3303 70 Avenue, Leduc, AB
Leduc, Alberta MLS® #29465687
Courtesy of Michelle A. Plach/HonestDoor Inc
Cabbagetown
Preserving Victorian Housing Architechture
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

1419 - 181 VILLAGE GREEN SQUARE
Toronto (Agincourt South-Malvern West), Ontario MLS® #30441962
Courtesy of CINDY LUK/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY

68 Front Street
Pictou, Nova Scotia MLS® #30442011
Courtesy of Sherry Blinkhorn/Blinkhorn Real Estate Ltd.

LOT 1 BAKER Road
Niagara Falls, Ontario MLS® #30442035
Courtesy of Sidhu Manny Singh/Royal Lepage Flower City Realty

15 PINE RIDGE LANE
Brampton (Brampton East), Ontario MLS® #30442042
Courtesy of EMANUEL RODRIGUES/RE/MAX REALTY SERVICES INC.

UNIT 1 - 220 ROSEDALE DRIVE
Whitby (Downtown Whitby), Ontario MLS® #30442148
Courtesy of JOSHUA MANN/CENTURY 21 PERCY FULTON LTD.

602 - 325 WEBB DRIVE
Mississauga (City Centre), Ontario MLS® #30441924
Courtesy of TIGER GUO/REAL HOME CANADA REALTY INC.

2906 - 3 CONCORD CITYPLACE WAY
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #30441917
Courtesy of JAMIE WU/PROMPTON REAL ESTATE SERVICES CORP.

508 - 2550 SIMCOE STREET N
Oshawa (Windfields), Ontario MLS® #30442066
Courtesy of DAN PLOWMAN/DAN PLOWMAN TEAM REALTY INC.

1521 KILWORTHY ROAD
Gravenhurst (Morrison), Ontario MLS® #30442085
Courtesy of PETER DE GRAAF/RE/MAX Professionals North

1605 - 955 BAY STREET
Toronto (Bay Street Corridor), Ontario MLS® #30442213
Courtesy of EMMA WU/FIRST CLASS REALTY INC.

9516 150 ST NW
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #30442220
Courtesy of Julian P. Szklarz/Coldwell Banker Mountain Central

25 - 715 LAWRENCE AVENUE W
Toronto (Yorkdale-Glen Park), Ontario MLS® #30442225
Courtesy of TINA LI/BAY STREET INTEGRITY REALTY INC.

275 WELLINGTON STREET
Sarnia, Ontario MLS® #30442232
Courtesy of RAKESH KUMAR GUPTA/INTERNATIONAL REALTY FIRM, INC.

221 Hillside DR S
Elliot Lake, Ontario MLS® #30442054
Courtesy of Michelle J Cayen/Royal LePage® Mid North Realty Elliot Lake

37 425 Langer PLACE
Warman, Saskatchewan MLS® #30442030
Courtesy of Alysa Mathies/Coldwell Banker Signature

1004 - 1155 BOUGH BEECHES BOULEVARD
Mississauga (Rathwood), Ontario MLS® #30442023
Courtesy of OLGA GRANT/ROYAL LEPAGE REAL ESTATE SERVICES LTD.

B - 210 MCCAUL STREET
Toronto (Kensington-Chinatown), Ontario MLS® #30441979
Courtesy of DEMETRA HAZINEH/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY

UPPER UNIT - 367 MARBLE PLACE
Newmarket (Woodland Hill), Ontario MLS® #30441936
Courtesy of TIFFANY SHAO/ROYAL LEPAGE PEACELAND REALTY

514 CLEMENCY CRESCENT
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #30442080
Courtesy of Simon Si/ROYAL LEPAGE PERFORMANCE REALTY

BIG MASTER BEDROOM MAIN - 118 SHUTER ST STREET
Toronto (Moss Park), Ontario MLS® #30442059
Courtesy of JACK JI/JDL REALTY INC.

(BASEMENT) - 1474 PATE COURT
Mississauga (East Credit), Ontario MLS® #30441986
Courtesy of ABDUL RASHID/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.

69 WALKER BOULEVARD
New Tecumseth (Alliston), Ontario MLS® #30441981
Courtesy of DWAYNE CLUGSTON/ZOLO REALTY

144 LOCKE Street Unit# 3
Hamilton, Ontario MLS® #30441974
Courtesy of Cory Stewart Greenwood/RE/MAX Escarpment Realty Inc.

1906 - 20 BRUYERES MEWS
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #30441897
Courtesy of ZHOU LU/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.

GR, 2ND - 17 BONNINGTON PLACE
Toronto (Willowdale East), Ontario MLS® #30442092
Courtesy of LARRY KA-CHEE HO/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.

5330 FLATFORD ROAD
Mississauga (East Credit), Ontario MLS® #30442105
Courtesy of KARL KOBYLINSKI/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY, BROKERAGE

19 COXWORTH CRESCENT
Toronto (Malvern), Ontario MLS® #30442016
Courtesy of MANNY ANAGNOSTAKIS/WESTVIEW REALTY INC.

1172 MEADOWLARK RIDGE
London South (South U), Ontario MLS® #30442319
Courtesy of GOBINDER KAHLON/ROYAL LEPAGE PLATINUM REALTY

34024 5TH SIDEROAD NDR SIDE ROAD
West Grey, Ontario MLS® #30442314
Courtesy of JULIA MORGAN/eXp Realty

202 Cougar Way N
Lethbridge, Alberta MLS® #30442326
Courtesy of SHAUNA GRUNINGER/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE - LETHBRIDGE

8 LAURELWOOD CRESCENT
Toronto (Willowridge-Martingrove-Richview), Ontario MLS® #30442181
Courtesy of LORENZO CORSI/HOMELIFE/MIRACLE REALTY LTD

#1201 10140 120 ST NW
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #30442270
Courtesy of Dave B. Johnston/REMAX River City

11 OAK STREET
Halton Hills (Georgetown), Ontario MLS® #30442282
Courtesy of PARDEEP SEHGAL/HOMELIFE PARADISE REALTY INC.

904 Prairie Sound Circle NW
High River, Alberta MLS® #30441929
Courtesy of Jessica Greenhow/CIR Realty

107 24 Gilbert Drive
East Royalty, Prince Edward Island MLS® #30442472
Courtesy of Yik Kwong (Frankie) Cheung/NORTHERN LIGHTS REALTY LTD.

3105 TURBINE CRESCENT
Mississauga (Churchill Meadows), Ontario MLS® #30442333
Courtesy of ALI CHEEMA/ROYAL LEPAGE REAL ESTATE SERVICES LTD.

2366 TALL TREE LANE
Innisfil (Alcona), Ontario MLS® #30442352
Courtesy of LIA VANHEMERT/Revel Realty Inc

22 GATESVIEW AVENUE
Toronto (Scarborough Village), Ontario MLS® #30442388
Courtesy of ANNETTE NUNNO/CENTURY 21 PARKLAND LTD.

303, 49 Bennett Street
Red Deer, Alberta MLS® #30442383
Courtesy of Tara Dowding/Maxwell Real Estate Solutions Ltd.

501 10829 140 STREET
Surrey, British Columbia MLS® #30442395
Courtesy of Adrian Lee/Oakwyn Realty Ltd.

2115 - 585 BLOOR STREET E
Toronto (Cabbagetown-South St. James Town), Ontario MLS® #30442408
Courtesy of TERRY KING KEUNG CHAN/GLOBAL LINK REALTY GROUP INC.

130 Lower McCormack Road
Burton, British Columbia MLS® #30442453
Courtesy of Claudia Mang/Royal Lepage Selkirk Realty

5914 FRONTENAC STREET
Niagara Falls (Arad/Fallsview), Ontario MLS® #30442081
Courtesy of Emily Ye Fraser/REVEL Realty Inc., Brokerage

305 LAKESHORE DR
Cold Lake, Alberta MLS® #30442098
Courtesy of Joanne Myhre Copeland/Coldwell Banker Lifestyle
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".
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.
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.
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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