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
8246 CENTENNIAL ROAD
Bridge Lake, British Columbia MLS® #30197407
Courtesy of Robert Young/eXp Realty
8905 LEGAULT PLACE
Prince George, British Columbia MLS® #30197724
Courtesy of Denise Dykes/Royal LePage Aspire Realty
704 - 24 WELLESLEY STREET W
Toronto (Bay Street Corridor), Ontario MLS® #30197837
Courtesy of MINA FADAVI-ANBIAI/HOMELIFE CLASSIC REALTY INC.
46 ROGERS TRAIL
Bradford West Gwillimbury (Bradford), Ontario MLS® #30197844
Courtesy of MEIQIN SHI/AVION REALTY INC.
D - 2508 LAKESHORE BOULEVARD
Toronto (Mimico), Ontario MLS® #30197851
Courtesy of CHRISTINA CRUISE/THE AGENCY
1311 - 32 FOREST MANOR ROAD
Toronto (Henry Farm), Ontario MLS® #30197868
Courtesy of DAI RAN GUO/AIMHOME REALTY INC.
4606 - 45 CHARLES STREET E
Toronto (Bay Street Corridor), Ontario MLS® #30197870
Courtesy of SERENA WU/RE/MAX EXCEL REALTY LTD.
PH09 - 252 CHURCH STREET
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #30197833
Courtesy of SUKI LIU/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.
707 - 372 HIGHWAY 7 E WAY
Richmond Hill (Doncrest), Ontario MLS® #30197845
Courtesy of TIAN GAO/REAL ONE REALTY INC.
3304 - 2221 YONGE STREET
Toronto (Mount Pleasant West), Ontario MLS® #30197869
Courtesy of VINCENT JIANG/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
1504 - 280 DUNDAS STREET W
Toronto (Kensington-Chinatown), Ontario MLS® #30197871
Courtesy of EMILY ZHANG/RE/MAX EXCEL REALTY LTD.
7497 LITTLE FORT 24 HIGHWAY
Bridge Lake, British Columbia MLS® #30197822
Courtesy of Adam Dirkson/eXp Realty (100 Mile)
#50 52216 RGE ROAD 233
Rural Strathcona County, Alberta MLS® #30197877
Courtesy of Ricky Aujla/Century 21 Bravo Realty
2316 - 400 KING STREET W
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #30197839
Courtesy of JOLLY ZHU/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.
4404 - 38 GRENVILLE STREET
Toronto (Bay Street Corridor), Ontario MLS® #30197834
Courtesy of KENNY KHANG TRINH/RE/MAX CONDOS PLUS CORPORATION
211 RISEBROUGH CIRCUIT
Markham (Milliken Mills West), Ontario MLS® #30197846
Courtesy of JIM MO/RE/MAX REALTRON JIM MO REALTY
ROOM 1 - 3366 MULCASTER ROAD
Mississauga (Erin Mills), Ontario MLS® #30197853
Courtesy of HUGE ZHU/PROCITY REALTY
2703 - 55 SKYMARK DRIVE
Toronto (Hillcrest Village), Ontario MLS® #30197865
Courtesy of PARVIZ SANEI-KASHANI/CENTRAL HOME REALTY INC.
BASEMENT - 372 MANTLE AVENUE
Whitchurch-Stouffville (Stouffville), Ontario MLS® #30197872
Courtesy of ARTHUR CHOW/SUTTON GROUP-HERITAGE REALTY INC.
37 RAINBOW COURT
Georgina (Keswick South), Ontario MLS® #30197842
Courtesy of DARCY TOOMBS/COLDWELL BANKER THE REAL ESTATE CENTRE
3710 - 3900 CONFEDERATION PARKWAY
Mississauga (City Centre), Ontario MLS® #30197854
Courtesy of SOFIA WU/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
1 VICTORIA Street S Unit# 304
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #30197817
Courtesy of Mina Fu/SOLID STATE REALTY INC.
12 JOHN GARY DRIVE
Markham (Village Green-South Unionville), Ontario MLS® #30197843
Courtesy of ANGELA SUN/SMART SOLD REALTY
2906 - 208 ENFIELD PLACE
Mississauga (City Centre), Ontario MLS® #30197824
Courtesy of Samar Manuel/Century 21 Infinity Realty Inc.
78 LAUREL STREET
London North (North M), Ontario MLS® #30197862
Courtesy of SALLY JIA/INITIA REAL ESTATE (ONTARIO) LTD
3111 - 2191 YONGE STREET
Toronto (Mount Pleasant West), Ontario MLS® #30197867
Courtesy of SERENA WU/RE/MAX EXCEL REALTY LTD.
710 - 1185 THE QUEENSWAY
Toronto (Islington-City Centre West), Ontario MLS® #30197855
Courtesy of MINAS HATZIGIANNATZOGLOU/RE/MAX WEST REALTY INC.
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
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.
209 FRANKLIN STREET S
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #30193551
Courtesy of Mark O'Krafka/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.
302 - 65 WATERGARDEN DRIVE
Mississauga (Hurontario), Ontario MLS® #30193594
Courtesy of QIANA ZHANG/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
1008 Country Club Boulevard
New Minas, Nova Scotia MLS® #30193671
Courtesy of Mark Burgess/Royal LePage Atlantic (Greenwood)
1032 TURNER DRIVE
Brockville, Ontario MLS® #30193683
Courtesy of Mary Ann Keary/ROYAL LEPAGE PROALLIANCE REALTY
50 CASABEL DRIVE
Vaughan (Vellore Village), Ontario MLS® #30193695
Courtesy of PHOEBE LI/RE/MAX EXCEL REALTY LTD.
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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