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
2326 YORKTOWN CIRCLE
Mississauga (Central Erin Mills), Ontario MLS® #30126312
Courtesy of JING HUANG/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.
190 TAYLOR STREET
London East (East C), Ontario MLS® #30126285
Courtesy of LINDSAY REID/ROYAL LEPAGE TRILAND REALTY
326 - 372 HIGHWAY 7 E
Richmond Hill (Doncrest), Ontario MLS® #30126343
Courtesy of POLLY KO/REAL ONE REALTY INC.
601 - 9 TECUMSETH STREET
Toronto (Niagara), Ontario MLS® #30126292
Courtesy of VAHEESAN THEIVENTHIRAN/SUTTON GROUP-ADMIRAL REALTY INC.
2350 SUTTON DRIVE
Burlington (Orchard), Ontario MLS® #30126313
Courtesy of SAMMI WANG/REAL ONE REALTY INC.
1509 - 29 ROSEBANK DRIVE
Toronto (Malvern), Ontario MLS® #30126298
Courtesy of HONG LIU/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.
403 - 151 UPPER DUKE CRESCENT
Markham (Unionville), Ontario MLS® #30126344
Courtesy of TRINA WANG/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.
3807 - 120 HOMEWOOD AVENUE
Toronto (North St. James Town), Ontario MLS® #30126293
Courtesy of MIKE WANG/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
#417 10717 83 AV NW
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #30126368
Courtesy of Chuck Mulholland/Century 21 All Stars Realty Ltd
6B - 164 HEIMAN STREET
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #30126320
Courtesy of PAULA RODRIGUEZ/REMAX YOUR COMMUNITY REALTY
4607 - 225 COMMERCE STREET
Vaughan (Vaughan Corporate Centre), Ontario MLS® #30126301
Courtesy of HONG LIU/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.
4107 - 55 BREMNER BOULEVARD
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #30126337
Courtesy of PETER WANG/HOMECOMFORT REALTY INC.
1130 GLEN VALLEY ROAD
Oakville (WT West Oak Trails), Ontario MLS® #30126319
Courtesy of KEN QI/HIGHLAND REALTY
PRO LIQUOR STORE
Vegreville, Alberta MLS® #30006458
Courtesy of Kuljeet Dhaliwal/Royal Lepage Arteam Realty
1401 - 386 YONGE STREET
Toronto (Bay Street Corridor), Ontario MLS® #30126294
Courtesy of JING HUANG/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.
60 SILVERBIRCH PLACE
Whitby (Pringle Creek), Ontario MLS® #30126299
Courtesy of CHARLIE YANG/RE/MAX REALTRON JIM MO REALTY
95 HOEY CRESCENT
Oakville (GO Glenorchy), Ontario MLS® #30126314
Courtesy of SCOTT MA/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
13604 90A ST NW
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #30126364
Courtesy of Maverick Tameta/The E Group Real Estate
1102 - 1785 FROBISHER LANE
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #30126287
Courtesy of Rami Bastawros/ROYAL LEPAGE PERFORMANCE REALTY
1606 - 330 RICHMOND STREET W
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #30126338
Courtesy of ALYSSA MARTIN/SAGE REAL ESTATE LIMITED
6 LILY Lane Unit# Lower
Georgetown, Ontario MLS® #30126333
Courtesy of Vishal Saxena/eXp Realty, Brokerage
LPH7 - 4065 BRICKSTONE MEWS
Mississauga (City Centre), Ontario MLS® #30126310
Courtesy of NIK HANDA/REAL BROKER ONTARIO LTD.
6 WOOD CIRCLE
Caledon (Bolton East), Ontario MLS® #30126315
Courtesy of SUNNY SINGH/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
45 POND MILLS Road Unit# 103
London, Ontario MLS® #30126276
Courtesy of Rajeev Cherian/Right at Home Realty
34 IANGROVE TERRACE
Toronto (L'Amoreaux), Ontario MLS® #30126339
Courtesy of ALVA TANG/BAY STREET INTEGRITY REALTY INC.
4310 - 609 SHERBOURNE STREET
Toronto (North St. James Town), Ontario MLS® #30126295
Courtesy of MATTHEW NG/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.
2212 E - 70 PRINCESS STREET
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #30126334
Courtesy of JAY CHEN/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.
419 - 5317 UPPER MIDDLE ROAD
Burlington (Orchard), Ontario MLS® #30126346
Courtesy of IRYNA TARABANOVSKA/CIREALTY
2181 TWEEDIE AVENUE
Houston, British Columbia MLS® #30125836
Courtesy of Ron Lapadat/RE/MAX Bulkley Valley
42 Kaleigh Drive
Eastern Passage, Nova Scotia MLS® #30126187
Courtesy of Alexandre Tremblay/Century 21 Optimum Realty
2177 BURNHAMTHORPE ROAD W
Mississauga (Erin Mills), Ontario MLS® #30126377
Courtesy of SARAH CULMONE/Royal LePage Real Estate Services Ltd., Brokerage
624 RISHOR AVENUE
Douro-Dummer, Ontario MLS® #30126322
Courtesy of ARTHUR PARKS/ROYAL LEPAGE/J & D DIVISION
4527 CONCORD PLACE
Burlington (Shoreacres), Ontario MLS® #30126316
Courtesy of TRACY ANNE LILLY/ROYAL LEPAGE REALTY PLUS OAKVILLE
4699 GLEN ERIN DRIVE E
Mississauga (Central Erin Mills), Ontario MLS® #30126309
Courtesy of JAWEED GHULAMI/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
8868 YONGE STREET
Richmond Hill (South Richvale), Ontario MLS® #30126304
Courtesy of LUCY LIU/SMART SOLD REALTY
1809 - 3 GLOUCESTER STREET
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #30126296
Courtesy of SUSIE SUN/DREAM HOME REALTY INC.
311 - 1350 HEMLOCK ROAD
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #30126330
Courtesy of Natasha Young/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY GROUP
27 WALTER SANGSTER ROAD
Whitchurch-Stouffville (Stouffville), Ontario MLS® #30126342
Courtesy of SERPHIN LAI/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
1103 - 260 MALTA AVENUE
Brampton (Fletcher's Creek South), Ontario MLS® #30126311
Courtesy of Jayesh Wadhwani/JVRE
38 BYRON AVENUE E
London South (South F), Ontario MLS® #30126284
Courtesy of LINDSAY REID/ROYAL LEPAGE TRILAND 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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