courtesy of SHAAN ISRAR/WORLD CLASS REALTY POINT
710 - 3091 DUFFERIN STREET
Toronto (Yorkdale-Glen Park), Ontario MLS® #30103764
Courtesy of WILLIAM WENQIANG LI/RealtyAI Plus Inc.
3309 LOYALIST DRIVE
Mississauga (Erin Mills), Ontario MLS® #30103769
Courtesy of SHIRLEY SU-ROMANELL/FIRST CLASS REALTY INC.
46 PEARSON DRIVE
Hamilton (Templemead), Ontario MLS® #30103771
Courtesy of SHAWN LOPES/CRESCENT REAL ESTATE INC.
9608 5 Street SE
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #30103795
Courtesy of Tomasz Samborski/MaxWell Capital Realty
25770 POPLAR HILL ROAD
Middlesex Centre, Ontario MLS® #30103803
Courtesy of HARRY LAMB/SUTTON GROUP PREFERRED REALTY INC.
4110 - 609 SHERBOURNE STREET
Toronto (North St. James Town), Ontario MLS® #30103808
Courtesy of JEREMY ZHU/DREAM HOME REALTY INC.
2109 - 77 SHUTER STREET
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #30103853
Courtesy of TINA LI/FIRST CLASS REALTY INC.
68 CARRON AVENUE
Vaughan (Maple), Ontario MLS® #30103928
Courtesy of FARSHID HAGHIGHI/RC BEST CHOICE REALTY CORP
1417 - 56 ANDRE DE GRASSE STREET
Markham (Unionville), Ontario MLS® #30103930
Courtesy of KEVIN LIU/EXP REALTY
2237 PRESCOTT PLACE
Burlington (Orchard), Ontario MLS® #30103942
Courtesy of Bhairab Hazarika/HOMELIFE/MIRACLE REALTY LTD
2 HAMPTON Court
Port Dover, Ontario MLS® #30103822
Courtesy of Ashley Tamminga/RE/MAX Erie Shores Realty Inc. Brokerage
3 - 486 SPRINGBANK AVENUE N
Woodstock (Woodstock - North), Ontario MLS® #30103827
Courtesy of JESSE HENNEVELD/RE/MAX RIGHT MOVE
538 LENSER ROAD
Bonnechere Valley, Ontario MLS® #30103846
Courtesy of Dan Vodenicar/SIGNATURE TEAM REALTY LTD.
36 OLIVER'S MILL ROAD
Springwater (Minesing), Ontario MLS® #30103702
Courtesy of TINGTING QIU/HOMELIFE GOLCONDA REALTY INC.
14 GREGORY ROAD
Ajax (South East), Ontario MLS® #30103877
Courtesy of CHRISTOPHER H. PYKE/SUTTON GROUP-HERITAGE 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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