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.
226-230 - 505 HIGHWAY 7 AVENUE E
Markham (Commerce Valley), Ontario MLS® #30504943
Courtesy of FUNING TONY ZHANG/RE/MAX IMPERIAL REALTY INC.
87 (F13) - 10 TASKER ROAD
Brampton (Sandringham-Wellington North), Ontario MLS® #30504955
Courtesy of SARABJIT SINGH BEDI/CENTURY 21 LEGACY LTD.
1618 Ross Street
Crossfield, Alberta MLS® #30504993
Courtesy of Katrina J. Holmes/Real Estate Professionals Inc.
1 PACER COURT
Brantford, Ontario MLS® #30504986
Courtesy of AMY SHEFFAR/RE/MAX TWIN CITY REALTY INC.
3493 MCDOWELL DRIVE
Mississauga (Churchill Meadows), Ontario MLS® #30504962
Courtesy of MAHMUD NAQVI/ROYAL LEPAGE VISION REALTY
5185 BUNTON CRESCENT
Burlington (Orchard), Ontario MLS® #30505410
Courtesy of ERIN LUBY/ROYAL LEPAGE REAL ESTATE SERVICES LTD.
65 HIGHLAND Crescent Unit# 204
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #30505294
Courtesy of Kevin Reitzel/Keller Williams Innovation Realty
176 Taralake Crescent NE
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #30505162
Courtesy of Richard Chau/RE/MAX Realty Professionals
284 WOODFIELD ROAD
Toronto (Greenwood-Coxwell), Ontario MLS® #30504974
Courtesy of DANNY CHEN/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
160 AVONDALE AVENUE
Toronto (Willowdale East), Ontario MLS® #30505357
Courtesy of DANIEL AUGUSTE LOSIER/REAL BROKER ONTARIO LTD.
310 - 1276 MAPLE CROSSING BOULEVARD
Burlington (Brant), Ontario MLS® #30505408
Courtesy of GREG KUCHMA/RE/MAX ESCARPMENT REALTY INC.
22 QUILL STREET
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #30505403
Courtesy of Angela (Angie) White/PAUL RUSHFORTH REAL ESTATE INC.
11 DAPHNE CRESCENT
Barrie (Cundles East), Ontario MLS® #30505395
Courtesy of BRIAN FOCKLER/RE/MAX HALLMARK CHAY REALTY
20 HESTER COURT
Markham (Royal Orchard), Ontario MLS® #30505390
Courtesy of SARVY BARGHGIR/PRESTIGE WORLD REALTY INC.
59 KING STREET
Georgina (Sutton & Jackson's Point), Ontario MLS® #30505388
Courtesy of JENNIFER JONES/LPT REALTY
171 CHURCH STREET
Markham (Markham Village), Ontario MLS® #30505383
Courtesy of LESLIE RUDOLPH BENCZIK/RE/MAX ALL-STARS BENCZIK KAVANAGH TEAM
4-2-7 - 6 GOLDROCK ROAD
Kawartha Lakes (Laxton/Digby/Longford), Ontario MLS® #30505376
Courtesy of Mike Lange/AFFINITY GROUP PINNACLE REALTY LTD.
17 STABLERS WAY
Trent Lakes, Ontario MLS® #30505369
Courtesy of Randy Collins/RE/MAX HALLMARK EASTERN REALTY
804 - 50 CAMDEN STREET
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #30505364
Courtesy of CORRIE HAIN/PSR
61 Chalamont Drive
Hammonds Plains, Nova Scotia MLS® #30505321
Courtesy of Sandra Pike/Royal LePage Atlantic
2985 HEARDCREEK TRAIL
London North (North S), Ontario MLS® #30505314
Courtesy of TRACY BALTESSEN/ROYAL LEPAGE TRILAND REALTY
960 Carmen Cres
Gabriola Island, British Columbia MLS® #30505302
Courtesy of Tina Lynch/Royal LePage Nanaimo Realty Gabriola
1006 LIMESTONE TRAIL
Petawawa, Ontario MLS® #30505275
Courtesy of Jessica Waiting/CENTURY 21 ASPIRE REALTY LTD.
439 - 201 BROCK S STREET
Whitby (Downtown Whitby), Ontario MLS® #30505270
Courtesy of AVINASH MAHARAJ/SUTTON GROUP KINGS CROSS INC.
5 - 39 28TH STREET S
Wasaga Beach, Ontario MLS® #30505263
Courtesy of JEFF MCINNIS/RE/MAX By The Bay Brokerage
126 HASKINS POINT ROAD
Leeds and the Thousand Islands, Ontario MLS® #30505237
Courtesy of AMY HENDERSON-BOILEAU/ROYAL LEPAGE PROALLIANCE REALTY, BROKERAGE
11 ICEFALL ROAD
Caledon, Ontario MLS® #30505193
Courtesy of MANDEEP TOOR/RE/MAX EXCELLENCE REAL ESTATE
56 SIR BEDEVERE PLACE
Markham (Markham Village), Ontario MLS® #30505186
Courtesy of JEFFREY STARR/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY LTD.
1044 XAVIER STREET
Gravenhurst (Morrison), Ontario MLS® #30505117
Courtesy of BECKY SPENCER/KELLER WILLIAMS EXPERIENCE REALTY
30 WESTWINDS PLACE
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #30505054
Courtesy of Jen Paradis/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY GROUP
710 - 3071 TRAFALGAR ROAD
Oakville (JM Joshua Meadows), Ontario MLS® #30504956
Courtesy of MAHANJOT SODHI/CENTURY 21 LEGACY LTD.
2346 PENROSE LANE
Oakville (WC Wedgewood Creek), Ontario MLS® #30504951
Courtesy of NIRAV GANDHI/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
56 AMANDA Walk
Cambridge, Ontario MLS® #30504987
Courtesy of Deep Rayaroth/Century 21 Right Time Real Estate Inc.
63 Covington Close NE
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #30504968
Courtesy of Jason Haggins/Century 21 Bamber Realty LTD.
711 BEMAN DRIVE
Newmarket (Huron Heights-Leslie Valley), Ontario MLS® #30504944
Courtesy of JON BROCK/KELLER WILLIAMS REALTY CENTRES
273 CANBORO ROAD
Pelham (Fonthill), Ontario MLS® #30505315
Courtesy of Jamie Szeibert/RE/MAX NIAGARA REALTY LTD, BROKERAGE
20 JOSEPH STREET
Brampton (Downtown Brampton), Ontario MLS® #30505411
Courtesy of JEFFREY LUCIANO/KELLER WILLIAMS ADVANTAGE REALTY
316 13507 96 AVENUE
Surrey, British Columbia MLS® #30505416
Courtesy of Galil Fahmy/Team 3000 Realty Ltd.
3 - 1112 RICHARD AVENUE
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #30505404
Courtesy of Keon Shariatmadar/ENGEL & VOLKERS OTTAWA
UPPER 1 - 15 BARRIE STREET
Bradford West Gwillimbury (Bradford), Ontario MLS® #30505391
Courtesy of GABRIEL FARID GHOBRIAL/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
140 ELMWOOD AVENUE
Richmond Hill (Harding), Ontario MLS® #30505389
Courtesy of JESSI LIAN/BAY STREET GROUP 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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