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
PRO LIQUOR STORE
Vegreville, Alberta MLS® #30006458
Courtesy of Kuljeet Dhaliwal/Royal Lepage Arteam Realty
2316 - 85 WOOD STREET
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #30021353
Courtesy of MANDY GAO/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
71 GEORGE KIRBY STREET
Vaughan (Patterson), Ontario MLS® #30021360
Courtesy of YOQO FANG/RE/MAX ULTIMATE REALTY INC.
6 - 12 ST MORITZ WAY
Markham (Unionville), Ontario MLS® #30021384
Courtesy of SALLY KWOK/REAL ONE REALTY INC.
Address not available.
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #30018521
Courtesy of Zenaida S. Knodel/Century 21 Leading
12 BANBURY COURT
Aurora (Aurora Highlands), Ontario MLS® #30021365
Courtesy of PETER WANG/HOMECOMFORT REALTY INC.
71817 SUNRIDGE CRESCENT
Bluewater (Hay), Ontario MLS® #30021593
Courtesy of JIM QUENNEVILLE/EXP REALTY
35 PENNY LANE
Belleville (Belleville Ward), Ontario MLS® #30021769
Courtesy of Kim Mckinney/Re/Max Quinte Ltd.
3786 FRONT ROAD
Hawkesbury, Ontario MLS® #30021896
Courtesy of NATASHA DICAIRE/ROYAL LEPAGE PERFORMANCE REALTY
202 - 107 HOLLAND STREET E
Bradford West Gwillimbury (Bradford), Ontario MLS® #30021567
Courtesy of JOHN AYOUB/REMAX YOUR COMMUNITY REALTY
PH203 - 138 DOWNES STREET
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #30021562
Courtesy of SHUNQI WANG/HC REALTY GROUP INC.
507 - 3005 PINE GLEN ROAD
Oakville (WM Westmount), Ontario MLS® #30021574
Courtesy of RICHARD ROBIBERO/PANORAMA R.E. LIMITED
3121 44 Street S
Lethbridge, Alberta MLS® #30021581
Courtesy of Kurtis Christopher Hawkins/REAL BROKER
233 NORTH CAYUGA Street W
Dunnville, Ontario MLS® #30021555
Courtesy of Chuck Hogeterp/RE/MAX Escarpment Realty Inc.
BSMT - 1838 BRIDLINGTON COURT
Mississauga (Meadowvale Village), Ontario MLS® #30021733
Courtesy of RAZIA NADEEM/CITYSCAPE REAL ESTATE LTD.
162 ALBRIGHT ROAD
Brampton (Fletcher's Creek Village), Ontario MLS® #30021795
Courtesy of TAMANDEEP KAUR/RE/MAX PRESIDENT REALTY
2205 - 38 ANNIE CRAIG DRIVE
Toronto (Mimico), Ontario MLS® #30021803
Courtesy of NANCY TAJICK/SUTTON GROUP-ADMIRAL REALTY INC.
233 NORTH CAYUGA STREET W
Haldimand (Dunnville), Ontario MLS® #30021808
Courtesy of CHUCK HOGETERP/RE/MAX ESCARPMENT REALTY INC.
LOWER - 3925 LODI ROAD N
Burlington (Alton), Ontario MLS® #30021788
Courtesy of NURSHAT TARIM/iCloud Realty Ltd.
86 CARLYLE DRIVE
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #30021810
Courtesy of SURESHKUMAR KANGAYAMPALAYAM MANIAN/RE/MAX TWIN CITY REALTY INC.
30 MARION CRESCENT
Markham (Raymerville), Ontario MLS® #30021721
Courtesy of CHERRY WU/RE/MAX EXCEL REALTY LTD.
201 - 15 VIKING LANE
Toronto (Islington-City Centre West), Ontario MLS® #30021860
Courtesy of ALEXIS D'SOUZA/KINGSWAY REAL ESTATE
38 KENNINGHALL BOULEVARD
Mississauga (Streetsville), Ontario MLS® #30021656
Courtesy of SAM ALLAN MCDADI/SAM MCDADI REAL ESTATE INC.
90 NEEVE STREET
Guelph (St. Patrick's Ward), Ontario MLS® #30021473
Courtesy of MICHELLE CONLON/Royal LePage Royal City Realty
44 SHERWOOD DRIVE
Guelph (General Hospital), Ontario MLS® #30021757
Courtesy of CHRISTIANNE CHILD/Keller Williams Home Group Realty
27028 Township Road 300
Rural Mountain View County, Alberta MLS® #30021461
Courtesy of Hung V. Luu/Synterra Realty
1511 - 33 HELENDALE AVENUE
Toronto (Yonge-Eglinton), Ontario MLS® #30021354
Courtesy of LEONARD YEN/THE KEY MARKET INC.
79 JEWEL HOUSE LANE
Barrie (Innis-Shore), Ontario MLS® #30021366
Courtesy of ALONA BERNADSKI/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
18695 CHIEF LAKE POST OFFICE ROAD
Prince George, British Columbia MLS® #30021107
Courtesy of Denise Dykes/Royal LePage Aspire Realty
607 - 3 ELLESMERE STREET
Richmond Hill (Langstaff), Ontario MLS® #30021361
Courtesy of IREM YILDIRIM/ONE PERCENT REALTY LTD.
2802 - 88 HARBOUR STREET
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #30021380
Courtesy of JESSICA YIN/RE/MAX IMPERIAL REALTY INC.
UNIT 20 - 290 YORKTECH DR. DRIVE
Markham (Buttonville), Ontario MLS® #30021385
Courtesy of JACK JI/JDL REALTY INC.
4313, 6 Merganser Drive W
Chestermere, Alberta MLS® #30021823
Courtesy of Oliver Trutina/RE/MAX First
100D - 107 HOLLAND STREET E
Bradford West Gwillimbury (Bradford), Ontario MLS® #30021568
Courtesy of JOHN AYOUB/REMAX YOUR COMMUNITY REALTY
524 - 7900 BATHURST STREET
Vaughan (Uplands), Ontario MLS® #30021722
Courtesy of NATALIA BELYKH/TFN REALTY INC.
118 - 25 BAKER HILL BOULEVARD
Whitchurch-Stouffville (Stouffville), Ontario MLS® #30021619
Courtesy of KIM E. REESOR/GALLO REAL ESTATE LTD.
1621 HOBBS CRESCENT
Mississauga (Clarkson), Ontario MLS® #30021796
Courtesy of PHIL MERCURIO/ROYAL LEPAGE REALTY CENTRE
1642 Bingham ROAD
Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan MLS® #30021816
Courtesy of Doris Lautamus/Global Direct Realty Inc.
1221 - 297 COLLEGE STREET
Toronto (Kensington-Chinatown), Ontario MLS® #30021424
Courtesy of YVONNE TANG/ENSO 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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