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
430 PHARMACY AVENUE
Toronto (Clairlea-Birchmount), Ontario MLS® #30131816
Courtesy of RYAN SEE/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
PH416 - 300 MANITOBA STREET
Toronto (Mimico), Ontario MLS® #30131823
Courtesy of SONDRA EAST/EXP REALTY
310 - 110 MARINE PARADE DRIVE
Toronto (Mimico), Ontario MLS® #30131859
Courtesy of JAVAID A. KHAN/HOMELIFE/BAYVIEW REALTY INC.
3101 - 12 YORK STREET
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #30131811
Courtesy of EVAN JIHYUN EOM/RETREND REALTY LTD
492 OLD ORCHARD GROVE
Toronto (Bedford Park-Nortown), Ontario MLS® #30131842
Courtesy of Patrick Posh/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
1815 - 155 HILLCREST AVENUE
Mississauga (Cooksville), Ontario MLS® #30131824
Courtesy of GARRY BASSAN/HOUSESIGMA INC.
2802 - 42 CHARLES STREET E
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #30131836
Courtesy of PHILIP YUNG/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
2107 - 10 MARTHA EATON WAY S
Toronto (Brookhaven-Amesbury), Ontario MLS® #30131829
Courtesy of NATASHA DEVI GANGOO/ROYAL LEPAGE VISION REALTY
7 MONACO CRESCENT
Richmond Hill (Rouge Woods), Ontario MLS® #30131848
Courtesy of KAREN ZHANG/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.
12 APPLEBY CRESCENT
Markham (Milliken Mills West), Ontario MLS® #30131850
Courtesy of KEVIN CHAN/ONE PERCENT REALTY LTD.
TH 22 - 75 CURLEW DRIVE
Toronto (Parkwoods-Donalda), Ontario MLS® #30131805
Courtesy of NICOLE SHIN/RE/MAX EXCEL REALTY LTD.
A - 11 ALPACA DRIVE
Toronto (Woburn), Ontario MLS® #30131812
Courtesy of MEG GHAZNAVI/HOMELIFE FRONTIER REALTY INC.
2209 - 20 MEADOWGLEN PLACE
Toronto (Woburn), Ontario MLS® #30131817
Courtesy of EDRIC WONG/NU STREAM REALTY (TORONTO) INC.
144 N ENEMARK ROAD
Quesnel, British Columbia MLS® #30131499
Courtesy of Krystina Klassen/Century 21 Energy Realty(Qsnl)
2313 SECRETO DRIVE
Oshawa (Windfields), Ontario MLS® #30131813
Courtesy of CLIFFORD D'SOUZA/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
61 TROTHEN CIRCLE
Markham (Markham Village), Ontario MLS® #30131820
Courtesy of LEO LIN/RE/MAX ATRIUM HOME REALTY
49 BOWERBANK DRIVE
Toronto (Newtonbrook East), Ontario MLS® #30131806
Courtesy of DRITA BRUCI/HOUSSPRO DL REALTY
304 - 1135 ROYAL YORK ROAD
Toronto (Edenbridge-Humber Valley), Ontario MLS® #30131825
Courtesy of KATERINA ATAPINA/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.
2109 - 29 SINGER COURT
Toronto (Bayview Village), Ontario MLS® #30131844
Courtesy of JUNCHENG WANG/AIMHOME REALTY INC.
2 (1ST FLR) - 687 DUPONT STREET
Toronto (Dovercourt-Wallace Emerson-Junction), Ontario MLS® #30131856
Courtesy of KERRY MARK/REAL ESTATE HOMEWARD
20887 DALTON ROAD
Georgina (Sutton & Jackson's Point), Ontario MLS® #30131851
Courtesy of PANIA PARSIAN/HOMELIFE CLASSIC REALTY INC.
309 RUSSELL STREET
Southgate, Ontario MLS® #30131863
Courtesy of MIRZA AHMAD/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.
1977 CLEARWOOD CRESCENT
Prince George, British Columbia MLS® #30131433
Courtesy of Aaron Switzer/RE/MAX Core Realty
4001 - 327 KING STREET
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #30131807
Courtesy of MATTHEW HE/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
306 A - 1606 CHARLES STREET
Whitby (Port Whitby), Ontario MLS® #30131845
Courtesy of PERSIA ATYABI/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
2206 - 400 KING STREET W
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #30131840
Courtesy of LEON LI/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
13 PRINCESS STREET
Mississauga (Streetsville), Ontario MLS® #30131826
Courtesy of AMY LI/FIRST CLASS REALTY INC.
2097 QUEENSBOROUGH GATE
Mississauga (Central Erin Mills), Ontario MLS® #30131857
Courtesy of ANGEL MO/HC YouHome Realty Inc.
2819 - 1 MASSEY SQUARE
Toronto (Crescent Town), Ontario MLS® #30131814
Courtesy of DANIEL HAKIM/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
35 ROYAL PALM DRIVE
Vaughan (Crestwood-Springfarm-Yorkhill), Ontario MLS® #30131821
Courtesy of ALISON ZHANG/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
2303 - 95 ONEIDA CRESCENT
Richmond Hill (Langstaff), Ontario MLS® #30131852
Courtesy of PRIYA RAGUNATH/CONVERGE REALTY INC.
1122 ELLISON ROAD
Quesnel, British Columbia MLS® #30131701
Courtesy of Hannah Botterill/Century 21 Energy Realty(Qsnl)
40 - 506 NORMANDY STREET
Oshawa (Central), Ontario MLS® #30131815
Courtesy of SANDEEP BATRA/HOUSESIGMA INC.
1608 - 25 TOWN CENTRE COURT
Toronto (Bendale), Ontario MLS® #30131846
Courtesy of ANDY YANG/UNION CAPITAL REALTY
7 - 111 WORSLEY STREET
Barrie (City Centre), Ontario MLS® #30131822
Courtesy of PARSA SALIMI/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
401 - 385 PRINCE OF WALES DRIVE
Mississauga (City Centre), Ontario MLS® #30131858
Courtesy of SAIMA GILLANI/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
8 NORTHAMPTON DRIVE
Toronto (Islington-City Centre West), Ontario MLS® #30131827
Courtesy of SHAHIN MAHALLATI/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
510 - 115 MCMAHON DRIVE
Toronto (Bayview Village), Ontario MLS® #30131808
Courtesy of VIVIANA YE/PROMPTON REAL ESTATE SERVICES CORP.
Good Spirit Golf Course
Good Spirit Lake Prov Park, Saskatchewan MLS® #30131734
Courtesy of Robby Bear/RE/MAX Blue Chip Realty
422 - 11121 YONGE STREET
Richmond Hill (Devonsleigh), Ontario MLS® #30131746
Courtesy of AMY PING/FIRST CLASS REALTY INC.
4302 - 99 JOHN STREET
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #30131765
Courtesy of JEREMY ZHU/DREAM HOME REALTY INC.
A11 - 3101 KENNEDY ROAD
Toronto (Milliken), Ontario MLS® #30131772
Courtesy of HELEN LI/HC REALTY GROUP 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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