4907 1 Avenue
Edson, Alberta MLS® #30512790
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.
3303 70 Avenue, Leduc, AB
Leduc, Alberta MLS® #29465687
Courtesy of Michelle A. Plach/HonestDoor Inc
107 Lakeshore Drive
Desbarats, Ontario MLS® #30511682
Courtesy of Hunter Waugh/Exit Realty True North
7 KETTLE VALLEY TRAIL
King (Nobleton), Ontario MLS® #30514557
Courtesy of JERRY FRAGOMENI/EXP REALTY
9 - 4665 CENTRAL PARKWAY E
Mississauga (Hurontario), Ontario MLS® #30514558
Courtesy of JAIDEV GAIND/EXECUTIVE REAL ESTATE SERVICES LTD.
LOWER - 385 MARY STREET N
Oshawa (O'Neill), Ontario MLS® #30514554
Courtesy of NOFEL ALAM/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
5264 PARK DRIVE
Prince George, British Columbia MLS® #30513754
Courtesy of Denise Dykes/Royal LePage Aspire Realty
62 MEADOWLARK DRIVE
Brampton (Fletcher's Creek South), Ontario MLS® #30513557
Courtesy of PARVEEN ARORA/RE/MAX OPTIMUM REALTY
2G - 255 MAITLAND STREET
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #30513627
Courtesy of RUKHSANA MALIK/RE/MAX GOLD REALTY INC.
950 Dunn Ave
Saanich, British Columbia MLS® #30513691
Courtesy of Ole Schmidt/Clover Residential Ltd.
48 WEST ELLIOTT STREET
Huntsville, Ontario MLS® #30513867
Courtesy of OMER MALIK/HOMELIFE/MIRACLE REALTY LTD
BSMT - 74 BONHAM BOULEVARD
Mississauga (Streetsville), Ontario MLS® #30514454
Courtesy of SID SARKAR/The Realty Bulls
7584 REDSTONE ROAD
Mississauga (Malton), Ontario MLS® #30514500
Courtesy of SHAMAIRAH NOUFARO/ROBIN HOOD REALTY LIMITED
DEN - 203 COLLEGE STREET
Toronto (Kensington-Chinatown), Ontario MLS® #30514416
Courtesy of HENRY ZHAO/AIMHOME REALTY INC.
215 NORTH STREET
Scugog (Port Perry), Ontario MLS® #30513932
Courtesy of Brett Puckrin/Re/Max All-Stars Realty Inc.
5307 FERRET COURT
Mississauga (Hurontario), Ontario MLS® #30513963
Courtesy of ELVIS VOGRIN/ROYAL LEPAGE REALTY PLUS
3039 POPLAR ROAD
Innisfil, Ontario MLS® #30513999
Courtesy of KRISTA HENDERSON/CENTURY 21 B.J. ROTH REALTY LTD.
90 SUITOR COURT
Milton (WI Willmott), Ontario MLS® #30514005
Courtesy of JASS JAGDEV/RE/MAX SKYWAY REALTY INC.
3014 MCDOWELL DRIVE
Mississauga (Churchill Meadows), Ontario MLS® #30514055
Courtesy of EMAD IBRAHIM/RE/MAX SUCCESS REALTY
33 - 9900 MCLAUGHLIN ROAD N
Brampton (Fletcher's Creek Village), Ontario MLS® #30513785
Courtesy of DAVE MERAT/ROYAL LEPAGE FLOWER CITY REALTY
6935 Central Saanich Rd
Central Saanich, British Columbia MLS® #30513850
Courtesy of Blair Watling/Newport Realty Ltd.
4939 THIRTY Road N
Beamsville, Ontario MLS® #30513552
Courtesy of Richard Harrison/Royal LePage Burloak Real Estate Services
337 BANKSIDE Drive
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #30514163
Courtesy of Souparnika Aravindh Babu/Re/Max Twin City Realty Inc.
3805 - 510 CURRAN PLACE
Mississauga (City Centre), Ontario MLS® #30514269
Courtesy of PHILIP LIAO/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
47 WESTGATE DRIVE
Guelph (Riverside Park), Ontario MLS® #30514233
Courtesy of FABIO ROSARIO SANCI/REMAX YOUR COMMUNITY REALTY
1 Neptune Drive
Kamloops, British Columbia MLS® #30514303
Courtesy of Valerie Ferguson/Royal LePage Westwin Realty
5 WEATHERELL DRIVE
Brampton (Fletcher's Meadow), Ontario MLS® #30514149
Courtesy of MICHAEL DEAK/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.
3708 - 14 YORK STREET
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #30513944
Courtesy of SYED KAMRUL AHASAN/CENTURY 21 PARKLAND LTD.
1107 - 1235 RICHMOND STREET
London East (East B), Ontario MLS® #30514353
Courtesy of DENISE MARISSA D'MELLO/EXP REALTY
81 Canyon Point Road Road
Vaughan, Nova Scotia MLS® #30514199
Courtesy of Anna King/Exit Real Estate Professionals
726 Cornerstone Boulevard NE
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #30514365
Courtesy of Hasan Cheema/Real Estate Professionals Inc.
19 - 230 AVONSYDE BOULEVARD
Hamilton (Waterdown), Ontario MLS® #30514442
Courtesy of ROBERT MAGNOWSKI/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
129 MATTINGLEY Street
Paris, Ontario MLS® #30514098
Courtesy of Sidhu Manny Singh/Royal Lepage Flower City Realty
2102 - 55 EGLINTON AVENUE W
Mississauga (Hurontario), Ontario MLS® #30514086
Courtesy of BING XU/AIMHOME 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
Toronto Neighbourhood Guide