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
4715 PARKER COURT
108 Mile Ranch, British Columbia MLS® #30326099
Courtesy of Adam Dirkson/eXp Realty (100 Mile)
UPPER 46697 BRICE ROAD|Fairfield Island
Chilliwack, British Columbia MLS® #30326152
Courtesy of Serena Laye/Pathway Executives Realty Inc.
LOWER - 35 FOREST DALE DRIVE
Barrie (Little Lake), Ontario MLS® #30326424
Courtesy of MANSOUR MANSOURI/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
3401 - 50 CHARLES STREET E
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #30326436
Courtesy of BENSON ZHANG/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
1 - 145 ROYAL CREST COURT
Markham (Milliken Mills West), Ontario MLS® #30326443
Courtesy of JOHN GO/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.
265 DOCK ROAD
Barrie (South Shore), Ontario MLS® #30326448
Courtesy of JOLLY WENMIN CHEN/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
311 WOOLWICH Street Unit# 17
Waterloo, Ontario MLS® #30326450
Courtesy of Andres Bojaca Zambrano/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.
2031 WESTREE Drive Unit# Basement
Oakville, Ontario MLS® #30326392
Courtesy of Xia bing Zhang/1st Sunshine Realty Inc.
801 - 188 FAIRVIEW MALL DRIVE
Toronto (Don Valley Village), Ontario MLS® #30326405
Courtesy of TINA LI/BAY STREET INTEGRITY REALTY INC.
412 LYLE STREET N
Alnwick/Haldimand (Grafton), Ontario MLS® #30326486
Courtesy of Jennifer Galt/Royal LePage Our Neighbourhood Realty
131 Ocean Avenue
Dominion, Nova Scotia MLS® #30326501
Courtesy of Jennifer Foley/3% Realty Nova Scotia
79 COMMERCIAL STREET
Milton (OM Old Milton), Ontario MLS® #30326532
Courtesy of DAN LOGHIN/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY, BROKERAGE
7 FAIRBAIRN STREET
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #30326537
Courtesy of NAVEED AHMED/ROYAL LEPAGE CERTIFIED REALTY
6614 PARKWAY ROAD
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #30326587
Courtesy of Charles Khouri/ROYAL LEPAGE TEAM REALTY
90 MARSDEN COURT
Newmarket (Glenway Estates), Ontario MLS® #30326602
Courtesy of SAED TOOTOONCHI SARRAF/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
BSMT. - 1412 ROSE WAY
Milton (CB Cobban), Ontario MLS® #30326607
Courtesy of Gauri Narang/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.
1180 SUNSET DRIVE
Pelham (Fenwick), Ontario MLS® #30326633
Courtesy of Richard Hall/BOSLEY REAL ESTATE LTD.,
17 REGINA ROAD
Huron East (Vanastra), Ontario MLS® #30326669
Courtesy of AMY MCCLURE/Sutton Group - First Choice Realty Ltd.
69 SUMNER CRESCENT
Grimsby (Grimsby Beach), Ontario MLS® #30326695
Courtesy of JASON CHRISTOPHER JACOBS/ROYAL LEPAGE STATE REALTY
6 NEWPIERCE DRIVE
Stirling-Rawdon (Rawdon Ward), Ontario MLS® #30326727
Courtesy of Mai Le/Century 21 Granite Realty Group Inc.
60 TYBALT CRESCENT
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #30326746
Courtesy of Alex Fedorchuk/REAL BROKER ONTARIO LTD.
78 Thorburn Road Unit#306
St John's, Newfoundland & Labrador MLS® #30326688
Courtesy of John Hynes/Goldstone Real Estate Solutions Inc.
3 Blackwell Bay
Rural Rocky View County, Alberta MLS® #30326722
Courtesy of Christian Ortiz Plata/Century 21 Bamber Realty LTD.
123 LINCOLN Street Unit# 107
Welland, Ontario MLS® #30326772
Courtesy of Greg Kuchma/RE/MAX Escarpment Realty Inc.
1912 - 80 QUEENS WHARF ROAD
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #30326506
Courtesy of DANIEL XIAO/PROMPTON REAL ESTATE SERVICES CORP.
5 - 2354 MAJOR MACKENZIE DRIVE W
Vaughan (Maple), Ontario MLS® #30326652
Courtesy of DAVID KIM/CENTURY 21 KING'S QUAY REAL ESTATE INC.
208 - 625 ST DAVID STREET S
Centre Wellington (Fergus), Ontario MLS® #30326575
Courtesy of Claire Knight/Keller Williams Inspire Realty
2227 - 15 NORTHTOWN WAY
Toronto (Willowdale East), Ontario MLS® #30326758
Courtesy of KANG JI/AIMHOME REALTY INC.
777009 10 HIGHWAY
Chatsworth, Ontario MLS® #30326671
Courtesy of DEVIN KLOOSTERBOER/Vantage Point Realty Ltd.
422 - 205 BOLTON STREET
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #30326582
Courtesy of Shan Cappuccino/ROYAL LEPAGE PERFORMANCE REALTY
120 MAITLAND STREET
Beckwith, Ontario MLS® #30326741
Courtesy of Gina Fredette/INNOVATION REALTY LTD.
213 RIVER RIDGE BOULEVARD
Aurora, Ontario MLS® #30326518
Courtesy of RICHARD TAO/MASTER'S TRUST REALTY INC.
707, 8505 Broadcast Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #30326835
Courtesy of Christian Ortiz Plata/Century 21 Bamber Realty LTD.
283 PLAINS Road W
Burlington, Ontario MLS® #30326619
Courtesy of Barbara Iglic/RE/MAX Real Estate Centre Inc.
16089 SHAWS CREEK ROAD
Caledon, Ontario MLS® #30326804
Courtesy of PAUL RICHARDSON/ROYAL LEPAGE MEADOWTOWNE REALTY
232 MAIN STREET
Kawartha Lakes (Bobcaygeon), Ontario MLS® #30326809
Courtesy of JENNIFER JONES/LPT REALTY
1022 - 5 DEFRIES STREET
Toronto (Regent Park), Ontario MLS® #30326861
Courtesy of ANDREI DANIEL ANGELKOVSKI/RE/MAX ULTIMATE REALTY INC.
263 TENNANT CIRCLE
Vaughan (Vellore Village), Ontario MLS® #30326897
Courtesy of GABRIELLA LOPREIATO/RE/MAX EXPERTS
54 ARGYLE Street S Unit# 1
Caledonia, Ontario MLS® #30326917
Courtesy of Reisha Dass/RE/MAX Real Estate Centre Inc.
24 STAHL AVENUE
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #30326811
Courtesy of TARA HOUGHTON/ROYAL LEPAGE ELITE 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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