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.
4807 44 Ave
Stony Plain, Alberta MLS® #29210474
Courtesy of Rohin Geis/Royal LePage Noralta Real Estate
24 SIENNA Street Unit# A
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #29899855
Courtesy of Omer Thai/INTERNATIONAL REALTY FIRM, INC.
13 - 1738 WILSON AVENUE
Toronto (Downsview-Roding-CFB), Ontario MLS® #29900556
Courtesy of ALEX BALIKOTI/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
8308 Kalview Drive
Coldstream, British Columbia MLS® #29900570
Courtesy of Jayme McKillop/RE/MAX Vernon
208 Royal Birch Circle NW
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #29900587
Courtesy of Tomasz Samborski/MaxWell Capital Realty
655-663 QUEEN STREET W
Toronto (Niagara), Ontario MLS® #29900594
Courtesy of MOE FAHRY/RE/MAX CROSSROADS REALTY INC.
B1201 - 715 DAVIS DRIVE
Newmarket (Huron Heights-Leslie Valley), Ontario MLS® #29900602
Courtesy of KELVIN KONG CHI YU/RE/MAX IMPERIAL REALTY INC.
#116 5005 165 AV NW
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #29900607
Courtesy of Garth A. Brennan/Century 21 Leading
502 - 55 DUKE STREET
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #29900619
Courtesy of DENNIS AGUIRRE-JACOME/RE/MAX EXPERTS
121 - 49 RHONDA ROAD
Guelph (Willow West/Sugarbush/West Acres), Ontario MLS® #29900621
Courtesy of AMANDEEP SINGH/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.
1495 Hobson Ave
Courtenay, British Columbia MLS® #29900640
Courtesy of Karen Lutz/Royal LePage Advance Realty
622 - 25 GREENVIEW AVENUE
Toronto (Newtonbrook West), Ontario MLS® #29900316
Courtesy of HOLLY ANNE DEPASS/REMAX YOUR COMMUNITY REALTY
14 HEATHERLEA DRIVE
Clarington (Bowmanville), Ontario MLS® #29900328
Courtesy of ANGELA JOSCH/SUTTON GROUP-HERITAGE REALTY INC.
2 SCHOONER COURT
Markham (Cachet), Ontario MLS® #29900335
Courtesy of LILIAN HANNA/RE/MAX METROPOLIS REALTY
139 North Shore Rd
Lake Cowichan, British Columbia MLS® #29900342
Courtesy of Sandy Stinson/RE/MAX Generation (LC)
1572 CARTIER COURT
Mississauga (East Credit), Ontario MLS® #29900347
Courtesy of PHILLIP EDWARD CAMARA/CENTURY 21 MILLENNIUM INC.
4176 BIANCA FOREST DRIVE
Burlington (Tansley), Ontario MLS® #29900359
Courtesy of ELENA CIPRIANO/RE/MAX ESCARPMENT REALTY INC.
414 - 38 MONTE KWINTER COURT
Toronto (Clanton Park), Ontario MLS® #29900253
Courtesy of MARYAM AMIN/ROYAL LEPAGE TERREQUITY REALTY
4359 LLOYDTOWN AURORA ROAD
King (Pottageville), Ontario MLS® #29900265
Courtesy of FRANCESCO II GRECO/RE/MAX METROPOLIS REALTY
724 - 575 CONKLIN ROAD
Brantford, Ontario MLS® #29900284
Courtesy of CHIRAG NANDA/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.
56 PINE POINT LANE
Scugog, Ontario MLS® #29900289
Courtesy of Jess Whitehead/Royal Heritage Realty Ltd.
102 STANLEY Street
Simcoe, Ontario MLS® #29900291
Courtesy of Nuno Francisco/Royal LePage Trius Realty Brokerage
6 - 10 ST MORITZ WAY
Markham (Unionville), Ontario MLS® #29899879
Courtesy of MICHELLE ZHANG/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
1908 - 5500 YONGE STREET
Toronto (Willowdale West), Ontario MLS® #29900169
Courtesy of Wilson Lee/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
1378 DAY TERRACE
Milton (FO Ford), Ontario MLS® #29900215
Courtesy of INGRID CLARKE-PITT/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
409 - 3660 HURONTARIO STREET
Mississauga (City Centre), Ontario MLS® #29900114
Courtesy of FRANCIS D'ATRI-GUIRAN/ADVISORS REALTY
65 MORWICK DRIVE
Hamilton (Ancaster), Ontario MLS® #29900121
Courtesy of FISHER YU/ROYAL LEPAGE REAL ESTATE SERVICES LTD.
106, 140 Panatella Landing NW
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #29900099
Courtesy of Rick Qi/Century 21 Bravo Realty
6927 cardinal wynd SW
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #29899937
Courtesy of Jogy Mathew/MaxWell Devonshire Realty
1806 - 25 RICHMOND STREET
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29899944
Courtesy of MAX MACHLAH/ROYAL LEPAGE VISION REALTY
MAIN - 7 SOUTHDALE DRIVE
Markham (Bullock), Ontario MLS® #29899949
Courtesy of YORKSON WU/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.
10 MC COWAN LANE
Whitchurch-Stouffville (Stouffville), Ontario MLS® #29899951
Courtesy of MANDY GAO/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
105 VANSITTART AVENUE
Woodstock (Woodstock - North), Ontario MLS® #29899987
Courtesy of JAY FRIESEN/Gale Group Realty Brokerage Ltd
98 GLENDALE AVENUE
Deep River, Ontario MLS® #29900044
Courtesy of Cynthia Lloyd/RE/MAX PEMBROKE REALTY LTD.
MAIN FLOOR - 23 PINEWAY BLVD BOULEVARD W
Toronto (Bayview Woods-Steeles), Ontario MLS® #29900051
Courtesy of JACK JI/JDL REALTY INC.
145 COLUMBIA Street W Unit# 1536
Waterloo, Ontario MLS® #29900056
Courtesy of Austin Ye/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC
1136 SPRINGDALE SHORES PRIVATE
Bracebridge (Macaulay), Ontario MLS® #29900063
Courtesy of KYLE VEITCH/Royal LePage Lakes Of Muskoka Realty
1010 - 78 TECUMSETH STREET
Toronto (Niagara), Ontario MLS® #29900094
Courtesy of WILSON CHO/RED HOUSE REALTY
217 - 35 KINGSBURY SQUARE
Guelph (Pineridge/Westminster Woods), Ontario MLS® #29900102
Courtesy of JESSICA FURMAH/Coldwell Banker Neumann Real Estate
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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