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.
6002 49th Ave
Bonnyville Town, Alberta MLS® #30143807
Courtesy of Vince J. Kelly/RE/MAX Bonnyville Realty
908 - 3 REAN DRIVE
Toronto (Bayview Village), Ontario MLS® #30290946
Courtesy of MASOUD GHOLAMIPOSHTMASARI/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
316 237 Youville Drive NW NW
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #30291014
Courtesy of Ishwarjot Sohi/Royal Lepage Arteam Realty
705 - 91 MONTCLAIR AVENUE
Toronto (Forest Hill South), Ontario MLS® #30290941
Courtesy of AMY YOUNG-MIN KIM/BAYTREE REAL ESTATE INC.
45 BOULTON TRAIL
Oakville (GO Glenorchy), Ontario MLS® #30290953
Courtesy of LUMI ANASTASE/Right At Home Realty, Brokerage
131 COLOMBO CRESCENT
Vaughan (Maple), Ontario MLS® #30290965
Courtesy of SUMIT ARORA/THE CANADIAN HOME REALTY INC.
274 CARNWITH DRIVE E
Whitby (Brooklin), Ontario MLS® #30290958
Courtesy of RAJBIR SINGH PUREWAL/RE/MAX REALTY SERVICES INC.
3259 CARABELLA WAY
Mississauga (Churchill Meadows), Ontario MLS® #30290977
Courtesy of PINDER SINGH/ROYAL LEPAGE MEADOWTOWNE REALTY
61 - 1040 RIVERSIDE DRIVE
London North (North Q), Ontario MLS® #30290989
Courtesy of OWEN PRICE/KELLER WILLIAMS LIFESTYLES
3203 - 4065 CONFEDERATION PARKWAY
Mississauga (City Centre), Ontario MLS® #30291007
Courtesy of WEN ZHENG/KINGSWAY REAL ESTATE
#202 205 Jennifer Heilway
Spruce Grove, Alberta MLS® #30167519
Courtesy of Rakesh Chadha/Logic Realty
207 - 8 MERCER STREET
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #30290947
Courtesy of JAMIE WU/PROMPTON REAL ESTATE SERVICES CORP.
491 SUMMERIDGE DRIVE
Vaughan (Patterson), Ontario MLS® #30290966
Courtesy of SANDY ZHOU/CENTURY 21 LEADING EDGE REALTY INC.
A307 - 1117 COOKE BOULEVARD
Burlington (LaSalle), Ontario MLS® #30290973
Courtesy of NNEKA THERESA UBOSI/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY, BROKERAGE
1277 HILLVIEW CRESCENT
Oakville (FA Falgarwood), Ontario MLS® #30290978
Courtesy of RUBEN FURTADO/CORCORAN HORIZON REALTY
94 HAROLD STREET
Brampton (Brampton South), Ontario MLS® #30290980
Courtesy of DAN WON/SUTTON GROUP REALTY SYSTEMS INC.
157 HEWARD AVENUE
Toronto (South Riverdale), Ontario MLS® #30290992
Courtesy of AUDREY AZAD/RE/MAX HALLMARK ESTATE GROUP REALTY LTD.
20 THE GREENERY
Oakville (RO River Oaks), Ontario MLS® #30291003
Courtesy of YIN YAO/RE/MAX IMPERIAL REALTY INC.
157 DOUGHERTY CRESCENT
Whitchurch-Stouffville (Stouffville), Ontario MLS® #30290997
Courtesy of MOSES CHAN/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
37 - 2610 KETTERING PLACE
London South (South U), Ontario MLS® #30291008
Courtesy of TEJ THAKOR/ROYAL LEPAGE TERRA REALTY
45 MARKSAM Road Unit# 121
Guelph, Ontario MLS® #30290900
Courtesy of MD Hasan Imam/RE/MAX TWIN CITY REALTY INC.
57 LOCKE STREET S
Hamilton (Strathcona), Ontario MLS® #30291011
Courtesy of JAWEED GHULAMI/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
2610 - 12 YORK STREET
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #30290948
Courtesy of OWEN ZHANG/RE/MAX REALTRON JIM MO REALTY
533 - 91 MONTCLAIR AVENUE
Toronto (Forest Hill South), Ontario MLS® #30290943
Courtesy of AMY YOUNG-MIN KIM/BAYTREE REAL ESTATE INC.
1801 - 188 FAIRVIEW MALL DRIVE
Toronto (Don Valley Village), Ontario MLS® #30290950
Courtesy of JAMIE WU/PROMPTON REAL ESTATE SERVICES CORP.
99 BURNDEAN COURT
Richmond Hill (Westbrook), Ontario MLS® #30290962
Courtesy of EILEEN SONG/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
188 PARADELLE DRIVE
Richmond Hill (Oak Ridges Lake Wilcox), Ontario MLS® #30290967
Courtesy of HORACE TSANG/GOLDENWAY REAL ESTATE LTD.
75 HOEY CRESCENT
Oakville (GO Glenorchy), Ontario MLS® #30290974
Courtesy of DANIEL YANG/SMART SOLD REALTY
331 - 895 MAPLE AVENUE
Burlington (Brant), Ontario MLS® #30290979
Courtesy of RUBEN FURTADO/CORCORAN HORIZON REALTY
9 ADAM OATES HEIGHTS
Toronto (Downsview-Roding-CFB), Ontario MLS® #30290981
Courtesy of NGOC-LAN TRUONG/Avenue Group Realty Inc.
6 ATHLONE ROAD
Toronto (East York), Ontario MLS® #30290993
Courtesy of MAHSHID YOUSEFI/REMAX YOUR COMMUNITY REALTY
7505 - 448 BURNHAMTHORPE ROAD W
Mississauga (City Centre), Ontario MLS® #30291004
Courtesy of MAHANJOT SODHI/CENTURY 21 LEGACY LTD.
113 SOUTHWOOD DRIVE
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #30291009
Courtesy of VIKTOR VERBITSKY/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
1006 - 28 LINDEN STREET
Toronto (North St. James Town), Ontario MLS® #30290949
Courtesy of MAHROKH AHANKHAH/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
177 - 30 TIMES SQUARE BOULEVARD
Hamilton (Stoney Creek Mountain), Ontario MLS® #30291012
Courtesy of Zabina Meru/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
2003 - 898 PORTAGE PARKWAY PLACE
Vaughan (Vaughan Corporate Centre), Ontario MLS® #30290968
Courtesy of WINHAN WONG/SUTTON GROUP-ASSOCIATES REALTY INC.
42 THORNCROFT CRESCENT
Ajax (South East), Ontario MLS® #30290937
Courtesy of Marina Vazzana/Royal Heritage Realty Ltd.
2108 - 72 ESTHER SHINER BOULEVARD
Toronto (Bayview Village), Ontario MLS® #30290944
Courtesy of Ena Kim/RETREND REALTY LTD
9 REBECCA STREET
Toronto (Trinity-Bellwoods), Ontario MLS® #30290951
Courtesy of LIET LEE LOPEZ/CENTURY 21 REGAL REALTY INC.
502 - 3 MASSEY SQUARE
Toronto (Crescent Town), Ontario MLS® #30290956
Courtesy of ALI KAROVALIA/NEWGEN REALTY EXPERTS
2709 WAINMAN LINE
Severn, Ontario MLS® #30290970
Courtesy of PETER MOROZ/Century 21 B.J. Roth Realty Ltd.
3 MINSTREL DRIVE
Toronto (Stonegate-Queensway), Ontario MLS® #30290975
Courtesy of JESSICA YIN/RE/MAX IMPERIAL REALTY INC.
1210 - 15 WELLINGTON STREET S
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #30290982
Courtesy of NGOC-LAN TRUONG/Avenue Group 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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