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
104 GREAT OAK DRIVE
Toronto (Princess-Rosethorn), Ontario MLS® #29908341
Courtesy of FRANK LE/RE/MAX WEST REALTY INC.
1 HELENA ISLAND
Gravenhurst (Muskoka (S)), Ontario MLS® #29908411
Courtesy of DAN IMRIE/Chestnut Park Real Estate
4897 VICTORIA AVENUE
Lincoln (Lincoln-Jordan/Vineland), Ontario MLS® #29908447
Courtesy of Claire Burden/BOSLEY REAL ESTATE LTD.,
2810 - 180 FRONT STREET E
Toronto (Moss Park), Ontario MLS® #29908459
Courtesy of DAN WONG/CONDOWONG REAL ESTATE INC.
407 - 1 EDGEWATER DRIVE
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29908466
Courtesy of JAMES TASCA/ICI SOURCE REAL ASSET SERVICES INC.
69 DAGMAR AVENUE
Toronto (South Riverdale), Ontario MLS® #29908473
Courtesy of SHAUN HSU/SUTTON GROUP-ASSOCIATES REALTY INC.
119 THORNHILL WOODS DRIVE
Vaughan (Patterson), Ontario MLS® #29908480
Courtesy of NISSAN PEISAHOV/UPPERSIDE REAL ESTATE LIMITED
2 - 3 SAWMILL ROAD
Barrie (Ardagh), Ontario MLS® #29908485
Courtesy of ANNA WITRIAK/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
1234 UPPER PAUDASH LAKE ROAD
Highlands East (Cardiff Ward), Ontario MLS® #29908310
Courtesy of Vera Mainguy/Homelife Preferred Realty Inc.
3 Willow Road
Grand Falls - Windsor, Newfoundland & Labrador MLS® #29908721
Courtesy of Justin Cox/Keller Williams Platinum Realty - Grand Falls
19 Larner Street
St. John's, Newfoundland & Labrador MLS® #29908726
Courtesy of Andrew Gosse/Royal LePage Atlantic Homestead
5 LAW DRIVE
Guelph (Grange Road), Ontario MLS® #29908788
Courtesy of BRETT W. REICHERT/Keller Williams Home Group Realty
2210 - 188 CUMBERLAND STREET
Toronto (Annex), Ontario MLS® #29908808
Courtesy of MAX YAO/RE/MAX IMPERIAL REALTY INC.
230 St Patrick ST
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario MLS® #29908853
Courtesy of Carlo Gervasi/Century 21 Choice Realty Inc.
10 SELKIRK Street
Cambridge, Ontario MLS® #29908858
Courtesy of LISA HARLOCK/ROYAL LEPAGE CROWN REALTY SERVICES
12 EMICK Drive
Ancaster, Ontario MLS® #29908860
Courtesy of Rod Frank/RE/MAX Escarpment Frank Realty
359 HIGHBROOK Crescent
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #29908865
Courtesy of ANURAG SHARMA/RE/MAX Twin City Realty Inc.
409 5511 Bilby Street
Halifax, Nova Scotia MLS® #29908884
Courtesy of Jillian Purves/Red Door Realty
B - 348 STERLING AVENUE
Clarence-Rockland, Ontario MLS® #29908889
Courtesy of Denis Roy/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
472 SUMMERPARK CRESCENT
Pickering (Amberlea), Ontario MLS® #29908928
Courtesy of TONYA MCINTYRE/RE/MAX HALLMARK FIRST GROUP REALTY LTD.
31 - 2800 SKYMARK AVENUE
Mississauga (Airport Corporate), Ontario MLS® #29908978
Courtesy of DHARSAN MANOOHARAN/HOMELIFE/MIRACLE REALTY LTD
1045 SPADINA ROAD
Toronto (Forest Hill North), Ontario MLS® #29908923
Courtesy of FAITHE SVERSKY/FOREST HILL REAL ESTATE INC.
20 - 1430 GORD VINSON AVENUE
Clarington (Courtice), Ontario MLS® #29908930
Courtesy of GREG MILLER/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
3965 THOMAS ALTON BOULEVARD
Burlington (Alton), Ontario MLS® #29908985
Courtesy of CHARANJIT SINGH BAWA/KING REALTY INC.
54 LOCKHEED BOULEVARD
Toronto (Humber Heights), Ontario MLS® #29908973
Courtesy of ASHER LEVY-BENCHETON/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
18 - 494 ELGIN STREET W
Cobourg, Ontario MLS® #29909008
Courtesy of Gary Hibbert/Royal LePage Our Neighbourhood Realty
17 Maclaren Place
St Johns, Newfoundland & Labrador MLS® #29909010
Courtesy of Kent Green/RE/MAX Infinity Realty Inc.
20 HINES CRESCENT
London South (South Q), Ontario MLS® #29909015
Courtesy of DALLAS POSTHUMUS/RE/MAX CENTRE CITY REALTY INC.
202 BADGELEY AVENUE
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #29909034
Courtesy of Sam Moussa/RE/MAX HALLMARK SAM MOUSSA REALTY
245 MICHENER DRIVE
North Bay (Birchaven), Ontario MLS® #29909046
Courtesy of THOMAS CASEY/Century 21 Blue Sky Region Realty Inc., Brokerage
29 MEADOW WOOD COURT
North Bay (Ferris), Ontario MLS® #29909445
Courtesy of MIKE HOLMES B.A./Royal LePage Northern Life Realty, Brokerage
335 HALDIMAND RD 12
Fisherville, Ontario MLS® #29909457
Courtesy of Simone Caprice-PAYNE/Progressive Realty Group Inc.
55 FARNHAM AVENUE
Toronto (Yonge-St. Clair), Ontario MLS® #29908810
Courtesy of REBECCA KLACZKOWSKI/CHESTNUT PARK REAL ESTATE LIMITED
1016 - 5 SHADY GOLFWAY
Toronto (Flemingdon Park), Ontario MLS® #29908461
Courtesy of ELLEN XIAO-HONG CHEN/REAL ONE REALTY INC.
33 REGINA AVENUE
Toronto (Englemount-Lawrence), Ontario MLS® #29908365
Courtesy of SANDRA YOU CHIN/SUTTON GROUP-ADMIRAL REALTY INC.
1449 FARROW CRESCENT
Innisfil (Alcona), Ontario MLS® #29909301
Courtesy of KIMBERLEY STEPHENSON/CENTURY 21 HERITAGE GROUP LTD.
460 Mary ST
Thunder Bay, Ontario MLS® #29909375
Courtesy of MICHAEL VENEZIALE/SIGNATURE NORTH REALTY INC.
Ruel Du Lac Gaspereau
Mayflower, Nova Scotia MLS® #29909438
Courtesy of Suzanne Amirault/Engel & Volkers (Yarmouth)
1 Maclean CRESCENT
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan MLS® #29909940
Courtesy of Darrell W Bartko/Realty Executives Saskatoon
PH3 - 2 AUGUSTA AVENUE
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29910269
Courtesy of TYLER COHEN/RE/MAX REALTRON BARRY COHEN HOMES 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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