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
6002 49th Ave
Bonnyville Town, Alberta MLS® #30143807
Courtesy of Vince J. Kelly/RE/MAX Bonnyville Realty
5 JARDIN HILL COURT
Toronto (Hillcrest Village), Ontario MLS® #30149554
Courtesy of BONNIE BO LI/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
42 GLENGARRY ROAD
Orangeville, Ontario MLS® #30149573
Courtesy of JENNIFER LYNNE HORNE/ROYAL LEPAGE RCR REALTY
1039 SNIDERS BAY ROAD
Gravenhurst (Muskoka (S)), Ontario MLS® #30149574
Courtesy of MARIA ZARETCHNEV/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY LTD.
#213 5005 165 AV NW NW
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #30149219
Courtesy of . Joga Singh/Nationwide Realty Corp
BSMT - 3 APPLEAIRE CRESCENT
Brampton (Sandringham-Wellington), Ontario MLS® #30149570
Courtesy of ANGELA CARTY/RE/MAX EXPERTS
130 Crystal Springs Drive
Rural Wetaskiwin County, Alberta MLS® #30149277
Courtesy of Christine F. McFarland/MaxWell Progressive
202 - 25 AGNES STREET
Mississauga (Cooksville), Ontario MLS® #30149569
Courtesy of Hari Shukla/EXP REALTY
1807 TATTERSALL WAY
Mississauga (Central Erin Mills), Ontario MLS® #30149571
Courtesy of RUBEN FURTADO/ROCK STAR REAL ESTATE INC.
14 - 1310 GULLEDEN DRIVE
Mississauga (Applewood), Ontario MLS® #30149572
Courtesy of BELINDA MARIE LELLI/ROYAL LEPAGE REAL ESTATE SERVICES LTD.
7943 SOUTHRIDGE AVENUE
Prince George, British Columbia MLS® #30149053
Courtesy of Aaron Switzer/RE/MAX Core Realty
148 CARTER CRESCENT
Cambridge, Ontario MLS® #30145172
Courtesy of MICHELLE WOBST/RE/MAX Real Estate Centre Inc
11 - 101 SWALES AVENUE
Strathroy-Caradoc (SW), Ontario MLS® #30145595
Courtesy of STEWART BLAIR/ROYAL LEPAGE TRILAND REALTY
561 PETRICHOR CRESCENT
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #30145610
Courtesy of Hussein Zeineddine/ENGEL & VOLKERS OTTAWA
3672 BROADWAY AVENUE
Smithers, British Columbia MLS® #30145634
Courtesy of Phil Bernier/Calderwood Realty Ltd.
316 FAIRBROOKE CRES
THUNDER BAY, Ontario MLS® #30145639
Courtesy of ALLISON BELLUZ/RE/MAX GENERATIONS REALTY
146 LYNDEN Road
Lynden, Ontario MLS® #30145672
Courtesy of Rob Golfi/RE/MAX Escarpment Golfi Realty Inc.
703 - 38 STEWART STREET
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #30145689
Courtesy of HARPREET RAI/RE/MAX PRESIDENT REALTY
8351 MILLER CRESCENT
Mission, British Columbia MLS® #30145709
Courtesy of Pardeep Sandhu/Real Broker B.C. Ltd.
9762 116 STREET
Surrey, British Columbia MLS® #30145711
Courtesy of Jodi Steeves/RE/MAX Aldercenter Realty
117 AMBERCROFT BOULEVARD N
Toronto (Steeles), Ontario MLS® #30145723
Courtesy of ANGELA FUNG YIM MA/NU STREAM REALTY (TORONTO) INC.
4 Abbey Drive
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island MLS® #30145817
Courtesy of Kimberly Rashed/ROYAL LEPAGE PRINCE EDWARD REALTY
51017 Rge Rd 14
Rural Parkland County, Alberta MLS® #30145829
Courtesy of Mackenzie Bilokraly/RE/MAX PREFERRED CHOICE
139 Silver Beach RD
Rural Wetaskiwin County, Alberta MLS® #30145831
Courtesy of Manny Fuller/Real Broker
14255 62B AVENUE
Surrey, British Columbia MLS® #30148328
Courtesy of Rana Dhaliwal/Century 21 Coastal Realty Ltd.
3294 Henderson Rd
Oak Bay, British Columbia MLS® #30148486
Courtesy of Colevin Crause/Royal LePage Coast Capital - Oak Bay
2601 - 50 TOWN CENTRE COURT
Toronto (Bendale), Ontario MLS® #30148537
Courtesy of DANNY ZHANG/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
19683 74 AVENUE
Langley, British Columbia MLS® #30148599
Courtesy of Ann Garg/Century 21 AAA Realty Inc.
302 Chelsom MANOR
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan MLS® #30148607
Courtesy of Eryn Kaye/Coldwell Banker Signature
1 2923 Shelbourne St
Victoria, British Columbia MLS® #30148657
Courtesy of William Xu/Pemberton Holmes Ltd.
200 Grand Boulevard Unit# 127
Kamloops, British Columbia MLS® #30148671
Courtesy of Blair Rota/eXp Realty (Kamloops)
#304 - 300 ESSA ROAD
Barrie (400 West), Ontario MLS® #30148683
Courtesy of ASHLEY LAMB/RE/MAX HALLMARK CHAY REALTY
14919 SPENSER DRIVE
Surrey, British Columbia MLS® #30148688
Courtesy of Jay Khun Khun/Nationwide Realty Corp.
55 WILLIAM CRISP DRIVE E
Caledon (Alton), Ontario MLS® #30148708
Courtesy of LORENA MARC/RE/MAX ICON REALTY
133 HOWARD ROAD
Chatham-Kent, Ontario MLS® #30148715
Courtesy of KHUSHWANT SINGH/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.
7963 178 ST NW
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #30148777
Courtesy of Dan J. Kiryluk/Royal LePage Noralta Real Estate
1185 Stuart Pl
Ladysmith, British Columbia MLS® #30148791
Courtesy of Brianne Mactier/eXp Realty (NA)
137 CAMBRIDGE AVENUE
Iroquois Falls, Ontario MLS® #30146620
Courtesy of Tyler Fortin/ZIEMINSKI REAL ESTATE INC
309 CROSSWAY TERRACE
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #30146637
Courtesy of Gaurav Kapoor/CENTURY 21 SYNERGY REALTY INC.
114 Alexandra Avenue
Bridgewater, Nova Scotia MLS® #30146644
Courtesy of Eric Pettigrew/RE/MAX Banner Real Estate (Bridgewater)
14 PINE CRESCENT
Toronto (The Beaches), Ontario MLS® #30146702
Courtesy of Lisa Worth/RE/MAX HALLMARK 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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Toronto Neighbourhood Guide
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