3303 70 Avenue
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.
4807 44 Ave
Stony Plain, Alberta MLS® #29210474
Courtesy of Rohin Geis/Royal LePage Noralta Real Estate
88 BRISCOE STREET E
London South (South F), Ontario MLS® #29606224
Courtesy of KELLEY MCINTYRE/ROYAL LEPAGE TRILAND REALTY
26839 CIVIC CENTRE ROAD
Georgina (Historic Lakeshore Communities), Ontario MLS® #29606584
Courtesy of FRANK POLSINELLO/EXP REALTY
2057 MERLOT BOULEVARD
Abbotsford, British Columbia MLS® #29606616
Courtesy of Bhinder Sharma/Royal LePage Global Force Realty
321 Stone TERRACE
Martensville, Saskatchewan MLS® #29606647
Courtesy of Jessica Nakrayko/Coldwell Banker Signature
1546 KING STREET W
Toronto (South Parkdale), Ontario MLS® #29606642
Courtesy of CHANDER M. CHADDAH/SUTTON GROUP-ASSOCIATES REALTY INC.
14 Blarney Stone Place
Paradise, Newfoundland & Labrador MLS® #29606541
Courtesy of JUSTIN SPURRELL/RE/MAX Realty Specialists
26839 CIVIC CENTRE ROAD
Georgina (Historic Lakeshore Communities), Ontario MLS® #29606591
Courtesy of FRANK POLSINELLO/EXP REALTY
520 - 111 UPPER DUKE CRESCENT
Markham (Unionville), Ontario MLS® #29606589
Courtesy of ELSIE CHEN/CENTURY 21 ATRIA REALTY INC.
6015 106 ST NW
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #29606630
Courtesy of Brad Warkentin/Century 21 All Stars Realty Ltd
56 GILMOUR DRIVE
Ajax (Central), Ontario MLS® #29606572
Courtesy of ADAM REINHARD/RE/MAX HALLMARK FIRST GROUP REALTY LTD.
2560 LADYFERN CROSSING
Pickering (Duffin Heights), Ontario MLS® #29606394
Courtesy of LAURA VAN DUSEN/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
307 ERINDALE Drive
Burlington, Ontario MLS® #29606510
Courtesy of Serryn Stephenson/Coldwell Banker Homefront Realty
314 EQUESTRIAN Way Unit# 33
Cambridge, Ontario MLS® #29606527
Courtesy of POOJA DEVGAN/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.
1047 Boxcar Close
Langford, British Columbia MLS® #29606539
Courtesy of Caitlin McKenna/Royal LePage Nanaimo Realty LD
2707 - 70 TEMPERANCE STREET
Toronto (Bay Street Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29606560
Courtesy of LUCY XU/PSR
450 JANETVILLE ROAD
Kawartha Lakes (Manvers), Ontario MLS® #29606483
Courtesy of JAMI JOY/RE/MAX ALL-STARS REALTY INC.
1507 - 388 BLOOR STREET E
Toronto (Rosedale-Moore Park), Ontario MLS® #29606553
Courtesy of SUSI KOSTYNIUK/Royal Lepage Real Estate Associates
200 BRANT Avenue
Brantford, Ontario MLS® #29606351
Courtesy of Renee Marrelli/Century 21 Heritage House LTD
607 - 10 ALL NATIONS DRIVE
Brampton (Northwest Brampton), Ontario MLS® #29606438
Courtesy of DHARMINDER SINGH BHATTI/HOMELIFE/MIRACLE REALTY LTD
3 WATERFORD CRESCENT
Hamilton (Lakeshore), Ontario MLS® #29606281
Courtesy of MARK STEELE/KELLER WILLIAMS INNOVATION REALTY
131 WATER STREET
Chatham-Kent (Wallaceburg), Ontario MLS® #29606010
Courtesy of AMANDA MOREIRA/THRIVE REALTY GROUP INC.
80 Gordon DRIVE
Mckillop Rm No. 220, Saskatchewan MLS® #29606200
Courtesy of Jennifer Fuessel/RE/MAX Crown Real Estate
532 Harmony Ridge Road
Harmony, Nova Scotia MLS® #29606407
Courtesy of Hayley Thomas/Royal LePage Atlantic
148 BINDER TWINE TRAIL
Brampton (Fletcher's Creek Village), Ontario MLS® #29606262
Courtesy of KEN DHADIAL/RE/MAX REALTY SERVICES INC.
Lot 1 Brickyard Road
Albert Bridge, Nova Scotia MLS® #29606128
Courtesy of Jennifer Kyte-MacDonald/Keller Williams Select Realty(Sydney,Townsend St.)
20 DUNN DRIVE
Richmond Hill (Oak Ridges Lake Wilcox), Ontario MLS® #29605904
Courtesy of BING DONG/SMART SOLD REALTY
302 Edgewood Cres
Duncan, British Columbia MLS® #29606298
Courtesy of Mike Eddy/Sutton Group-West Coast Realty (Dunc)
82 BROOKVIEW CRESCENT
Brockville, Ontario MLS® #29606236
Courtesy of Kathy MacDonald/HOMELIFE/DLK REAL ESTATE LTD
55 Bradene Rd
Metchosin, British Columbia MLS® #29606243
Courtesy of Drew Kernovich/Pemberton Holmes Ltd.
1148 BRIDLEWOOD TRAIL
Oakville (GA Glen Abbey), Ontario MLS® #29606274
Courtesy of EDDIE WANG/RE/MAX ABOUTOWNE REALTY CORP.
46 BROADWAY Street
Kensington, Prince Edward Island MLS® #29606440
Courtesy of Anthony Sant/EXIT Realty PEI
ROOM B - 21 DENBURY COURT
Whitby (Brooklin), Ontario MLS® #29606868
Courtesy of SARAH MATTHEWS/UNION CAPITAL REALTY
21 ROBIN COURT
Barrie (Cundles East), Ontario MLS® #29606914
Courtesy of Jeffrey Hastings/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
3075 ERNEST APPELBE BOULEVARD
Oakville (GO Glenorchy), Ontario MLS® #29606969
Courtesy of HARRY JUSEOK LEE/EXP REALTY
22302 TWP RD 504
Rural Leduc County, Alberta MLS® #29607203
Courtesy of Heather J. Morris/MORE Real Estate
317 KEEWATIN AVENUE
Toronto (Mount Pleasant East), Ontario MLS® #29607215
Courtesy of ALAN C. MESCHINO/ROYAL LEPAGE TERREQUITY REALTY
910 - 225 VILLAGE GREEN SQUARE
Toronto (Agincourt South-Malvern West), Ontario MLS® #29607234
Courtesy of GINA ZHENG/HOMECOMFORT REALTY INC.
619 - 8 INTERCHANGE WAY
Vaughan (Vaughan Corporate Centre), Ontario MLS® #29607253
Courtesy of FANGFANG MA/AIMHOME REALTY INC.
2741 Dufferin Ave
Oak Bay, British Columbia MLS® #29607241
Courtesy of James Fehr/Newport Realty Ltd.
15 DONALD BUTTRESS BOULEVARD E
Markham (Cathedraltown), Ontario MLS® #29607258
Courtesy of STEPHANIE LI/PROMPTON REAL ESTATE SERVICES CORP.
204 MCROBERTS AVENUE
Toronto (Corso Italia-Davenport), Ontario MLS® #29607296
Courtesy of RICHARD SHERMAN/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
68 Chaparral Ridge Park SE
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #29606135
Courtesy of Uros Markovic/The Real Estate District
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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