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
16 ROSANNE CIRC
Wasaga Beach, Ontario MLS® #30347723
Courtesy of JENNY CALALANG/HOMELIFE EXCELSIOR REALTY INC.
693 BARNES CRESCENT
Oshawa (Northglen), Ontario MLS® #30347709
Courtesy of NASIR MANJI/REALTY EXECUTIVES PLUS LTD
MAIN - 191 PLEASANT AVENUE
Toronto (Newtonbrook West), Ontario MLS® #30347742
Courtesy of LAWRENCE LIANG/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
537 TERRACE WAY
Oakville (SH Sixteen Hollow), Ontario MLS® #30347759
Courtesy of CINDY ZHANG/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
14 VICTORIA AVENUE
North Grenville, Ontario MLS® #30349673
Courtesy of Deb Driscoll/REAL BROKER ONTARIO LTD.
2010 - 88 BLUE JAYS WAY
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #30349705
Courtesy of ROD LIMOOCHI TRAJI/RE/MAX CONDOS PLUS CORPORATION
22 LLOYD COOK DRIVE E
Springwater (Snow Valley), Ontario MLS® #30349798
Courtesy of LEAH MILLS/CENTURY 21 HERITAGE GROUP LTD.
31 GERRARD STREET
London South (South F), Ontario MLS® #30349945
Courtesy of SAUL TEICHROEB/KELLER WILLIAMS LIFESTYLES
3816 CRYSTAL BEACH DRIVE
Fort Erie (Crystal Beach), Ontario MLS® #30349976
Courtesy of Sally Howard/REVEL Realty Inc., Brokerage
PH20 - 8201 ISLINGTON AVENUE
Vaughan (Islington Woods), Ontario MLS® #30350101
Courtesy of Gordon Elliott/NEW ERA REAL ESTATE
30 RAY STREET N
Hamilton (Strathcona), Ontario MLS® #30348550
Courtesy of Adam Cooke/REVEL REALTY INC.
169 OAKES DRIVE
Mississauga (Mineola), Ontario MLS® #30349837
Courtesy of ANTHONY TURCO/ROYAL LEPAGE REAL ESTATE SERVICES LTD.
51 Blueridge Close
Rural Rocky View County, Alberta MLS® #30349899
Courtesy of Vivian Lee/Real Broker
8 - 50 CHAPMAN COURT
London North (North I), Ontario MLS® #30349940
Courtesy of WAN LI WANG/RE/MAX CENTRE CITY REALTY INC.
6 LAKE AVENUE W
Carleton Place, Ontario MLS® #30349957
Courtesy of Sam Moussa/RE/MAX HALLMARK SAM MOUSSA REALTY
5325 MUERMANN ROAD
Prince George, British Columbia MLS® #30349971
Courtesy of Devon Budd/Royal LePage Aspire Realty
4 - 40 MAPLE AVENUE
Toronto (Rosedale-Moore Park), Ontario MLS® #30350012
Courtesy of MICHELLE PHILLIPS/CHESTNUT PARK REAL ESTATE LIMITED
1812 - 4978 YONGE STREET
Toronto (Lansing-Westgate), Ontario MLS® #30350017
Courtesy of BEN CHAN/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
3708 - 181 DUNDAS STREET E
Toronto (Moss Park), Ontario MLS® #30350029
Courtesy of CHANG GOEN CHOI/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
2616 - 88 QUEEN STREET E
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #30350036
Courtesy of SHARON WING-YEE TAM/EXPRESS REALTY INC.
206 - 92 KING STREET E
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #30350043
Courtesy of SUNDEEP BAHL/RE/MAX PLUS CITY TEAM INC.
1808 - 10 EDGECLIFF GOLFWAY
Toronto (Flemingdon Park), Ontario MLS® #30350048
Courtesy of BARMAK AZIZIMOGHADDAM/RE/MAX EXCEL REALTY LTD.
114 ST GEORGE STREET W
North Glengarry, Ontario MLS® #30350050
Courtesy of GARRET MUNRO/RE/MAX AFFILIATES MARQUIS LTD.
602 - 630 QUEEN STREET E
Toronto (South Riverdale), Ontario MLS® #30350074
Courtesy of MATTHEW CASSELMAN/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY LTD.
648 COGNAC CRESCENT
Pickering (Amberlea), Ontario MLS® #30350079
Courtesy of ANNA WOOD/RE/MAX ROUGE RIVER REALTY LTD.
16 HOLFORD CRESCENT
Toronto (Tam O'Shanter-Sullivan), Ontario MLS® #30350081
Courtesy of SUNDEEP BAHL/RE/MAX PLUS CITY TEAM INC.
849 JOE PERSECHINI DRIVE
Newmarket (Summerhill Estates), Ontario MLS® #30350098
Courtesy of RACHEL GOLD LEVY/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY LTD.
A1405 - 8119 BIRCHMOUNT ROAD N
Markham (Unionville), Ontario MLS® #30350106
Courtesy of OSCAR WU/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
BASEMENT - 544 WHITE'S HILL AVENUE
Markham (Cornell), Ontario MLS® #30350113
Courtesy of SIMON PENG/FIRST CLASS REALTY INC.
9 RED MAPLE LANE
Barrie (Innis-Shore), Ontario MLS® #30350118
Courtesy of PEGGY HILL/RE/MAX HALLMARK PEGGY HILL GROUP REALTY
4 DIVERS ROAD
Brampton (Northwest Brampton), Ontario MLS® #30350144
Courtesy of AFZAL PARACHA/RE/MAX REALTY SERVICES INC.
1417 HALIFAX Place
Burlington, Ontario MLS® #30349402
Courtesy of Michael O'Sullivan/RE/MAX Escarpment Realty Inc.
404 - 65 SILVERCREEK PARKWAY N
Guelph (Junction/Onward Willow), Ontario MLS® #30349407
Courtesy of CHRIS SHODY/eXp Realty
1905 - 151 DAN LECKIE WAY
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #30349426
Courtesy of TERRY KIRKWOOD/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY LTD.
20 - 3175 DENISON STREET
Markham (Middlefield), Ontario MLS® #30349490
Courtesy of YATIN PATEL/HOMELIFE/MIRACLE REALTY LTD
54 MAPLE GROVE AVENUE
Richmond Hill (Oak Ridges), Ontario MLS® #30349495
Courtesy of ANDRE LEVY-BENCHETON/FOREST HILL REAL ESTATE INC.
1 - 110 WEST BEAVER CREEK ROAD
Richmond Hill (Beaver Creek Business Park), Ontario MLS® #30349503
Courtesy of NILOO BOROUMAND/CENTURY 21 ATRIA REALTY INC.
209 SOUTH CHANNEL DRIVE
Georgina (Keswick North), Ontario MLS® #30349508
Courtesy of STEPHEN M. PEROFF/RE/MAX HALLMARK YORK GROUP REALTY LTD.
3 THOROUGHBRED DRIVE
Oro-Medonte, Ontario MLS® #30349515
Courtesy of TAYLOR SUGAR/ROYAL LEPAGE RCR REALTY
475 WILLIS DRIVE
Oakville (WO West), Ontario MLS® #30349560
Courtesy of BRAD MILLER/CENTURY 21 MILLER REAL ESTATE LTD.
3 1/2 DUNDONALD STREET
St. Catharines (Secord Woods), Ontario MLS® #30349589
Courtesy of JEFF HAM/REVEL REALTY INC.
698 CONCESSION 6 ROAD
Niagara-on-the-Lake (Rural), Ontario MLS® #30349596
Courtesy of Andrew Furry/RE/MAX ESCARPMENT 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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