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
93 ARTHUR Street S Unit# 1008
Guelph, Ontario MLS® #30315263
Courtesy of Mai Phung/Bosley Real Estate Ltd.
93 ARTHUR Street S Unit# 503
Guelph, Ontario MLS® #30315268
Courtesy of Mai Phung/Bosley Real Estate Ltd.
BSMT - 56 WAITE CRESCENT
Whitchurch-Stouffville (Stouffville), Ontario MLS® #30315302
Courtesy of MICHAEL G. LI/LE SOLD REALTY BROKERAGE INC.
8 AMETHYST ROAD
Toronto (Tam O'Shanter-Sullivan), Ontario MLS® #30315326
Courtesy of DANIEL GUO/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
111 HEADWIND BOULEVARD
Vaughan (Vellore Village), Ontario MLS® #30315333
Courtesy of HONG TINA CHEN/REAL ONE REALTY INC.
21 EASTBOURNE CRESCENT
Toronto (Mimico), Ontario MLS® #30315307
Courtesy of LAURA GIRAUDY/ROYAL LEPAGE REAL ESTATE SERVICES LTD.
9558 Marble Bay Rd
Lake Cowichan, British Columbia MLS® #30315732
Courtesy of Jason Anson/eXp Realty (NA)
1351 PLEASANTVIEW DRIVE
London North (North C), Ontario MLS® #30315636
Courtesy of BUFFY ELLIS/THRIVE REALTY GROUP INC.
201 1215 Bay St
Victoria, British Columbia MLS® #30316230
Courtesy of Neil Bosdet/Royal LePage Coast Capital - Oak Bay
1 2525 Rothesay Ave
Sidney, British Columbia MLS® #30316228
Courtesy of Chace Whitson/Macdonald Realty Ltd. (Sid)
Suite 5 216 Water Street
Summerside, Prince Edward Island MLS® #30316184
Courtesy of Tian Wigmore/HOMELIFE P.E.I. REALTY INC.
510 - 9 MICHAEL POWER PLACE
Toronto (Islington-City Centre West), Ontario MLS® #30316090
Courtesy of SERGUEI VASKOV/HOMETRADE REALTY INC.
406 - 1360 RATHBURN ROAD E
Mississauga (Rathwood), Ontario MLS® #30316088
Courtesy of TANYA DORETTA LAZIC/ROYAL LEPAGE CREDIT VALLEY REAL ESTATE
2745 MCCALLUM ROAD
Abbotsford, British Columbia MLS® #30316045
Courtesy of Jennifer Sears/Team 3000 Realty Ltd.
12 SINGLETON STREET
Brighton, Ontario MLS® #30315922
Courtesy of Kim Herrington/Royal Lepage Proalliance Realty
163 EASTBOURNE Avenue
Hamilton, Ontario MLS® #30315876
Courtesy of Tabatha Thomson/Nashdom Realty Brokerage Inc.
223 MCGILLIVRAY STREET
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #30315768
Courtesy of Joanne Tibbles/ROYAL LEPAGE TEAM REALTY
4313 Medway River Road
Bangs Falls, Nova Scotia MLS® #30315787
Courtesy of Amy Fisher/Royal LePage Anchor Realty
302 ARROWHEAD PLACE
Kingston (West of Sir John A. Blvd), Ontario MLS® #30315629
Courtesy of HEATHER SHORTALL/ROYAL LEPAGE PROALLIANCE REALTY, BROKERAGE
1602 - 215 WYNFORD DRIVE
Toronto (Flemingdon Park), Ontario MLS® #30315775
Courtesy of WAZIR A. KHOJA/RE/MAX CROSSROADS REALTY INC.
162 Brightonstone Landing SE
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #30315814
Courtesy of Tammy Moores/MaxWell Canyon Creek
427 - 461 GREEN ROAD
Hamilton (Stoney Creek), Ontario MLS® #30316160
Courtesy of LEO PUSKAR/RE/MAX ESCARPMENT REALTY INC.
LT 5 VICTORIA ROAD
Kawartha Lakes (Carden), Ontario MLS® #30316158
Courtesy of MARTY L. LEEKING/RE/MAX COUNTRY LAKES REALTY INC.
373 BROWNLEE AVENUE
Mclean, Saskatchewan MLS® #30316122
Courtesy of Trent Glover/Realty Executives Diversified Realty
15 - 6439 RIVERGATE PLACE
Mississauga (Streetsville), Ontario MLS® #30316108
Courtesy of ADRIAN LAM/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY LTD.
267 MONTGOMERY BOULEVARD
Orangeville, Ontario MLS® #30316103
Courtesy of MANMOHAN KHROUD/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.
C3 - 55 SELBY ROAD
Brampton (Brampton East Industrial), Ontario MLS® #30316095
Courtesy of MARCELLO SCORZA/VANGUARD REALTY BROKERAGE CORP.
604 Vista Drive SE
Medicine Hat, Alberta MLS® #30315888
Courtesy of NICHOLE DAVIS/RIVER STREET REAL ESTATE
93 ARTHUR Street S Unit# 910
Guelph, Ontario MLS® #30315264
Courtesy of Mai Phung/Bosley Real Estate Ltd.
3340 FERRIS STREET
Burlington (Alton), Ontario MLS® #30315310
Courtesy of GURPREET SANDHU/iCloud Realty Ltd.
61 CANNES AVENUE
Vaughan (Vellore Village), Ontario MLS® #30315334
Courtesy of ALICE LI/BAY STREET INTEGRITY REALTY INC.
74 WILEY STREET
St. Catharines (Downtown), Ontario MLS® #30315295
Courtesy of Jordan Clark/RE/MAX GARDEN CITY REALTY INC, BROKERAGE
466 PALISER CRESCENT S
Richmond Hill (Harding), Ontario MLS® #30315303
Courtesy of SUKI LIU/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.
2203 ROBIN DRIVE
Mississauga (Sheridan), Ontario MLS® #30315308
Courtesy of VALERIA ZHIBAREVA/RE/MAX ESCARPMENT REALTY INC.
192 Winburn Avenue
Bridgewater, Nova Scotia MLS® #30315536
Courtesy of Mark Seamone/EXIT Realty Inter Lake
1522 WELLWOOD TERRACE
Milton (CB Cobban), Ontario MLS® #30316089
Courtesy of RAJEEV GUPTA/RE/MAX PRESIDENT REALTY
2ND & 3RD FLOOR - 2279 DUNDAS STREET W
Toronto (High Park-Swansea), Ontario MLS® #30315853
Courtesy of MONTE WALLS BURRIS/TRUST REALTY GROUP
30 Lake STREET
Regina, Saskatchewan MLS® #30316123
Courtesy of Anthony Polley/Coldwell Banker Local Realty
3B - 1277 CALEDONIA ROAD
Toronto (Yorkdale-Glen Park), Ontario MLS® #30316116
Courtesy of Pranoy Singh/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
1206 LINDENROCK DRIVE
Oakville (JC Joshua Creek), Ontario MLS® #30316104
Courtesy of GRACE ZHANG/REAL ONE REALTY INC.
122 - 20 ELSIE LANE
Toronto (Dovercourt-Wallace Emerson-Junction), Ontario MLS® #30316096
Courtesy of SABRINA CHIODO EDWARDS/RE/MAX WEST 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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