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.
3303 70 Avenue, Leduc, AB
Leduc, Alberta MLS® #29465687
Courtesy of Michelle A. Plach/HonestDoor Inc
6002 49th Ave
Bonnyville Town, Alberta MLS® #30143807
Courtesy of Vince J. Kelly/RE/MAX Bonnyville Realty
#202 205 Jennifer Heilway
Spruce Grove, Alberta MLS® #30167519
Courtesy of Rakesh Chadha/Logic Realty
4206 - 3975 GRAND PARK DRIVE
Mississauga (City Centre), Ontario MLS® #30193392
Courtesy of KERY ZENG/SMART SOLD REALTY
167 CARLYLE DRIVE
London East (East I), Ontario MLS® #30193335
Courtesy of SOPHIA HAMDAN/CENTURY 21 FIRST CANADIAN CORP
33 COX BOULEVARD
Markham (Unionville), Ontario MLS® #30193354
Courtesy of MICHAEL ZHENG/HOMELIFE/BAYVIEW REALTY INC.
1581 RICE ROAD
Pelham (Fonthill), Ontario MLS® #30193342
Courtesy of Jordan Clark/RE/MAX GARDEN CITY REALTY INC, BROKERAGE
2326 YORKTOWN CIRCLE
Mississauga (Central Erin Mills), Ontario MLS® #30193359
Courtesy of JING HUANG/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.
236 - 30 SHORE BREEZE DRIVE
Toronto (Mimico), Ontario MLS® #30193361
Courtesy of EDUARDO PONTES/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
504 - 17 KENASTON GARDENS
Toronto (Bayview Village), Ontario MLS® #30193378
Courtesy of HELEN YANG/REAL ONE REALTY INC.
82 RADWELL CRES CRESCENT
Toronto (Milliken), Ontario MLS® #30193385
Courtesy of DIANA YAN/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
169 KENNARD AVENUE
Toronto (Bathurst Manor), Ontario MLS® #30193347
Courtesy of Khoa Le/REAL BROKER ONTARIO LTD.
1203 - 153 BEECROFT ROAD
Toronto (Willowdale West), Ontario MLS® #30193348
Courtesy of KEVIN HUA/UNION CAPITAL REALTY
8 SABLE ROAD
Vaughan (Patterson), Ontario MLS® #30193355
Courtesy of Michael Babaev/UPPERSIDE REAL ESTATE LIMITED
6 CRENSHAW CRESCENT
Brampton (Heart Lake West), Ontario MLS® #30193362
Courtesy of VICK KHULLAR/ROYAL LEPAGE FLOWER CITY REALTY
53 EAKINS COURT
Kawartha Lakes (Lindsay), Ontario MLS® #30193374
Courtesy of Michele Rowland/The Nook Realty Inc.
3279 CHARLEBROOK COURT
Mississauga (Erin Mills), Ontario MLS® #30193393
Courtesy of ODILE HUIJUN JIA/REALTY ASSOCIATES INC.
7263 SUMMIT ROAD
Canim Lake, British Columbia MLS® #30193336
Courtesy of Deanna Guimond/eXp Realty (100 Mile)
417 280 N BROADWAY AVENUE
Williams Lake, British Columbia MLS® #30193122
Courtesy of Lisa Robinson/RE/MAX Williams Lake Realty
BASEMENT - 32 THRONCROFT CRESCENT
Ajax (South East), Ontario MLS® #30193387
Courtesy of NICOLA KING/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
B205 20117 84 AVENUE
Langley, British Columbia MLS® #30193027
Courtesy of Peter S. Gill/Nu Stream Realty Inc.
3711 - 125 BLUE JAYS WAY
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #30193344
Courtesy of JEAN GU/JDL REALTY INC.
6375 17TH SIDEROAD
King, Ontario MLS® #30193351
Courtesy of BOBBY BHOGAL/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.
28 HERZBERG GARDENS
Toronto (York University Heights), Ontario MLS® #30193363
Courtesy of BILLY SO/CENTURY 21 LANDUNION REALTY INC.
617 - 470 DUNDAS STREET
Hamilton (Waterdown), Ontario MLS® #30193370
Courtesy of NADEEM AHMAD KHAN/SUTTON GROUP REALTY SYSTEMS INC.
1103 26 AV NW
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #30192865
Courtesy of Simranjot Singh Rai/Royal Lepage Arteam Realty
ENTIRE ONE BEDROOM UNIT - 3 PEMBROKE ST STREET
Toronto (Moss Park), Ontario MLS® #30193382
Courtesy of JACK JI/JDL REALTY INC.
10 PAPER BIRCH DRIVE
Markham (Cornell), Ontario MLS® #30193390
Courtesy of DANNY ZHANG/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
2462 PINE GLEN ROAD
Oakville (WM Westmount), Ontario MLS® #30193395
Courtesy of SOFIA WU/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
1385 CHARTRAND AVENUE
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #30193340
Courtesy of Jay Al Shekargy/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
82 RADWELL CRESCENT
Toronto (Milliken), Ontario MLS® #30193383
Courtesy of DIANA YAN/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
686 WHITE ALDER AVENUE
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #30193338
Courtesy of Alie Mansour/ROYAL LEPAGE TEAM REALTY
228 HIGHBURY AVENUE N
London East (East O), Ontario MLS® #30193334
Courtesy of MEGAN SLAATS/LPT REALTY
10 STANCROFT DRIVE
Richmond Hill (Westbrook), Ontario MLS® #30193353
Courtesy of JING HUANG/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.
21 - 2600 GLENGARRY ROAD
Mississauga (Erindale), Ontario MLS® #30193358
Courtesy of HELEN HUANG/IGNITE STAR REALTY INC.
#1105 - 175 BAMBURGH CIRCLE
Toronto (Steeles), Ontario MLS® #30193384
Courtesy of FLORA QU/NU STREAM REALTY (TORONTO) INC.
55 RED MAPLE LANE
Barrie (Painswick South), Ontario MLS® #30193391
Courtesy of CATHERINE NACAR/FIRST CLASS REALTY INC.
307 - 8888 YONGE STREET
Richmond Hill (South Richvale), Ontario MLS® #30193389
Courtesy of JANE MAO/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
378 MELROSE AVENUE
Toronto (Bedford Park-Nortown), Ontario MLS® #30193346
Courtesy of RUTH HALPERIN/RE/MAX ULTIMATE REALTY INC.
4830 FOURTH AVENUE
Niagara Falls (Cherrywood), Ontario MLS® #30190463
Courtesy of Anmol Vig/REVEL Realty Inc., Brokerage
99 Cabot Street
St. John's, Newfoundland & Labrador MLS® #30189214
Courtesy of Robert Moore/RE/MAX Infinity Realty Inc. - Sheraton Hotel
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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