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
410 - 18 HARDING BOULEVARD
Richmond Hill (Harding), Ontario MLS® #29934947
Courtesy of NORA HAO/SMART SOLD REALTY
8 DUNMAIL DRIVE
Toronto (Agincourt North), Ontario MLS® #29934973
Courtesy of ARMANDO C GAMBOA/HOMELIFE EXCELSIOR REALTY INC.
509 - 185 ROEHAMPTON AVENUE W
Toronto (Mount Pleasant West), Ontario MLS® #29934966
Courtesy of ALIM KARA/ON THE BLOCK
24 PARK Street
Aylmer, Ontario MLS® #29934909
Courtesy of Naim Hassab/RE/MAX Real Estate Centre Inc.
48 WESLEY AVENUE
Wasaga Beach, Ontario MLS® #29934978
Courtesy of TAMMY JOSLIN/SUTTON GROUP INCENTIVE REALTY INC.
123 MAPLE Street
Drayton, Ontario MLS® #29935200
Courtesy of ROBERT WOLLZIEFER/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC. BROKERAGE-3
1009 QUEENSTON Road Unit# 205
Cambridge, Ontario MLS® #29935192
Courtesy of MIKE GRANT/RE/MAX TWIN CITY REALTY INC.
7 Lakeview DRIVE
Northern Admin District, Saskatchewan MLS® #29935173
Courtesy of Donald (Don) Sather/eXp Realty
6 PEARSON ROAD
Brampton (Fletcher's West), Ontario MLS® #29935154
Courtesy of SHAHID KHAN/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
63 HILLSVIEW AVENUE
Toronto (High Park North), Ontario MLS® #29935091
Courtesy of JEAN PEARSON/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY LTD.
813 STONEHAVEN AVENUE
Newmarket (Stonehaven-Wyndham), Ontario MLS® #29934948
Courtesy of JENNY LEE/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
407 - 4010 EGLINTON AVENUE W
Toronto (Humber Heights), Ontario MLS® #29934979
Courtesy of LEILA BAGHERI SHAKIBA DAKA/HOUSESIGMA INC.
321 - 4010 EGLINTON AVENUE W
Toronto (Humber Heights), Ontario MLS® #29934981
Courtesy of INDER GREWAL/HOMELIFE SUPERSTARS REAL ESTATE LIMITED
313 - 121 ST. PATRICK STREET
Toronto (Kensington-Chinatown), Ontario MLS® #29934967
Courtesy of JUSTIN SEO/HOUSESIGMA INC.
1312 Parr Hill DRIVE
Martensville, Saskatchewan MLS® #29935174
Courtesy of Emma Armstrong/eXp Realty
3352 STALYBRIDGE DRIVE
Oakville (BC Bronte Creek), Ontario MLS® #29935213
Courtesy of DESMOND WATSON/RE/MAX ESCARPMENT REALTY INC.
55 SOUTHWOOD Drive
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #29935201
Courtesy of CHRIS PUDIFIN/Royal LePage Wolle Realty
709 OLD MILFORD ROAD
Prince Edward County (North Marysburg Ward), Ontario MLS® #29935155
Courtesy of KATIE HERBERT/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY LTD.
455 STAR LAKE ROAD
Seguin, Ontario MLS® #29935131
Courtesy of CAMERON MARSHALL/RE/MAX Parry Sound Muskoka Realty Ltd
207E - 8868 YONGE STREET
Richmond Hill (South Richvale), Ontario MLS® #29934951
Courtesy of ISAAC HSIEH/SUTTON GROUP-ADMIRAL REALTY INC.
4233 GREYBROOK CRESCENT
Mississauga (Rathwood), Ontario MLS® #29934956
Courtesy of CAG ICER/ZOLO REALTY
11161 96 ST NW
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #29934879
Courtesy of Bryon T. Rentz/Homes & Gardens Real Estate Limited
621B&C THE QUEENSWAY
Toronto (Stonegate-Queensway), Ontario MLS® #29934982
Courtesy of JESSICA YIN/RE/MAX IMPERIAL REALTY INC.
32 TIMBERWOLF CRESCENT
Vaughan (Vellore Village), Ontario MLS® #29934975
Courtesy of LINDA MAC/RE/MAX PREMIER INC.
301 - 100 LEEWARD GLENWAY
Toronto (Flemingdon Park), Ontario MLS® #29934944
Courtesy of CHRIS CRUZ/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
3304 - 5 QUARRINGTON LANE
Toronto (Banbury-Don Mills), Ontario MLS® #29934970
Courtesy of MICHAEL YU/AIMHOME REALTY INC.
150 BELLCHASE TRAIL
Brampton (Bram East), Ontario MLS® #29935214
Courtesy of VISHAV TATLA/ROYAL LEPAGE FLOWER CITY REALTY
295 Nictaux Road
Nictaux, Nova Scotia MLS® #29935093
Courtesy of Colin Crowell/RE/MAX Banner Real Estate(Greenwood)
619 UPPER WENTWORTH Street
Hamilton, Ontario MLS® #29935199
Courtesy of Sean William Morrison/Right At Home Realty
360 LOUISA Street
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #29935202
Courtesy of Chris Wehrle/Bosley Real Estate Ltd.
81 CLAVER AVENUE
Toronto (Yorkdale-Glen Park), Ontario MLS® #29934983
Courtesy of CHINNIE WONG/INTERNATIONAL REALTY FIRM, INC.
220 - 4010 EGLINTON AVENUE W
Toronto (Humber Heights), Ontario MLS® #29934957
Courtesy of INDER GREWAL/HOMELIFE SUPERSTARS REAL ESTATE LIMITED
12 - 4200 KINGSTON ROAD
Toronto (West Hill), Ontario MLS® #29934971
Courtesy of ARIFUR RAHMAN SHOHEL/HOMELIFE/MIRACLE REALTY LTD
118 RIVERDALE DRIVE
St. Catharines (Old Glenridge), Ontario MLS® #29934940
Courtesy of Jordan Clark/RE/MAX GARDEN CITY REALTY INC, BROKERAGE
MAIN - 9 WATERFIELD DRIVE
Toronto (Bendale), Ontario MLS® #29934946
Courtesy of LODGE JIA HONG LIANG/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
1903 - 38 HONEYCRISP CRESCENT
Vaughan (Vaughan Corporate Centre), Ontario MLS® #29934977
Courtesy of ZHIFEI ROSS LIU/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
203 - 1 FALAISE ROAD
Toronto (West Hill), Ontario MLS® #29934972
Courtesy of MANNY ANWAR/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
315 - 4010 EGLINTON AVENUE W
Toronto (Humber Heights), Ontario MLS® #29934984
Courtesy of INDER GREWAL/HOMELIFE SUPERSTARS REAL ESTATE LIMITED
24 PARK STREET
Aylmer, Ontario MLS® #29934958
Courtesy of NAIM HASSAB/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE 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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