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.
2811 - 310 BURNHAMTHORPE ROAD W
Mississauga (City Centre), Ontario MLS® #30492198
Courtesy of TIGER GUO/REAL HOME CANADA REALTY INC.
2481 Quill Dr
Nanaimo, British Columbia MLS® #30492725
Courtesy of Michael McKillican/Sutton Group-West Coast Realty (Nan)
336 STATION STREET
West Lincoln (Smithville), Ontario MLS® #30492376
Courtesy of MARK MEINDERSMA/RE/MAX ESCARPMENT REALTY INC.
204 110 BAXTER AVENUE
Kitimat, British Columbia MLS® #30492631
Courtesy of Annelise Miller/Century 21 Northwest Realty Ltd.
205 - 9763 MARKHAM ROAD
Markham (Greensborough), Ontario MLS® #30492737
Courtesy of TIFFAN KANNATHASAN/RE/MAX METROPOLIS REALTY
122 1ST AVENUE W
Coronach, Saskatchewan MLS® #30492509
Courtesy of June Harbottle/Royal LePage® Landmart
57 - 1220 RIVERBEND ROAD
London South (South B), Ontario MLS® #30492511
Courtesy of PULLUM V.D LUKE/HOMELIFE SILVERCITY REALTY INC.
68 ATHABASCA AC
Devon, Alberta MLS® #30492629
Courtesy of Dale W. Temple/Royal LePage Noralta Real Estate
315, 100 Auburn Meadows Manor SE
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #30492489
Courtesy of Max Malychev/CIR Realty
PT LT 4 CON 5 NEWMARKET TWP, 11 HIGHWAY
Iroquois Falls (IF - Unorganized), Ontario MLS® #30492600
Courtesy of Jessica Fortin/ZIEMINSKI REAL ESTATE INC
7 THIRD AVENUE N
South Bruce Peninsula, Ontario MLS® #30492636
Courtesy of ROBERT J. GARDHOUSE/ROYAL LEPAGE CREDIT VALLEY REAL ESTATE
1803 13438 CENTRAL AVENUE
Surrey, British Columbia MLS® #30492782
Courtesy of Lotus Yuen/RE/MAX Crest Realty
UPPER - 7056 AIRPORT ROAD
Mississauga (Malton), Ontario MLS® #30492256
Courtesy of NICHOLAS SIDER/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
356 WALLACE AVENUE
Toronto (Dovercourt-Wallace Emerson-Junction), Ontario MLS® #30492369
Courtesy of ELVA YIN TSING LEE/FIRST CLASS REALTY INC.
630 - 128 GROVEWOOD COMMON
Oakville (GO Glenorchy), Ontario MLS® #30492371
Courtesy of REIN WANG/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
7 Gray Way NW
Rural Rocky View County, Alberta MLS® #30492388
Courtesy of Tyler S. Welygan-Reiling/AGRA Risk Realty
1505 14 AV
Cold Lake, Alberta MLS® #30492802
Courtesy of Melanie D. Hogan/Royal Lepage Northern Lights Realty
78 Thornlee Crescent NW
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #30492807
Courtesy of Scott Preston/Royal LePage Mission Real Estate
2203 - 80 ABSOLUTE AVENUE
Mississauga (City Centre), Ontario MLS® #30492199
Courtesy of TIGER GUO/REAL HOME CANADA REALTY INC.
BSMT - 776 ESCOBAR CRESCENT
Mississauga (East Credit), Ontario MLS® #30492257
Courtesy of PARVEEN ARORA/RE/MAX OPTIMUM REALTY
BSMT - 45 EDUCATION ROAD
Brampton (Bram East), Ontario MLS® #30492372
Courtesy of GANESH THANGARAJAH/RE/MAX ACE REALTY INC.
1505 SIERRA AVENUE
Kingston (City Northwest), Ontario MLS® #30492315
Courtesy of HORST SCHEDDIN/CENTURY 21 HERITAGE GROUP LTD.
909 - 345 WHEAT BOOM DRIVE
Oakville (JM Joshua Meadows), Ontario MLS® #30492334
Courtesy of MARK POSPISIL/RE/MAX ABOUTOWNE REALTY CORP.
3911 - 19 GRAND TRUNK CRESCENT
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #30492358
Courtesy of TANNY LIN/CONDOWONG REAL ESTATE INC.
11152 97 ST NW
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #30492574
Courtesy of Justin E. Lafavor/MaxWell Challenge Realty
69 NAPIER STREET
Barrie (Codrington), Ontario MLS® #30492505
Courtesy of STEPHANIE KATHLEEN ADAMS/HARVEY KALLES REAL ESTATE LTD.
34 JEFFREY DRIVE
Guelph (Grange Road), Ontario MLS® #30492517
Courtesy of INDERJEET SINGH/RE/MAX GOLD REALTY INC.
2, 1516 11 Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #30492411
Courtesy of Richard Chau/RE/MAX Realty Professionals
75 OAKRIDGE North DR
St. Albert, Alberta MLS® #30492454
Courtesy of Vincenzo C. Fiacco/RE/MAX Excellence
162 Sagewood Drive SW
Airdrie, Alberta MLS® #30492598
Courtesy of Sylvia Solis-Marasco/Royal LePage Blue Sky
226 FOSTER SIDE ROAD
Drummond/North Elmsley, Ontario MLS® #30492649
Courtesy of Sheri Mahon-Fournier/COLDWELL BANKER SETTLEMENT REALTY
531 TERRACE WAY
Oakville (SH Sixteen Hollow), Ontario MLS® #30492834
Courtesy of FENNY CHEN/BAY STREET INTEGRITY REALTY INC.
427, 100 2 Avenue S
Lethbridge, Alberta MLS® #30492846
Courtesy of Michele Versteeg/Lethbridge Real Estate.com
430 RIDEAU RIVER Street
Waterloo, Ontario MLS® #30492853
Courtesy of Lei Xin/Solid State Realty Inc.
BSMT - 30 BOSWELL DRIVE
Brampton (Bram East), Ontario MLS® #30492373
Courtesy of URDEEP SINGH ARORA/RE/MAX MILLENNIUM REAL ESTATE
240 WILSON Avenue
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #30492380
Courtesy of Zlatko Ramic/Re/Max Twin City Realty Inc.
17 - 18 LYTHAM GREEN CIRCLE
Newmarket (Glenway Estates), Ontario MLS® #30492304
Courtesy of ZACH KING/RE/MAX HALLMARK YORK GROUP REALTY LTD.
806 GREENBANK ROAD
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #30492316
Courtesy of JAMES TASCA/ICI SOURCE REAL ASSET SERVICES INC.
228 WESTCOURT PLACE
Waterloo, Ontario MLS® #30492335
Courtesy of YUNA YANG/BAY STREET INTEGRITY REALTY INC.
1703 - 32 FOREST MANOR ROAD
Toronto (Henry Farm), Ontario MLS® #30492291
Courtesy of GINNIE YEUNG/FIRST CLASS 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
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