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.
6002 49th Ave
Bonnyville Town, Alberta MLS® #30143807
Courtesy of Vince J. Kelly/RE/MAX Bonnyville Realty
2031 WESTREE Drive Unit# Basement
Oakville, Ontario MLS® #30326392
Courtesy of Xia bing Zhang/1st Sunshine Realty Inc.
801 - 188 FAIRVIEW MALL DRIVE
Toronto (Don Valley Village), Ontario MLS® #30326405
Courtesy of TINA LI/BAY STREET INTEGRITY REALTY INC.
4715 PARKER COURT
108 Mile Ranch, British Columbia MLS® #30326099
Courtesy of Adam Dirkson/eXp Realty (100 Mile)
UPPER 46697 BRICE ROAD|Fairfield Island
Chilliwack, British Columbia MLS® #30326152
Courtesy of Serena Laye/Pathway Executives Realty Inc.
LOWER - 35 FOREST DALE DRIVE
Barrie (Little Lake), Ontario MLS® #30326424
Courtesy of MANSOUR MANSOURI/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
3401 - 50 CHARLES STREET E
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #30326436
Courtesy of BENSON ZHANG/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
1 - 145 ROYAL CREST COURT
Markham (Milliken Mills West), Ontario MLS® #30326443
Courtesy of JOHN GO/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.
265 DOCK ROAD
Barrie (South Shore), Ontario MLS® #30326448
Courtesy of JOLLY WENMIN CHEN/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
311 WOOLWICH Street Unit# 17
Waterloo, Ontario MLS® #30326450
Courtesy of Andres Bojaca Zambrano/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.
2027 BROUSEVILLE ROAD
Edwardsburgh/Cardinal, Ontario MLS® #30326398
Courtesy of Elizabeth Laplante/CENTURY 21 SYNERGY REALTY INC.
2004 - 480 FRONT STREET W
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #30326401
Courtesy of JOHN WU/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
2110 - 68 SHUTER STREET
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #30326406
Courtesy of JOANNA WANG/HC YouHome Realty Inc.
50 PAYNE CRESCENT
Aurora, Ontario MLS® #30326420
Courtesy of ALVIN TING-CHUNG LEUNG/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
2306 - 105 ONEIDA CRESCENT
Richmond Hill (Langstaff), Ontario MLS® #30326418
Courtesy of Ena Kim/RETREND REALTY LTD
647 ALBERT Street Unit# 4
Waterloo, Ontario MLS® #30326425
Courtesy of Tina Torok/RE/MAX TWIN CITY REALTY INC.
306 - 263 GEORGIAN DRIVE
Oakville (RO River Oaks), Ontario MLS® #30326451
Courtesy of Muhammad Rashid/ZOLO REALTY
299 WESTAR FARM WAY WAY
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #30326399
Courtesy of Diane Ritchie/ROYAL LEPAGE TEAM REALTY
25 ARBUTUS CRESCENT
Toronto (Dorset Park), Ontario MLS® #30326414
Courtesy of JAN CHAN/RE/MAX CROSSROADS REALTY INC.
7008 - 55 COOPER STREET
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #30326407
Courtesy of JOHN LI/ROYAL LEPAGE GOLDEN RIDGE REALTY
6 CRENSHAW COURT
Brampton (Heart Lake West), Ontario MLS® #30326452
Courtesy of VICK KHULLAR/ROYAL LEPAGE FLOWER CITY REALTY
1412 - 4010 EGLINTON AVENUE W
Toronto (Humber Heights), Ontario MLS® #30326426
Courtesy of KEVIN LIU/EXP REALTY
375 PICKERING CRESCENT
Newmarket (Gorham-College Manor), Ontario MLS® #30326445
Courtesy of CHARLIE JOHNSON LAI/ROYAL LEPAGE PEACELAND REALTY
243 COLERIDGE AVENUE
Toronto (Woodbine-Lumsden), Ontario MLS® #30326438
Courtesy of HUGH XU/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
1746 IRWIN STREET
Prince George, British Columbia MLS® #30326097
Courtesy of Kristin Houghtaling/Royal LePage Aspire Realty
9921 HALDI ROAD
Prince George, British Columbia MLS® #30326201
Courtesy of Kristin Houghtaling/Royal LePage Aspire Realty
262 LIPPINCOTT STREET
Toronto (University), Ontario MLS® #30326410
Courtesy of FANIA ALEXANDER BELAOUSSOFF/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
1984 - 1 GREYSTONE WALK
Toronto (Kennedy Park), Ontario MLS® #30326415
Courtesy of MAZHAR KAIF/CAPITAL HILL REALTY INC.
5004 - 15 GRENVILLE STREET
Toronto (Bay Street Corridor), Ontario MLS® #30326403
Courtesy of BRIAN CHAU/RE/MAX EXCEL REALTY LTD.
337 FOREST DRIVE
Vaughan (West Woodbridge), Ontario MLS® #30326422
Courtesy of CRISTIAN SIWIEC/RE/MAX EXPERTS
46 MONASTERY LANE
Toronto (Clairlea-Birchmount), Ontario MLS® #30326439
Courtesy of LEO KIM/HOME STANDARDS BRICKSTONE REALTY
1615 - 238 BONIS AVENUE
Toronto (Tam O'Shanter-Sullivan), Ontario MLS® #30326441
Courtesy of HENRY ZHAO/AIMHOME REALTY INC.
243 RIDGE ROAD
Aurora (Aurora Estates), Ontario MLS® #30326446
Courtesy of FARAH ARYA/REMAX YOUR COMMUNITY REALTY
136A FINCH AVENUE W
Toronto (Newtonbrook West), Ontario MLS® #30326408
Courtesy of FAY WANG/HOME99 REALTY INC.
A528 - 8119 BIRCHMOUNT ROAD
Markham (Unionville), Ontario MLS® #30326442
Courtesy of ABBY YANG/AIMHOME REALTY INC.
8068 PRINCETON CRESCENT
Prince George, British Columbia MLS® #30326098
Courtesy of Jesse Parker/RE/MAX Core Realty
14 WASHINGTON STREET
Lambton Shores (Forest), Ontario MLS® #30326396
Courtesy of NICOLE BARTLETT/COLDWELL BANKER STAR REAL ESTATE
515 - 280 DUNDAS STREET W
Toronto (Kensington-Chinatown), Ontario MLS® #30326404
Courtesy of KATHY L. CHOU/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
1318 - 25 GREENVIEW AVENUE
Toronto (Newtonbrook West), Ontario MLS® #30326411
Courtesy of VALERY MA/BAY STREET INTEGRITY REALTY INC.
811 DOVERCOURT ROAD
Toronto (Dovercourt-Wallace Emerson-Junction), Ontario MLS® #30326428
Courtesy of NGOC-LAN TRUONG/Avenue Group 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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