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
791 CLARENCE STREET
Vaughan (Islington Woods), Ontario MLS® #30063913
Courtesy of Ena Kim/RETREND REALTY LTD
417 LADY NADIA DRIVE
Vaughan (Patterson), Ontario MLS® #30063918
Courtesy of DANIA GONZALEZ CHERICIAN/TESA REAL ESTATE INC.
360 - 68 ESTHER SHINER BOULEVARD
Toronto (Bayview Village), Ontario MLS® #30063898
Courtesy of QILUN XU/BAY STREET INTEGRITY REALTY INC.
3306 - 19 GRAND TRUNK CRESCENT
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #30063901
Courtesy of JESSE JOHAR/TFN REALTY INC.
301 - 60 BYNG AVENUE
Toronto (Willowdale East), Ontario MLS® #30063944
Courtesy of JAMES LI/BENCHMARK SIGNATURE REALTY INC.
3107 - 7890 JANE STREET
Vaughan (Vaughan Corporate Centre), Ontario MLS® #30063949
Courtesy of GARY C. NG/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
619 CULLER MEWS
Newmarket (Stonehaven-Wyndham), Ontario MLS® #30063951
Courtesy of LILIYA PEREPIOLKIN/QUEENSWAY REAL ESTATE BROKERAGE INC.
20 Neebig AVE
Manitouwadge, Ontario MLS® #30060407
Courtesy of SIMONE DONALDSON/CENTURY 21 SUPERIOR REALTY INC.
MAIN - 379 WHITMORE AVENUE
Toronto (Briar Hill-Belgravia), Ontario MLS® #30063963
Courtesy of FRANK XIONG/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
28 LEMON GRASS Street
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #30063970
Courtesy of YING SUSAN JIANG/Royal LePage Peaceland Realty
#212 2035 GRANTHAM CT NW
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #30063933
Courtesy of Ricky Aujla/Century 21 Bravo Realty
93 WATTS MEADOW
Aurora (Aurora Highlands), Ontario MLS® #30063914
Courtesy of JAMES LI/SMART SOLD REALTY
PH304 - 101 SUBWAY CRESCENT
Toronto (Islington-City Centre West), Ontario MLS® #30063964
Courtesy of GARY K SUN/POWER 7 REALTY
512 - 38 HONEYCRISP CRESCENT
Vaughan (Vaughan Corporate Centre), Ontario MLS® #30063952
Courtesy of ROBBY BUDIMAN/HOMELIFE/BAYVIEW REALTY INC.
8 MACKELLER COURT
Ajax (Northwest Ajax), Ontario MLS® #30063907
Courtesy of JACQUELINE RODNEY/CENTURY 21 PERCY FULTON LTD.
14 BONACRES AVENUE
Toronto (Centennial Scarborough), Ontario MLS® #30063902
Courtesy of HEATHER ANN LEMIEUX/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
199 JANSEN Avenue Unit# LOWER
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #30063875
Courtesy of RANA MOUFTI/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC., BROKERAGE
19 SPRINGCREEK Street
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #30063971
Courtesy of RAJ GILL/CENTURY 21 RIGHT TIME REAL ESTATE INC.
585 MARC SANTI BOULEVARD
Vaughan (Patterson), Ontario MLS® #30063910
Courtesy of MING GAO/SMART SOLD REALTY
1410 - 510 CURRAN PLACE
Mississauga (City Centre), Ontario MLS® #30063927
Courtesy of LI JING XU/REAL ONE REALTY INC.
209 - 1670 NORTH SERVICE ROAD
Oakville (QE Queen Elizabeth), Ontario MLS® #30063960
Courtesy of IRYNA TARABANOVSKA/CIREALTY
513 - 19 BARBERRY PLACE
Toronto (Bayview Village), Ontario MLS® #30063941
Courtesy of AMY LAM/Avenue Group Realty Inc.
1510 - 1000 PORTAGE PARKWAY
Vaughan (Vaughan Corporate Centre), Ontario MLS® #30063958
Courtesy of FRANK XIONG/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
543 WERNI Court
Waterloo, Ontario MLS® #30063939
Courtesy of JULIE D. MARTIN/ROYAL LEPAGE WOLLE REALTY
B - 1069 COLLEGE STREET
Toronto (Little Portugal), Ontario MLS® #30063895
Courtesy of EVE CHOE/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
47 GLEN HILL DRIVE
Whitby (Blue Grass Meadows), Ontario MLS® #30063908
Courtesy of TAO WANG/MASTER'S TRUST REALTY INC.
105 - 8201 ISLINGTON AVENUE
Vaughan (Islington Woods), Ontario MLS® #30063953
Courtesy of GIANNI ZEPPIERI/RE/MAX NOBLECORP REAL ESTATE
326 LORNE(MAIN FLOOR) AVENUE
Newmarket (Central Newmarket), Ontario MLS® #30063916
Courtesy of NASRIN KHOSHROW/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
740 MAXMAN STREET
Mississauga (Hurontario), Ontario MLS® #30063930
Courtesy of UMER FAROOQ/RE/MAX GOLD REALTY INC.
407 - 1040 THE QUEENSWAY
Toronto (Islington-City Centre West), Ontario MLS® #30063928
Courtesy of KAM MIRZA/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
2945 THORNHILL STREET
Terrace, British Columbia MLS® #30063839
Courtesy of Dawn Monsen/RE/MAX Coast Mountains
271 NAHANI WAY
Mississauga (Hurontario), Ontario MLS® #30063959
Courtesy of JOE BATTAGLIA/RE/MAX REALTY SPECIALISTS INC.
62 BALSAM B408 STREET
Waterloo, Ontario MLS® #30063966
Courtesy of MIRZA AHMAD/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.
717 - 2470 PRINCE MICHAEL DRIVE
Oakville (JC Joshua Creek), Ontario MLS® #30063961
Courtesy of ANDJELKA GRANIC/ASHLEY, C., REALTY INC.
95 POYNTZ AVENUE
Toronto (Lansing-Westgate), Ontario MLS® #30063896
Courtesy of TOMMY YU ZHAO/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
605 - 17 KENASTON GARDENS
Toronto (Bayview Village), Ontario MLS® #30063942
Courtesy of NIMA SAEEDIFAEZ/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
109 AVANI AVENUE
Markham, Ontario MLS® #30063947
Courtesy of DOUGLAS HO/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.
616 - 28 UPTOWN DRIVE
Markham (Unionville), Ontario MLS® #30063917
Courtesy of JOHN IP/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
967 WHITE CLOVER WAY
Mississauga (East Credit), Ontario MLS® #30063929
Courtesy of NATHAN ZHOU/FIRST CLASS REALTY INC.
69 GARDENBROOKE TRAIL
Brampton (Bram East), Ontario MLS® #30063931
Courtesy of ANIL MARWARI/EXP 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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