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
4 ROSEMARIE Boulevard
Delhi, Ontario MLS® #30306058
Courtesy of Artur Palej/Royal LePage State Realty Inc.
2412 QUEENSWAY DRIVE
Burlington (Freeman), Ontario MLS® #30304968
Courtesy of JASON KLEYN/ROYAL LEPAGE REAL ESTATE SERVICES LTD.
5 BORLAND CRESCENT
Caledon (Caledon East), Ontario MLS® #30305480
Courtesy of CHERYL ROBB/ROYAL LEPAGE RCR REALTY
5 UNDERCLIFFE Avenue
Hamilton, Ontario MLS® #30306135
Courtesy of Kevin Roger Girard/Royal LePage State Realty Inc.
2008 - 130 RIVER STREET
Toronto (Regent Park), Ontario MLS® #30306279
Courtesy of ASHA FORRESTER/ROYAL LEPAGE ESTATE REALTY
1028 HIGHBROOKE COURT
Oshawa (Pinecrest), Ontario MLS® #30306320
Courtesy of ANNA PORZUCZEK/RE/MAX HALLMARK FIRST GROUP REALTY LTD.
713 EXCELLER CIRCLE
Newmarket (Stonehaven-Wyndham), Ontario MLS® #30306349
Courtesy of TAYLOR SUGAR/ROYAL LEPAGE RCR REALTY
7 FREDERICK PEARSON STREET
East Gwillimbury (Queensville), Ontario MLS® #30306351
Courtesy of OLGA PARKHOMENKO/HOMELIFE FRONTIER REALTY INC.
1806 - 5 MEADOWDALE ROAD
Vaughan (Vaughan Corporate Centre), Ontario MLS® #30306356
Courtesy of ISABELLA IMAN/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.
2 - 3289 LAKESHORE BOULEVARD W
Toronto (Long Branch), Ontario MLS® #30306402
Courtesy of ANAND KANAN/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
78 - 78 STEWART MACLAREN ROAD
Halton Hills (Georgetown), Ontario MLS® #30306407
Courtesy of Anthony Napier/SOLDBIG REALTY INC.
1 - 21 LAPPIN AVENUE
Toronto (Dovercourt-Wallace Emerson-Junction), Ontario MLS® #30306419
Courtesy of RUI RAMOS/RE/MAX ULTIMATE REALTY INC.
1563 BRENTANO BOULEVARD
Mississauga (Lakeview), Ontario MLS® #30306421
Courtesy of JOHN JOSEPH KELLY/Century 21 Signature Service
2755 RAPIDS ROAD
Tweed (Hungerford (Twp)), Ontario MLS® #30306452
Courtesy of ROMEILA SON/HARVEY KALLES REAL ESTATE LTD.
#LOWER - 640 PINEWOOD DRIVE
Peterborough (Otonabee Ward 1), Ontario MLS® #30306457
Courtesy of ADRIANA ALVAREZ BAQUERO/RE/MAX HALLMARK FIRST GROUP REALTY LTD.
471 GRAY COURT Drive
Ancaster, Ontario MLS® #30306433
Courtesy of Massimo Iudica/Royal LePage State Realty Inc.
330 MILL Street
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #30306060
Courtesy of TANVIR ARORA/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.
398 BISHOPGATE Road
Brantford, Ontario MLS® #30304999
Courtesy of Peter Ligori/Re/Max Twin City Realty Inc
810 LAFOREST ROAD
Timmins (TNW - Rural), Ontario MLS® #30305618
Courtesy of Mike Bilodeau/ZIEMINSKI REAL ESTATE INC
170 Wavell Rd
Lake Cowichan, British Columbia MLS® #30305276
Courtesy of Mike Eddy/Sutton Group-West Coast Realty (Dunc)
36 MACPHERSON AVENUE
Toronto (Annex), Ontario MLS® #30304812
Courtesy of MELISSA NGUYEN/SAGE REAL ESTATE LIMITED
39 ARTHUR STREET
Woolwich, Ontario MLS® #30305024
Courtesy of JASON KLEYN/ROYAL LEPAGE REAL ESTATE SERVICES LTD.
106 - 21 BROOKHOUSE DRIVE
Clarington (Newcastle), Ontario MLS® #30305067
Courtesy of Robin Solowka/Royal Heritage Realty Ltd.
276 DURIE STREET
Toronto (Runnymede-Bloor West Village), Ontario MLS® #30305113
Courtesy of GILLIAN ALICE RITCHIE/ROYAL LEPAGE REAL ESTATE SERVICES LTD.
21 - 109 GEORGIAN DRIVE
Oakville (RO River Oaks), Ontario MLS® #30305118
Courtesy of AMAN DHALIWAL/NEWGEN REALTY EXPERTS
28 DEBBY CRESCENT
Brantford, Ontario MLS® #30305132
Courtesy of DAVID BAHADORI/INTERNATIONAL REALTY FIRM, INC.
2037 MOUNTAIN GROVE Avenue
Burlington, Ontario MLS® #30305137
Courtesy of Paolo Zulian/Royal LePage Burloak Real Estate Services
2564 BERNARD ROAD
Prince George, British Columbia MLS® #30305151
Courtesy of Garnet Weston/Team Powerhouse Realty
125 BURNHAMTHORPE ROAD E
Oakville (GO Glenorchy), Ontario MLS® #30305238
Courtesy of HARMINDER SINGH MAKKAR/RE/MAX GOLD REALTY INC.
17025 Trans-Canada Highway
Bonshaw, Prince Edward Island MLS® #30305264
Courtesy of Taylor Jenkins/HOMELIFE P.E.I. REALTY INC.
2037 MOUNTAIN GROVE AVENUE
Burlington (Brant Hills), Ontario MLS® #30305245
Courtesy of PAOLO ZULIAN/ROYAL LEPAGE BURLOAK REAL ESTATE SERVICES
23 - 2034 QUEENSBOROUGH GATE
Mississauga (Erin Mills), Ontario MLS® #30305240
Courtesy of MIKE TOKMAK/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.
362 BIRMINGHAM STREET E
Wellington North (Mount Forest), Ontario MLS® #30305012
Courtesy of JESSICA MCFARLANE/Coldwell Banker WIN Realty
65/67 Joyce Court
Lake Echo, Nova Scotia MLS® #30305187
Courtesy of Maggie MacPhee/EXP Realty of Canada Inc.
346 TRAFALGAR ROAD
Pembroke, Ontario MLS® #30305170
Courtesy of Tony Davies/ROYAL LEPAGE EDMONDS & ASSOCIATES
194 CAPRONI DRIVE
Vaughan (Maple), Ontario MLS® #30305226
Courtesy of RUTH PATAFIO/RE/MAX CROSSTOWN REALTY INC.
10 EMILY STREET N
Kawartha Lakes (Omemee), Ontario MLS® #30305598
Courtesy of Jami Joy/Re/Max All-Stars Realty Inc.
57 - 2441 GREENWICH DRIVE
Oakville (WM Westmount), Ontario MLS® #30305714
Courtesy of MIRANDA FIKRY GUIRGUIS/ROYAL LEPAGE REAL ESTATE SERVICES LTD.
14 MARSHALL BOULEVARD
Toronto (Rockcliffe-Smythe), Ontario MLS® #30305721
Courtesy of JOHANE CLAIRE LEFRANCOIS/SOTHEBY'S INTERNATIONAL REALTY CANADA
2039 WAKELY Street
Oakville, Ontario MLS® #30305726
Courtesy of Brad Miller/Century 21 Miller Real Estate Ltd.
78 BERKLEY CRESCENT
Norfolk (Simcoe), Ontario MLS® #30305745
Courtesy of ADAM DEGROOTE/RE/MAX TWIN CITY REALTY INC.
55 Inner Pond North Road
Ocean Pond, Newfoundland & Labrador MLS® #30305752
Courtesy of Krista Trask/Century 21 Seller's Choice 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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