3303 70 Avenue
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.
4807 44 Ave
Stony Plain, Alberta MLS® #29210474
Courtesy of Rohin Geis/Royal LePage Noralta Real Estate
2317 LAKESHORE Road
Burlington, Ontario MLS® #29474695
Courtesy of Ivona Clarke/RE/MAX Escarpment Realty Inc.
524A MCROBERTS AVENUE
Toronto (Caledonia-Fairbank), Ontario MLS® #29474905
Courtesy of RAYNU KHANEJA/CENTURY 21 REGAL REALTY INC.
PH05 - 33 WELDRICK ROAD E
Richmond Hill (Observatory), Ontario MLS® #29474140
Courtesy of JOHN R. PROCENKO/CENTURY 21 LEADING EDGE REALTY INC.
602 - 365 PRINCE OF WALES DRIVE
Mississauga (City Centre), Ontario MLS® #29474171
Courtesy of HELIO DOMINGOS/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
82 - 1990 WAVELL STREET
London East (East I), Ontario MLS® #29474222
Courtesy of CRAIG DURAND/BLUE FOREST REALTY INC.
1107 MEADOWLANDS DRIVE
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #29474234
Courtesy of Paul Rushforth/PAUL RUSHFORTH REAL ESTATE INC.
38 BROCK Lane
Brantford, Ontario MLS® #29474239
Courtesy of Steven Tombol/Century 21 Heritage House LTD
6219 BROWN ROAD
Burns Lake, British Columbia MLS® #29474241
Courtesy of Jantina Hamelink/RE/MAX Bulkley Valley
1415 6 CONCESSION
Kincardine, Ontario MLS® #29474258
Courtesy of ERICA LAWSON/Chestnut Park Real Estate
2904S - 110 BROADWAY AVENUE
Toronto (Mount Pleasant West), Ontario MLS® #29474816
Courtesy of BRIAN LA/Avenue Group Realty Brokerage Inc.
3306 - 634 CHURCH STREET
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29474828
Courtesy of JESSICA SHIN/HOMELIFE FRONTIER REALTY INC.
30 HEWITT PLACE
Barrie (Georgian Drive), Ontario MLS® #29474878
Courtesy of PEGGY HILL/RE/MAX HALLMARK PEGGY HILL GROUP REALTY
31 - 20 MOUNTAINVIEW ROAD S
Halton Hills (Georgetown), Ontario MLS® #29474931
Courtesy of CHRISTINE MONCKTON/Royal Lepage Real Estate Associates
369 MARTIN STREET
Milton (OM Old Milton), Ontario MLS® #29474943
Courtesy of SUDHANSHU SARSOONIA/ZOLO REALTY
345 CENTRE STREET E
Richmond Hill (Crosby), Ontario MLS® #29474866
Courtesy of JACK LI/JDL REALTY INC.
PH19 - 376 HIGHWAY 7 AVENUE E
Richmond Hill (Doncrest), Ontario MLS® #29474873
Courtesy of PETER LAING/CENTURY 21 KING'S QUAY REAL ESTATE INC.
LOT 2 RIVERSIDE DRIVE
Kearney, Ontario MLS® #29474784
Courtesy of EMILIO FOFFANO/Royal LePage Lakes Of Muskoka Realty
118 Brock ST # 1
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario MLS® #29474789
Courtesy of Gary Trembinski/Century 21 Choice Realty Inc.
601 - 1500 BATHURST STREET
Toronto (Humewood-Cedarvale), Ontario MLS® #29474804
Courtesy of TODOR YORDANOV/CITY REALTY POINT
Suite 103A Suite 103A, 9636 51 Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #29476127
Courtesy of Edward W. Stenger/NAI Commercial Real Estate Inc
4448 1ST AVENUE
Prince George, British Columbia MLS® #29476172
Courtesy of Leah Mayer/RE/MAX Core Realty
143 RIVER ROAD
Grey Highlands, Ontario MLS® #29475775
Courtesy of ERIN BOYNTON-SEELEY/RE/MAX Summit Group Realty Brokerage
#41 1650 TOWNE CENTER BV NW
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #29475782
Courtesy of Gary E. Dvorkin/RE/MAX Excellence
3209 - 3 CONCORD CITYPLACE WAY
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29475794
Courtesy of PATRICK ZHENG/POWERLAND REALTY
303 - 127 BROADWAY AVENUE
Toronto (Mount Pleasant West), Ontario MLS® #29475799
Courtesy of GISELA ASTRID SLOTNISKY/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
1612 - 105 GEORGE STREET
Toronto (Moss Park), Ontario MLS® #29475814
Courtesy of ADI ASSRAF/SUTTON GROUP-ADMIRAL REALTY INC.
805 - 68 MERTON STREET
Toronto (Mount Pleasant West), Ontario MLS® #29475807
Courtesy of NIGEL WONG/EXP REALTY
B, 9909 109 Avenue
Grande Prairie, Alberta MLS® #29475821
Courtesy of Kris Waye/Grassroots Realty Group Ltd.
505 - 1200 BRIDLETOWNE CIRCLE
Toronto (L'Amoreaux), Ontario MLS® #29475826
Courtesy of GEZA MAJOR/EXP REALTY
1208 - 398 HIGHWAY 7 ROAD E
Richmond Hill (Doncrest), Ontario MLS® #29475845
Courtesy of MONICA MAC/RE/MAX EXCEL REALTY LTD.
408 - 260 DAVIS DRIVE
Newmarket (Central Newmarket), Ontario MLS® #29475852
Courtesy of AMANDA LYNNE VIENNEAU/ROYAL LEPAGE RCR REALTY
LOT 4R - 34 HASKINS CRESCENT
Georgina (Keswick South), Ontario MLS® #29475864
Courtesy of HARRY SIU/ANJIA REALTY
64 GRIFFITH Drive
Grimsby, Ontario MLS® #29475871
Courtesy of Debbie Mitchell/Royal LePage State Realty Inc.
Christensen Acreage
Edenwold Rm No.158, Saskatchewan MLS® #29475876
Courtesy of Shelly Kainz/Coldwell Banker Local Realty
#88 - 1530 ALBION ROAD
Toronto (Mount Olive-Silverstone-Jamestown), Ontario MLS® #29475890
Courtesy of VICKY PAN/AIMHOME REALTY INC.
96 ELMCREST ROAD
Toronto (Eringate-Centennial-West Deane), Ontario MLS® #29475888
Courtesy of DILYAR KURBAN/Royal Lepage Real Estate Associates
2225 RAMBO ROAD
Mississauga (Lakeview), Ontario MLS® #29475895
Courtesy of PAUL PETER MASLANKA/SUTTON GROUP - SUMMIT REALTY INC.
166 BARONS AVENUE N
Hamilton (Homeside), Ontario MLS® #29475915
Courtesy of BUA KANG/CENTURY 21 PROPERTY ZONE REALTY INC.
West Lake Ainslie Road
Lake Ainslie, Nova Scotia MLS® #29475941
Courtesy of Elizabeth Barry/Engel & Volkers
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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