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.
4807 44 Ave
Stony Plain, Alberta MLS® #29210474
Courtesy of Rohin Geis/Royal LePage Noralta Real Estate
601 - 6 DAVID EYER ROAD
Richmond Hill, Ontario MLS® #29902487
Courtesy of HARIET HAITAS/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
1017 GOLDFINCH COURT
Gravenhurst (Morrison), Ontario MLS® #29902552
Courtesy of WENDY CROTHERS/Sutton Group Incentive Realty Inc.
481 CAMELOT DRIVE W
Oshawa (Eastdale), Ontario MLS® #29902634
Courtesy of MARGARET DEVECSERI/CENTURY 21 REGAL REALTY INC.
2952 Highway 395
East Lake Ainslie, Nova Scotia MLS® #29902785
Courtesy of Sherry MacLeod/Cape Breton Realty
22 MARION Place
Stoney Creek, Ontario MLS® #29902817
Courtesy of Giacomo Luppino/Royal LePage State Realty Inc.
30 BIRCHWOOD Heights
Summerside, Prince Edward Island MLS® #29902622
Courtesy of Jeff Rodgerson/ROYAL LEPAGE COUNTRY ESTATES 1985 LTD
10 TONER STREET
Collingwood, Ontario MLS® #29902658
Courtesy of PAULA ELENA ALONZI/VENTURE REAL ESTATE CORP.
46 GARDEN WALK
London South (South N), Ontario MLS® #29902778
Courtesy of JUSTIN D'CROIX/ROYAL LEPAGE TRILAND REALTY
811 Braeside VIEW
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan MLS® #29902836
Courtesy of Jillian Moore/Coldwell Banker Signature
3 COWLEY AVENUE
Toronto (Islington-City Centre West), Ontario MLS® #29902812
Courtesy of STEFANO PALERMO/RE/MAX PREMIER INC.
14 MUSTANG ROAD
Vaughan (Maple), Ontario MLS® #29903081
Courtesy of MICHAEL KAZALAC/ROYAL LEPAGE MAXIMUM REALTY
12 ELGIN Street
Brantford, Ontario MLS® #29902999
Courtesy of Kristie Ferraccioli/Pay It Forward Realty
1412 - 395 BLOOR STREET E
Toronto (Cabbagetown-South St. James Town), Ontario MLS® #29903043
Courtesy of DARRIN LUCAS COUROUX/BAYTREE REAL ESTATE INC.
606 - 158 FRONT STREET E
Toronto (Moss Park), Ontario MLS® #29903048
Courtesy of DARRIN LUCAS COUROUX/BAYTREE REAL ESTATE INC.
1242 W - 135 LOWER SHERBOURNE STREET
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29903050
Courtesy of DARRIN LUCAS COUROUX/BAYTREE REAL ESTATE INC.
340 - 4005 DON MILLS ROAD
Toronto (Hillcrest Village), Ontario MLS® #29903055
Courtesy of CHUNLIE JI/CENTURY 21 ATRIA REALTY INC.
566 SOUTHRIDGE Drive Unit# 61
Hamilton, Ontario MLS® #29903067
Courtesy of Laura Banfield/Realty Network
111 SPRINGHEAD GARDENS
Richmond Hill (North Richvale), Ontario MLS® #29903074
Courtesy of MAJID KHORASANI/REMAX YOUR COMMUNITY REALTY
907 - 9205 YONGE STREET
Richmond Hill (Langstaff), Ontario MLS® #29903079
Courtesy of JASON ZHENG/HC REALTY GROUP INC.
1053 HIGHWAY 9
South Bruce, Ontario MLS® #29902901
Courtesy of JACQUIE DINKEL/Royal LePage RCR Realty
31 Greenspond Drive
St. John's, Newfoundland & Labrador MLS® #29903214
Courtesy of Joe Fleming/Royal LePage Vision Realty
707 - 155 MERCHANTS' WHARF
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29903290
Courtesy of KAREN ZHANG/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.
101 - 120 CENTRE STREET
London South (South E), Ontario MLS® #29903620
Courtesy of MATT GILBOE/CENTURY 21 FIRST CANADIAN CORP
441 DRURY LANE
Strathroy-Caradoc (NW), Ontario MLS® #29903618
Courtesy of NICOLE MILLER/PLATINUM KEY REALTY INC.
6 Drover Place
Clarenville, Newfoundland & Labrador MLS® #29903613
Courtesy of Stephanie Clarke/Hanlon Realty
36 PACIFIC WIND CRESCENT
Brampton (Sandringham-Wellington), Ontario MLS® #29903430
Courtesy of RAY DE RIDDER/iCloud Realty Ltd.
15 SULGRAVE CRESCENT
Toronto (St. Andrew-Windfields), Ontario MLS® #29903687
Courtesy of BARRY COHEN/RE/MAX REALTRON BARRY COHEN HOMES INC.
2491 POSTMASTER DRIVE
Oakville (WM Westmount), Ontario MLS® #29903771
Courtesy of MUHAMMAD IMTIAZ/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.
802 - 28 BYNG AVENUE
Toronto (Willowdale East), Ontario MLS® #29903841
Courtesy of JAY KIM/REMAX YC REALTY
50 RIVERVIEW Drive
South River Bourgeois, Nova Scotia MLS® #29902590
Courtesy of Sherry MacLeod/Cape Breton Realty
1398 George Street
Sydney, Nova Scotia MLS® #29902595
Courtesy of Cheryl Vickers/EXP Realty of Canada Inc.
19-23 Holdsworth Lane
Ferryland, Newfoundland & Labrador MLS® #29903024
Courtesy of Rod Pike/RE/MAX Realty Specialists
1095 HAMILTON ROAD
London East (East O), Ontario MLS® #29903144
Courtesy of GEORGIA TUSCH/EXP REALTY
564 CREEKVIEW CHASE
London North (North R), Ontario MLS® #29903151
Courtesy of AHMED WAQAS/NU-VISTA PINNACLE REALTY BROKERAGE INC
11 Olympic Avenue
New Minas, Nova Scotia MLS® #29903303
Courtesy of Sarah Strachan/Royal LePage Atlantic (Greenwood)
1035 GEORGE ROAD
Bracebridge (Monck (Bracebridge)), Ontario MLS® #29903202
Courtesy of Kaelan Andrews/Strive Realty Ltd.
193 DOUGLAS STREET
Stratford, Ontario MLS® #29903500
Courtesy of JANET LANGE/Home and Company Real Estate Corp Brokerage
3362 - PART LOT 2&3 TOOLEY ROAD
Clarington (Courtice), Ontario MLS® #29903512
Courtesy of Patricia Begley/Land & Gate Real Estate Inc.
72 COOK STREET
Kawartha Lakes (Lindsay), Ontario MLS® #29903517
Courtesy of Tracy Hennekam/Re/Max All-Stars 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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