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
1538 EGLINTON AVENUE W
Toronto (Briar Hill-Belgravia), Ontario MLS® #30133444
Courtesy of SUKHPAL SINGH GUJJAR/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.
407 - 57 ST JOSEPH STREET
Toronto (Bay Street Corridor), Ontario MLS® #30133420
Courtesy of JUN DU/CENTURY 21 ATRIA REALTY INC.
2668 KAINS ROAD
London South (South B), Ontario MLS® #30133540
Courtesy of AMEEL AGHA/AIMHOME REALTY INC.
LOWER - 431 ARLINGTON AVENUE
Toronto (Humewood-Cedarvale), Ontario MLS® #30133622
Courtesy of JACOB BERKENBLIT/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
1001 - 60 SOUTH TOWN CENTRE BOULEVARD
Markham (Unionville), Ontario MLS® #30133571
Courtesy of DAVID LO/CENTURY 21 ATRIA REALTY INC.
52 CHARLBROOK AVENUE
Barrie (Cundles East), Ontario MLS® #30133456
Courtesy of PHILIP GAMES/RED HOUSE REALTY
73 Homestead Boulevard NE
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #30133588
Courtesy of Govindam Gupta/First Place Realty
913 (ROOM 2) - 30 TRETTI WAY
Toronto (Clanton Park), Ontario MLS® #30133627
Courtesy of ISAAC HSIEH/SUTTON GROUP-ADMIRAL REALTY INC.
11 JACKSON COURT W
Welland (N. Welland), Ontario MLS® #30133660
Courtesy of ARVINDER THETHI/KINGSWAY REAL ESTATE
PH3705 - 50 BRIAN HARRISON WAY
Toronto (Bendale), Ontario MLS® #30133413
Courtesy of VICTOR SING/HOMELIFE EXCELSIOR REALTY INC.
1 - 332 SHAKESPEARE STREET
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #30133449
Courtesy of Loucas Reklitis/REMAX BOARDWALK REALTY
7 CORTLAND TERRACE
St. Thomas, Ontario MLS® #30133463
Courtesy of TED DALAL/INITIA REAL ESTATE (ONTARIO) LTD
87 ELVASTON DRIVE
Toronto (Victoria Village), Ontario MLS® #30133470
Courtesy of VIVEK KRISHNA/KING REALTY INC.
2003 Signal Hill Green SW
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #30133519
Courtesy of Olivia C. Ohuegbe/Real Estate Professionals Inc.
2929 ARVIDA CIRCLE
Mississauga (Meadowvale), Ontario MLS® #30133533
Courtesy of MIKE ELSEY/Royal LePage Real Estate Associates
1908 - 15 DAVID SALOMON DRIVE
Toronto (Flemingdon Park), Ontario MLS® #30133564
Courtesy of DONNA GAO/RE/MAX EXCEL REALTY LTD.
20 FRANK KELLY DRIVE
East Gwillimbury (Holland Landing), Ontario MLS® #30133569
Courtesy of DAVID LO/CENTURY 21 ATRIA REALTY INC.
285 BROADACRE DRIVE
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #30133583
Courtesy of AUSTIN YE/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
F - 1516 BEAVERPOND DRIVE
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #30133437
Courtesy of Monica Flores/ROYAL LEPAGE TEAM REALTY
208, 30 Cranfield Link SE
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #30133475
Courtesy of Sheri-Lee Presenger/Real Estate Professionals Inc.
313 2101 Heseltine ROAD
Regina, Saskatchewan MLS® #30133742
Courtesy of Aaron Alarcon/Realty Hub Brokerage
4906 - 50 CHARLES ST STREET E
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #30133421
Courtesy of JUN DU/CENTURY 21 ATRIA REALTY INC.
214 - 6523 WELLINGTON ROAD 7 ROAD
Centre Wellington (Elora/Salem), Ontario MLS® #30133483
Courtesy of KRIS BUTLER/M1 Real Estate Brokerage Ltd
320 Sierra Morena Green SW
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #30133527
Courtesy of Maricel McDonald/Royal LePage Benchmark
3106 - 75 QUEENS WHARF ROAD
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #30133558
Courtesy of CELINE WAN/ENGEL & VOLKERS OAKVILLE
511 - 95 MCMAHON DRIVE
Toronto (Bayview Village), Ontario MLS® #30133560
Courtesy of VICTOR FOO/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
289 LIVINGSTON ROAD
Toronto (Guildwood), Ontario MLS® #30133565
Courtesy of ALAUDDIN KAZAL/HOMELIFE/MIRACLE REALTY LTD
34 VANTAGE LOOP
Newmarket (Woodland Hill), Ontario MLS® #30133635
Courtesy of MICHAEL LA/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.
907 - 6 SONIC WAY
Toronto (Flemingdon Park), Ontario MLS® #30133628
Courtesy of LENA TENNYSON/HOMELIFE/CIMERMAN REAL ESTATE LIMITED
102 HUNTINGTON CRESCENT
Clarington (Courtice), Ontario MLS® #30133630
Courtesy of BASSEM ELDABH/CENTURY 21 ATRIA REALTY INC.
404 - 1284 GORDON STREET
Guelph (Kortright East), Ontario MLS® #30133659
Courtesy of LESLIE HANSON/ROYAL LEPAGE REALTY PLUS
94 BENHURST CRESCENT
Brampton (Northwest Brampton), Ontario MLS® #30133647
Courtesy of VINEET CHISTI/RE/MAX GOLD REALTY INC.
126 PARKVIEW AVENUE
Toronto (Willowdale East), Ontario MLS® #30133356
Courtesy of HAOCHENG ZHANG/JOYNET REALTY INC.
1208 - 11 BOGERT AVENUE
Toronto (Lansing-Westgate), Ontario MLS® #30133375
Courtesy of QING ZHANG/HOMELIFE GOLCONDA REALTY INC.
1005 - 858 COMMISSIONERS ROAD E
London South (South H), Ontario MLS® #30133407
Courtesy of ROSE REZAEI/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
2305 WATERCOLOURS WAY
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #30133438
Courtesy of Mireille Brunet/GRAPE VINE REALTY INC.
1208 - 100 PROMENADE CIRCLE
Vaughan (Brownridge), Ontario MLS® #30133414
Courtesy of QIN JULIE JIANG/AIMHOME REALTY INC.
243 RIDGE ROAD
Aurora (Aurora Estates), Ontario MLS® #30133399
Courtesy of FARAH ARYA/REMAX YOUR COMMUNITY REALTY
910 - 4633 GLEN ERIN DRIVE
Mississauga (Central Erin Mills), Ontario MLS® #30133445
Courtesy of SANDY SUN/ROYAL LEPAGE REAL ESTATE SERVICES LTD.
17 - 107 WESTRA DRIVE
Guelph/Eramosa, Ontario MLS® #30133440
Courtesy of CHRIS MOCHRIE/M1 Real Estate Brokerage Ltd
6351 MILLER'S GROVE
Mississauga (Meadowvale), Ontario MLS® #30133433
Courtesy of AMAN DHALIWAL/NEWGEN REALTY EXPERTS
83 Crease Ave
Saanich, British Columbia MLS® #30133387
Courtesy of Glen Glowinski/Team 3000 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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