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.
4807 44 Ave
Stony Plain, Alberta MLS® #29210474
Courtesy of Rohin Geis/Royal LePage Noralta Real Estate
2328 2330 OAK STREET
Prince George, British Columbia MLS® #29914110
Courtesy of Matthew Petkau/Maxsave Real Estate Services
219 ATHENIA Drive
Stoney Creek, Ontario MLS® #29914134
Courtesy of Renata Mattina/Royal LePage NRC Realty Inc.
4108 ENSUITE - 11 WELLESLEY STREET W
Toronto (Bay Street Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29914196
Courtesy of HUNG TAT TERRY CHAN/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.
10 PARKLAWN CRESCENT
Markham (Thornlea), Ontario MLS® #29914209
Courtesy of ERIN BALABAN/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
27 SHADWICK DRIVE
Toronto (Willowridge-Martingrove-Richview), Ontario MLS® #29914211
Courtesy of JOHN TOKATLIDIS/ROYAL LEPAGE TERREQUITY REALTY
22 - 30 DUNDALK DRIVE
Toronto (Dorset Park), Ontario MLS® #29914228
Courtesy of YANN LIU/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
270 MOORLAND Crescent
Ancaster, Ontario MLS® #29914177
Courtesy of Xia bing Zhang/1st Sunshine Realty Inc.
MAIN FL - 12 CRAIGMORE CRESCENT
Toronto (Willowdale East), Ontario MLS® #29914191
Courtesy of JOE JIA/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
#306 11820 22 AV SW SW
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #29914259
Courtesy of Boyeon Park/Sterling Real Estate
983 DEPENCIER DRIVE
North Grenville, Ontario MLS® #29914185
Courtesy of Diana Delisle/ROYAL LEPAGE TEAM REALTY
1302 - 20 EDWARD STREET
Toronto (Bay Street Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29914197
Courtesy of AMNA AHMAD/CITYSCAPE REAL ESTATE LTD.
1917 - 56 ANDRE DE GRASSE STREET
Markham (Unionville), Ontario MLS® #29914205
Courtesy of KEVIN LIU/EXP REALTY
5424 TASHA Drive
Mississauga, Ontario MLS® #29914130
Courtesy of Nadia Hirmiz/Royal LePage Macro Realty
1911 - 1 BLOOR STREET E
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29914192
Courtesy of DANNY CHEN/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
8911 HALDI ROAD
Prince George, British Columbia MLS® #29914042
Courtesy of Tim Higham/RE/MAX Core Realty
99 FIFE Street E
Caledonia, Ontario MLS® #29914131
Courtesy of Jacob Atkinson/Royal LePage State Realty Inc.
139 COOPERSHAWK Street
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #29914129
Courtesy of Rebecca Liu/Royal LePage Peaceland Realty
5424 TASHA DRIVE
Mississauga (Churchill Meadows), Ontario MLS® #29914213
Courtesy of NADIA HIRMIZ/ROYAL LEPAGE MACRO REALTY
52 DANE STREET
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #29914218
Courtesy of IAN MEHISTO/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
4804 45 ST
Cold Lake, Alberta MLS® #29914097
Courtesy of Joanne Myhre Copeland/Coldwell Banker Lifestyle
1133 HICKORY STREET
Clarence-Rockland, Ontario MLS® #29914186
Courtesy of Gisele Al Osta/ROYAL LEPAGE PERFORMANCE REALTY
304 - 24 WELLESLEY STREET W
Toronto (Bay Street Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29914198
Courtesy of RICK TIAN/HOMELIFE GOLCONDA REALTY INC.
73 - 155 GLOVERS ROAD
Oshawa (Samac), Ontario MLS® #29914201
Courtesy of MICHELLE BROWNE/HOUSESIGMA INC.
1004 - 10 ROUGE VALLEY DRIVE W
Markham (Unionville), Ontario MLS® #29914206
Courtesy of KEVIN LIU/EXP REALTY
162 ARLINGTON AVENUE
Toronto (Humewood-Cedarvale), Ontario MLS® #29914225
Courtesy of RASHI NARULA/MCCANN REALTY GROUP LTD.
22 NASSAU STREET
Oshawa (Vanier), Ontario MLS® #29914175
Courtesy of Jason Michel/The Nook Realty Inc.
20 MONCK STREET
St. Catharines (Western Hill), Ontario MLS® #29914187
Courtesy of Vichit Altmann/REVEL Realty Inc., Brokerage
4005 - 8 WELLESLEY WEST STREET
Toronto (Bay Street Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29914199
Courtesy of LEO KIM/HOME STANDARDS BRICKSTONE REALTY
3 DARLEY STREET S
Ajax (Central West), Ontario MLS® #29914202
Courtesy of KOSTA DERIS/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
BSMT - 188 WILLIS DRIVE
Aurora (Aurora Highlands), Ontario MLS® #29914207
Courtesy of MASOUD GHOLAMIPOSHTMASARI/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
141 SPRINGSIDE CRESCENT
Blue Mountains, Ontario MLS® #29914219
Courtesy of BHUPENDER TANEJA/UPSHIFT REALTY INC.
1202 - 85 QUEENS WHARF ROAD
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29914226
Courtesy of TRUMAN CHEN/BAY STREET INTEGRITY REALTY INC.
626 WILD RYE Street
Waterloo, Ontario MLS® #29914132
Courtesy of RYAN PRINCE/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC., BROKERAGE
#3 1641 James Mowatt TR SW
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #29914260
Courtesy of Ravi Mander/Royal LePage Noralta Real Estate
1512 WESTERN ROAD
London North (North A), Ontario MLS® #29914222
Courtesy of NASIM UDDIN/NU-VISTA PINNACLE REALTY BROKERAGE INC
1444 ALLANPORT ROAD
Thorold (Port Robinson), Ontario MLS® #29914188
Courtesy of Janis Garel-Martel/ROYAL LEPAGE NRC REALTY
1709 - 426 UNIVERSITY AVENUE
Toronto (Kensington-Chinatown), Ontario MLS® #29914190
Courtesy of Ena Kim/RETREND REALTY LTD
987 DEPENCIER DRIVE
North Grenville, Ontario MLS® #29914183
Courtesy of Diana Delisle/ROYAL LEPAGE TEAM REALTY
115 WHITMORE AVENUE
Toronto (Forest Hill North), Ontario MLS® #29914195
Courtesy of LUCIE SOPHIA PAUL-RONIS/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
1861 UNA ROAD
Pickering (Amberlea), Ontario MLS® #29914227
Courtesy of GADY LIU/HOMELIFE GOLCONDA 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
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