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.
78 - 141 CONDOR COURT
London East (East P), Ontario MLS® #29945987
Courtesy of FRANK CLARKE/OLIVER & ASSOCIATES SARAH OLIVER REAL ESTATE BROKERAGE
22 MacLauchlan Drive
Stratford, Prince Edward Island MLS® #29946086
Courtesy of Sindy Lin/ROYAL LEPAGE PRINCE EDWARD REALTY
123 SAMUEL DRIVE
Wellington North (Arthur), Ontario MLS® #29946101
Courtesy of BHAJAN SINGH BAHMBA/HOMELIFE/MIRACLE REALTY LTD
6382 ST. LOUIS DRIVE
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #29945999
Courtesy of Maha Shahbazian/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY GROUP
203 - 3660 HURONTARIO STREET
Mississauga (City Centre), Ontario MLS® #29946074
Courtesy of FRANCIS D'ATRI-GUIRAN/ADVISORS REALTY
122 ASCOT AVENUE
Toronto (Corso Italia-Davenport), Ontario MLS® #29946081
Courtesy of LISA GIORDANO/ROYAL LEPAGE TERREQUITY REALTY
5 GREENLAW PLACE
St. Catharines (Downtown), Ontario MLS® #29945886
Courtesy of Julie Nickerson/ROYAL LEPAGE NRC REALTY
2 - 16 SIMS CRESCENT
Richmond Hill (Beaver Creek Business Park), Ontario MLS® #29945925
Courtesy of VANIA BONDI/ROYAL LEPAGE PREMIUM ONE REALTY
71 LAPRADE SQUARE
Clarington (Bowmanville), Ontario MLS® #29945545
Courtesy of Brandon Anthony Hazell/LPT Realty
108 LAKESIDE Drive
Nanticoke, Ontario MLS® #29945901
Courtesy of Peter R. Hogeterp/RE/MAX Escarpment Realty Inc.
2636+ LAKESHORE DRIVE
Ramara, Ontario MLS® #29946581
Courtesy of Gerry Lodwick/Royal Lepage Kawartha Lakes Realty Inc.
1409 - 38 THE ESPLANADE
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29946745
Courtesy of KIRK MORRIS/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
209 36 Southgate Drive
Bedford South, Nova Scotia MLS® #29945742
Courtesy of Jasmine McNair/One Percent Realty East Inc.
7661 SOMERSET PARK
Ramara, Ontario MLS® #29946803
Courtesy of PEGGY HILL/RE/MAX HALLMARK PEGGY HILL GROUP REALTY
D - 149 BRANTWOOD PARK ROAD
Brantford, Ontario MLS® #29946699
Courtesy of CHRIS COSTABILE/REAL BROKER ONTARIO LTD.
1004 - 10 FLAVELLE TRAIL
Vaughan (Steeles West Industrial), Ontario MLS® #29946310
Courtesy of MELODY JIANG/JOYNET REALTY INC.
2404 - 2920 HIGHWAY 7
Vaughan (Concord), Ontario MLS® #29946790
Courtesy of DEAN LAGIS/ROYAL LEPAGE PREMIUM ONE REALTY
340 FAIRLAWN STREET
Oshawa (McLaughlin), Ontario MLS® #29946029
Courtesy of NICK CUONG CHUONG/LPT REALTY
60 - 3258 BANNON WAY
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #29945881
Courtesy of Jennifer E. Stewart/ENGEL & VOLKERS OTTAWA
3620 CARRIERE ROAD
Alfred and Plantagenet, Ontario MLS® #29946151
Courtesy of Elaine Simard/EXP REALTY
331 Arklow Drive
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia MLS® #29945689
Courtesy of Victoria Hines/Royal LePage Atlantic
21 VETZAL COURT
Clarington (Courtice), Ontario MLS® #29946113
Courtesy of Shelley Grainger/Royal Lepage Kawartha Lakes Realty Inc.
504 - 127 QUEEN STREET E
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29946264
Courtesy of SALLY LIAN/ROYAL LEPAGE TERREQUITY YMSL REALTY
#105 10149 83 AV NW
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #29946339
Courtesy of Rebecca D. Giesbrecht/The Good Real Estate Company
1 - 305 BALDWIN AVENUE
Cornwall, Ontario MLS® #29946492
Courtesy of MATTHEW GIRGIS/CENTURY 21 SHIELD REALTY LTD.
73 TRACEY Lane
Collingwood, Ontario MLS® #29946529
Courtesy of Sanj Joshi/HOMELIFE MIRACLE REALTY LTD.
31 TOWNSEND Drive Unit# 66
Breslau, Ontario MLS® #29946531
Courtesy of Tory Akene/Real Broker Ontario Ltd.
1108 Pat Burns Ave
Gabriola Island, British Columbia MLS® #29946536
Courtesy of Josh Wood/Real Broker
19 HUNTLEY Street
Hamilton, Ontario MLS® #29947003
Courtesy of Michael St. Jean/Michael St. Jean Realty Inc.
1208 - 460 DUNDAS STREET E
Hamilton (Waterdown), Ontario MLS® #29946904
Courtesy of IVICA JUKICA/RE/MAX ESCARPMENT REALTY INC.
12 - 6701 THOROLD STONE ROAD
Niagara Falls (Stamford), Ontario MLS® #29946909
Courtesy of STUART COLEMAN/GET SOLD REALTY INC.
#MAIN - 33 BREMNER STREET
Whitby (Rolling Acres), Ontario MLS® #29946954
Courtesy of PATRICIA FRANCIS/ROYAL LEPAGE VISION REALTY
1016 - 185 ONEIDA CRESCENT
Richmond Hill (Langstaff), Ontario MLS® #29946966
Courtesy of JOHN LIANG/REAL BROKER ONTARIO LTD.
81 MACLEOD STREET
Toronto (Maple Leaf), Ontario MLS® #29947022
Courtesy of LUCIANA P. FRAIOLI/RE/MAX PREMIER INC.
SW 3 48 4 W5 Hwy 616
Rural Brazeau County, Alberta MLS® #29947034
Courtesy of Terence Barg/Moore's Realty Ltd.
78 CHARLOTTETOWN BOULEVARD
Toronto (Centennial Scarborough), Ontario MLS® #29945622
Courtesy of JEANNIE LAVEROCK/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY LTD.
99 BYRON AVENUE
Hamilton (Stoney Creek Mountain), Ontario MLS® #29946911
Courtesy of GUY FRANK D'ALESIO/RE/MAX ESCARPMENT REALTY INC.
4734 50 Street
Sylvan Lake, Alberta MLS® #29946391
Courtesy of Krysta Rush/Royal LePage Network Realty Corp.
4608 50 Street
Forestburg, Alberta MLS® #29946360
Courtesy of Leah Miller/RE/MAX Real Estate (Edmonton) Ltd.
803 RIDGE Road
Hamilton, Ontario MLS® #29945456
Courtesy of Susan Pauls-Valerio/RE/MAX Escarpment Realty Inc.
35 MONTICELLO CRESCENT
Guelph (Kortright East), Ontario MLS® #29946043
Courtesy of HUDSON SMITH/Coldwell Banker Neumann Real Estate
455504 CONCESSION 3B
Chatsworth, Ontario MLS® #29946707
Courtesy of ERIN BOYNTON-SEELEY/RE/MAX Summit Group Realty Brokerage
Lot 10 180 Squirrel Run
East Petpeswick, Nova Scotia MLS® #29947178
Courtesy of Emma Moore/Royal LePage Atlantic (Dartmouth)
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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