3303 70 Avenue, Leduc, AB
Leduc, Alberta MLS® #29465687
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.
21 HEATHCOTE AVENUE
Toronto (St. Andrew-Windfields), Ontario MLS® #30471680
Courtesy of ROBIN LUO/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.
209 - 28 ANN STREET
Mississauga (Port Credit), Ontario MLS® #30472885
Courtesy of JOSHUA ARNETT/Rock Star Real Estate Inc., Brokerage
37 STARVIEW DRIVE
Toronto (Humberlea-Pelmo Park), Ontario MLS® #30472544
Courtesy of DAVID ELFASSY/SUTTON GROUP-ADMIRAL REALTY INC.
8462 152 STREET
Surrey, British Columbia MLS® #30472640
Courtesy of TJ Sangha/RE/MAX Performance Realty
443 HEARTHWOOD DRIVE
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #30471692
Courtesy of Ibrahim Hussein Abouzeid/Affinity Real Estate
312 33960 OLD YALE ROAD
Abbotsford, British Columbia MLS® #30472498
Courtesy of Amar Dhaliwal/Sutton Group-West Coast Realty (Abbotsford)
393 GRANTHAM Common
Oakville, Ontario MLS® #30471762
Courtesy of Lan Burgess/RE/MAX Escarpment Realty Inc.
410-D7 - 720 SPADINA AVENUE
Toronto (University), Ontario MLS® #30472450
Courtesy of ALINA SPEKTOR/RE/MAX EXPERTS
1017 - 7 KING STREET E
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #30471697
Courtesy of UMER MIRZA/UTOPIA REAL ESTATE INC.
3926 HAZELRIDGE ROAD
Mississauga (Lisgar), Ontario MLS® #30471700
Courtesy of SIA NOMIGOLZAR/NU STREAM REALTY (TORONTO) INC.
42588 BLYTH ROAD
Morris Turnberry (Morris), Ontario MLS® #30471882
Courtesy of AMY MCCLURE/Sutton Group - First Choice Realty Ltd.
74 ROCHEFORT Street Unit# Lower
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #30471887
Courtesy of Paola Rossi Penazzo/Royal LePage Wolle Realty
1008 - 20 MCFARLANE DRIVE
Halton Hills (Georgetown), Ontario MLS® #30471894
Courtesy of JAMES TASCA/ICI SOURCE REAL ASSET SERVICES INC.
24 MITCHELL DRIVE
Kawartha Lakes (Emily), Ontario MLS® #30472020
Courtesy of Judy Revoy/Royal Heritage Realty Ltd.
2018 - 9000 JANE STREET
Vaughan (Vellore Village), Ontario MLS® #30472068
Courtesy of NASER DADGAR/REALTY EXECUTIVES PRIORITY ONE LIMITED
514 - 247 NORTHFIELD DRIVE E
Waterloo, Ontario MLS® #30472099
Courtesy of DAVE DUBBIN/SOTHEBY'S INTERNATIONAL REALTY CANADA
560 RODNEY DRIVE
North Bay (Birchaven), Ontario MLS® #30472157
Courtesy of ROB CARBONNEAU/Coldwell Banker-Peter Minogue R.E., Brokerage
2308 - 11 LEE CENTRE DRIVE
Toronto (Woburn), Ontario MLS® #30472208
Courtesy of RACHEL ALISON MOK/CENTURY 21 ATRIA REALTY INC.
111 - 1975 ROSEFIELD ROAD
Pickering (Liverpool), Ontario MLS® #30472210
Courtesy of GEETA RAJPAL/RE/MAX KEY2 REAL ESTATE
45 SMITH STREET
New Tecumseth (Alliston), Ontario MLS® #30472222
Courtesy of CASSIDY JULEE LEMOINE/RE/MAX HALLMARK CHAY REALTY
12 WAKEFIELD BOULEVARD
Essa (Angus), Ontario MLS® #30472227
Courtesy of MEI JIN/SUTTON GROUP INCENTIVE REALTY INC.
46 CHANTLER ROAD
New Tecumseth (Alliston), Ontario MLS® #30472234
Courtesy of BRIDGE GABRIEL D'SOUZA/SUTTON GROUP ELITE REALTY INC.
57 EDGEMERE PLACE
London South (South T), Ontario MLS® #30472366
Courtesy of JOSE NUNES/SUTTON GROUP - SELECT REALTY INC.
811 - 1440 HERON ROAD
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #30472392
Courtesy of Wassim Soweid/COLDWELL BANKER FIRST OTTAWA REALTY
107 - 741 KING STREET W
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #30472400
Courtesy of NADIA JUHASZ/Real Broker Ontario Ltd.
3 LEGACY COURT
Toronto (St. Andrew-Windfields), Ontario MLS® #30472436
Courtesy of BARRY COHEN/RE/MAX REALTRON BARRY COHEN HOMES INC.
3 - 10 WASDALE CRESCENT
Toronto (Englemount-Lawrence), Ontario MLS® #30472448
Courtesy of JACK DANIEL BERNSTEIN/Royal LePage Real Estate Associates
1001 - 1 CLAIRTRELL ROAD
Toronto (Willowdale East), Ontario MLS® #30472455
Courtesy of BELLA LEE/KELLER WILLIAMS REFERRED URBAN REALTY
WALK OUT - 22A AUSTIN TERRACE
Toronto (Casa Loma), Ontario MLS® #30472462
Courtesy of Benjamin Grys/SAGE REAL ESTATE LIMITED
48 KECALA ROAD
Toronto (Dorset Park), Ontario MLS® #30472481
Courtesy of SHAN HUSSAIN/RE/MAX CROSSROADS REALTY INC.
803 - 9085 JANE STREET
Vaughan (Concord), Ontario MLS® #30472525
Courtesy of OLGA PARKHOMENKO/HOMELIFE FRONTIER REALTY INC.
1050 CALMAR Place
Kamloops, British Columbia MLS® #30472638
Courtesy of Lorraine Penfound/Royal LePage Kelowna
6 FOXBURY ROAD
Uxbridge, Ontario MLS® #30472715
Courtesy of Brad D'Ornellas/Royal LePage Frank Real Estate
5 PIER STREET
Scugog, Ontario MLS® #30472727
Courtesy of NAOMI RICHMOND/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
803 - 9085 JANE STREET
Vaughan (Concord), Ontario MLS® #30472739
Courtesy of OLGA PARKHOMENKO/HOMELIFE FRONTIER REALTY INC.
317 - 430 ESSA DRIVE
Barrie (Holly), Ontario MLS® #30472746
Courtesy of ANGELA LUPO/RE/MAX PREMIER INC.
1263 QUEEN STREET W
Toronto (South Parkdale), Ontario MLS® #30472758
Courtesy of LINDA ANGELESCU/EXP REALTY
162 JOSEPH STREET
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #30472784
Courtesy of JASON O'KEEFE/REAL BROKER ONTARIO LTD.
181 HOUGHTON Avenue S
Hamilton, Ontario MLS® #30472847
Courtesy of Melissa Vaidya/RE/MAX Escarpment Realty Inc.
PT 12 MEACH ROAD
Greater Napanee (Greater Napanee), Ontario MLS® #30472854
Courtesy of KAILA BALESDENT/MCCAFFREY REALTY INC., BROKERAGE
307-309 - 1255 COMMISSIONERS ROAD W
London South (South B), Ontario MLS® #30472861
Courtesy of HARRY LAMB/SUTTON GROUP PREFERRED REALTY INC.
291 SHERWOOD DRIVE
Thunder Bay (John Street North), Ontario MLS® #30472880
Courtesy of Susan Pascoe/Signature North 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