73 SUPERIOR Street
Devon, Alberta MLS® #29441052
Courtesy of Erin Holowach/ComFree
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
3739 Casorso Road Unit# 101
Kelowna, British Columbia MLS® #29454225
Courtesy of Mike Mychalyshyn/Unison Jane Hoffman Realty
3079 RED BLUFF ROAD
Quesnel, British Columbia MLS® #29454382
Courtesy of Curtis Burbs Burbee/Royal LePage Aspire Realty (Qsnl)
2031 MCPHERSON WYND
Williams Lake, British Columbia MLS® #29454820
Courtesy of Tanya Rankin/Tanya Rankin Ltd
3505 - 8 INTERCHANGE WAY
Vaughan (Vaughan Corporate Centre), Ontario MLS® #29454971
Courtesy of NOANNE CHEN/MEHOME REALTY (ONTARIO) INC.
UPPER - 2838 KINGSBERRY CRESCENT
Mississauga (Cooksville), Ontario MLS® #29454976
Courtesy of JANICE ZHANG/DREAM HOME REALTY INC.
3608 - 42 CHARLES STREET E
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29454957
Courtesy of KATRINA CHU/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
2111 - 210 SIMCOE STREET
Toronto (University), Ontario MLS® #29454952
Courtesy of NAIXIN ZHANG/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
42 ROUGECREST DRIVE
Markham (Markham Village), Ontario MLS® #29454964
Courtesy of LUSI LI/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
14 SANDRINGHAM CIRCLE
Orangeville, Ontario MLS® #29455006
Courtesy of JUSTIN JAMES WALL/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.
1306 - 50 ANN O'REILLY ROAD
Toronto (Henry Farm), Ontario MLS® #29454988
Courtesy of CALEB CHAN/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.
202 - 620 ALDEN ROAD
Markham (Milliken Mills West), Ontario MLS® #29455001
Courtesy of BIN JI/MASTER'S CHOICE REALTY INC.
277 LAWRENCE AVENUE E
Toronto (Bridle Path-Sunnybrook-York Mills), Ontario MLS® #29454953
Courtesy of RAYMOND XU/EASTIDE REALTY
702 - 36 LEE CENTRE DRIVE
Toronto (Woburn), Ontario MLS® #29454958
Courtesy of TOMY JIAN/MASTER'S TRUST REALTY INC.
3212 DANFORTH AVENUE
Toronto (Oakridge), Ontario MLS® #29454960
Courtesy of RAYMOND PAU/REAL BROKER ONTARIO LTD.
LOWER - 209 DUNSMORE LANE
Barrie (Georgian Drive), Ontario MLS® #29454972
Courtesy of JEREMY VIDAL/RE/MAX ULTIMATE REALTY INC.
621 - 1 MAISON PARK COURT
Vaughan (Lakeview Estates), Ontario MLS® #29455002
Courtesy of FAY TSATSKINA/HOMELIFE FRONTIER REALTY INC.
6607 - 14 YORK STREET
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29454989
Courtesy of SAVANNAH WENG/RE/MAX DASH REALTY
29 WEXFORD Avenue N
Hamilton, Ontario MLS® #29454889
Courtesy of Chase Siberry-Bennett/Keller Williams Edge Realty
29 DRYDEN WAY
Toronto (Willowridge-Martingrove-Richview), Ontario MLS® #29454973
Courtesy of AZARD ALI/GRAND VISTA REALTY INC.
39 MEADOWLARK DRIVE
Port Colborne (Main Street), Ontario MLS® #29454980
Courtesy of LINDA WANG/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
90 SNOWDON CIRCLE
Markham (Markville), Ontario MLS® #29454966
Courtesy of BETTY DENG/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
3212 DANFORTH AVENUE
Toronto (Oakridge), Ontario MLS® #29454961
Courtesy of RAYMOND PAU/REAL BROKER ONTARIO LTD.
496 ELGIN STREET N
Cambridge, Ontario MLS® #29455010
Courtesy of JEREMY VIDAL/RE/MAX ULTIMATE REALTY INC.
1001 - 151 AVENUE ROAD
Toronto (Annex), Ontario MLS® #29454992
Courtesy of SAVANNAH WENG/RE/MAX DASH REALTY
5 FARINA DRIVE
Brampton (Toronto Gore Rural Estate), Ontario MLS® #29455003
Courtesy of HARDEEP BOUGHAN/RE/MAX REALTY SERVICES INC.
2593 DURYEE STREET
Oil Springs, Ontario MLS® #29454985
Courtesy of RENATA KAIJSER/STREETCITY REALTY INC.
60 FREDERICK Street Unit# 2710
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #29454885
Courtesy of Diana Lavinia Martin/Re/Max Icon Realty
25 SEABORN ROAD
Brampton (Madoc), Ontario MLS® #29454974
Courtesy of SURESHKUMAR KANGAYAMPALAYAM MANIAN/RE/MAX TWIN CITY REALTY INC.
55 TAYLOR ROAD
Ajax (South East), Ontario MLS® #29454962
Courtesy of GAVIN GAO/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
101 - 99A FARLEY ROAD
Centre Wellington (Fergus), Ontario MLS® #29454948
Courtesy of CHRIS MOCHRIE/M1 Real Estate Brokerage Ltd
204 - 1100 LANSDOWNE AVENUE
Toronto (Dovercourt-Wallace Emerson-Junction), Ontario MLS® #29455009
Courtesy of ROOPALI RAJPAL/SUTTON GROUP REALTY SYSTEMS INC.
374 NIAGARA STONE ROAD
Niagara-on-the-Lake (Rural), Ontario MLS® #29454936
Courtesy of Kate Finora/RE/MAX NIAGARA REALTY LTD, BROKERAGE
274 - 3 EVERSON DRIVE
Toronto (Willowdale East), Ontario MLS® #29454993
Courtesy of MICHAEL SUN/AIMHOME REALTY INC.
1512 - 395 SQUARE ONE DRIVE
Mississauga (City Centre), Ontario MLS® #29455004
Courtesy of ANDY QIU/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
365 GOLDEN ORCHARD ROAD
Vaughan (Patterson), Ontario MLS® #29454998
Courtesy of RITA ZHU/SMART SOLD REALTY
8 KINNEY GATE
Vaughan (Maple), Ontario MLS® #29454970
Courtesy of MASE DHIRANI/RE/MAX ULTIMATE REALTY INC.
#801 - 372 HIGHWAY 7 E
Richmond Hill (Doncrest), Ontario MLS® #29454968
Courtesy of LOUISA PO-HAR LAU/CENTURY 21 HERITAGE GROUP LTD.
3 REUBEN STREET
Aurora (Aurora Village), Ontario MLS® #29454963
Courtesy of IRINA SHULDINER/KINGSWAY REAL ESTATE
1202 - 9 BOGERT AVENUE
Toronto (Lansing-Westgate), Ontario MLS® #29454956
Courtesy of FAN GAO/RE/MAX REALTRON JIM MO REALTY
21 KILREA WAY
Brampton (Credit Valley), Ontario MLS® #29455005
Courtesy of MAHANJOT SODHI/CENTURY 21 LEGACY LTD.
99 BANNOCKBURN AVENUE
Toronto (Bedford Park-Nortown), Ontario MLS® #29454994
Courtesy of JOHN LI/ROYAL LEPAGE GOLDEN RIDGE REALTY
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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