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
1628 Upper Clyde Road
Clyde River, Nova Scotia MLS® #29874732
Courtesy of John Foss/Keller Williams Select Realty (Shelburne)
5 - 357 CONNAUGHT STREET
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #29874838
Courtesy of GIOSETTA BELPERIO/SPECTRUM REALTY SERVICES INC.
59 COUNTRY Lane
Victoria West, Prince Edward Island MLS® #29874821
Courtesy of Jeff Rodgerson/ROYAL LEPAGE COUNTRY ESTATES 1985 LTD
18 MCKINNON AVENUE
Halton Hills (Georgetown), Ontario MLS® #29874826
Courtesy of MIKE KRAUSE/ROYAL LEPAGE MEADOWTOWNE REALTY
699 Upper Lakeville Road
Upper Lakeville, Nova Scotia MLS® #29874883
Courtesy of Philip Evans/Keller Williams Select Realty
160 MCDONOUGH CRESCENT
Loyalist (Amherstview), Ontario MLS® #29875026
Courtesy of JOEY MOSER/EXP REALTY, BROKERAGE
428 BOYNE AVENUE
North Perth (Listowel), Ontario MLS® #29875088
Courtesy of RHEA GOETZ/Kempston & Werth Realty Ltd.
PH4 - 3650 KINGSTON ROAD
Toronto (Scarborough Village), Ontario MLS® #29875122
Courtesy of ROGER MARTINS/REAL ESTATE HOMEWARD
222 HUTCHINSON DRIVE
New Tecumseth (Alliston), Ontario MLS® #29875146
Courtesy of MARY BARONE/ROYALTY PLUS REALTY CORP.
948 ISAAC PHILLIPS WAY
Newmarket (Summerhill Estates), Ontario MLS® #29875153
Courtesy of KASRA GHAJARKHOSRAVI/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY LTD.
4216 108 Willis CRESCENT
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan MLS® #29875172
Courtesy of Kevin Appl/Boyes Group Realty Inc.
17 SANDLEWOOD TRAIL
Ramara (Brechin), Ontario MLS® #29875165
Courtesy of DAVE HORBAY/CENTURY 21 LEADING EDGE REALTY INC.
6 - 361 ARKELL ROAD
Guelph (Pineridge/Westminster Woods), Ontario MLS® #29874915
Courtesy of ANDRA ARNOLD/Royal LePage Royal City Realty
180 WESTWOOD AVENUE
East Zorra-Tavistock (Tavistock), Ontario MLS® #29875090
Courtesy of LIZ SCHMIDT/RE/MAX A-B Realty Ltd
606 - 50 POWER STREET
Toronto (Moss Park), Ontario MLS® #29875108
Courtesy of MATT SNOWBALL/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY, BROKERAGE
4807 - 7 GRENVILLE STREET
Toronto (Bay Street Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29875110
Courtesy of CRISTAL LI/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
600 OXFORD STREET W
London North (North P), Ontario MLS® #29875040
Courtesy of ATUL BAROT/CENTURY 21 FIRST CANADIAN CORP
20 Dunkerry Crescent
St. John's, Newfoundland & Labrador MLS® #29875622
Courtesy of Wesley Clarke Whalen/RE/MAX Infinity Realty Inc. - Sheraton Hotel
8338 Wascana Gardens WAY
Regina, Saskatchewan MLS® #29875672
Courtesy of Jo Zhou Li/RE/MAX Crown Real Estate
1484 TORRINGTON Drive Unit# 62
Mississauga, Ontario MLS® #29874674
Courtesy of Tamara Vukovic/Royal LePage Wolle Realty
121 - 292 MASTERS LANE
Clarence-Rockland, Ontario MLS® #29875247
Courtesy of Gilles S. Rochon/RE/MAX DELTA REALTY
137 WIDDIFIELD AVENUE
Newmarket (Armitage), Ontario MLS® #29875475
Courtesy of PARI AMIRI/HOMELIFE/BAYVIEW REALTY INC.
532 BEECH STREET E
Whitby (Pringle Creek), Ontario MLS® #29874946
Courtesy of STELLA RINALDI/SUTTON GROUP-HERITAGE REALTY INC.
635 VICTORIA STREET
Kingston (East of Sir John A. Blvd), Ontario MLS® #29875209
Courtesy of ADAM KOVEN/ROYAL LEPAGE PROALLIANCE REALTY, BROKERAGE
9 GRIGGLESTONE LANE
Ajax (Central West), Ontario MLS® #29874693
Courtesy of JENNIFER GIBSON/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
16 LONGMAN DRIVE
Barrie (Northwest), Ontario MLS® #29875507
Courtesy of TOMAS SAMPLE/CENTURY 21 B.J. ROTH REALTY LTD.
2035 CARLETON COURT
Burlington (Brant Hills), Ontario MLS® #29874991
Courtesy of JAY RAHEJA/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
79 PENDRITH STREET
Toronto (Dovercourt-Wallace Emerson-Junction), Ontario MLS® #29875533
Courtesy of RICHARD SHERMAN/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
82 CATHERINE STREET
Wilmot, Ontario MLS® #29875019
Courtesy of MATTHEW STEPHEN ROONEY/RE/MAX TWIN CITY REALTY INC.
122 MISTYSUGAR TRAIL
Vaughan (Patterson), Ontario MLS® #29874446
Courtesy of SUE ZHANG/SMART SOLD REALTY
58 PICKETT CRESCENT
Richmond Hill (Westbrook), Ontario MLS® #29874578
Courtesy of COREY SILVER/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY LTD.
4869 CHERRYWOOD DRIVE
Lincoln (Beamsville), Ontario MLS® #29875196
Courtesy of KRISTA TOUSSAINT/RE/MAX ESCARPMENT REALTY INC.
306 - 601 BARBER AVENUE N
North Perth (Listowel), Ontario MLS® #29875576
Courtesy of BRIANNA CRAIB/QUEENSWAY REAL ESTATE BROKERAGE INC.
787 SNOWBERRY COURT
Waterloo, Ontario MLS® #29875583
Courtesy of Emil Burca/RE/MAX TWIN CITY REALTY INC.
54 SETTLERS LANDING DRIVE
Quinte West (Sidney Ward), Ontario MLS® #29875615
Courtesy of Joe Kehoe/Re/Max Quinte Ltd.
151 TRAGINA Avenue N
Hamilton, Ontario MLS® #29874972
Courtesy of Daniela Tofano/Coldwell Banker Community Professionals
129 BOXCAR CRESCENT
Russell, Ontario MLS® #29875778
Courtesy of Rhys Williams/CENTURY 21 SYNERGY REALTY INC
2918 LEEMAN ROAD
Kingston (City North of 401), Ontario MLS® #29875716
Courtesy of KRISHAN NATHAN/ROYAL LEPAGE PROALLIANCE REALTY, BROKERAGE
33 Parkewood DR
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario MLS® #29876120
Courtesy of Craig Vanderburg/Exit Realty True North
48 TOWER DRIVE
Toronto (Wexford-Maryvale), Ontario MLS® #29876151
Courtesy of CHELSEA KUHLMANN/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
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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