3303 70 Avenue
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.
4807 44 Ave
Stony Plain, Alberta MLS® #29210474
Courtesy of Rohin Geis/Royal LePage Noralta Real Estate
9709 97A AV
Morinville, Alberta MLS® #29618729
Courtesy of Chuck Mulholland/Century 21 All Stars Realty Ltd
105 AURORA HEIGHTS DRIVE
Aurora (Aurora Heights), Ontario MLS® #29618659
Courtesy of Victor Yang/REAL ONE REALTY INC.
S-213 - 330 PHILLIP STREET
Waterloo, Ontario MLS® #29618673
Courtesy of RAY LEI/REAL ONE REALTY INC.
539 - 31 TIPPETT ROAD
Toronto (Clanton Park), Ontario MLS® #29618685
Courtesy of DAVID HUANG/HOME STANDARDS BRICKSTONE REALTY
205 - 81 TOWNSGATE DRIVE
Vaughan (Crestwood-Springfarm-Yorkhill), Ontario MLS® #29618700
Courtesy of KATERINA ATAPINA/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.
3BR LOWER LEVEL - 1540 MANORBROOK COURT
Mississauga (East Credit), Ontario MLS® #29618705
Courtesy of MOHAMMED SHEECE DALVI/ROYAL LEPAGE PLATINUM REALTY
1139 GLENGROVE AVENUE W
Toronto (Yorkdale-Glen Park), Ontario MLS® #29619905
Courtesy of GILBERT LOPES/RE/MAX ULTIMATE REALTY INC.
LOWER - 153 QUEENS DRIVE
Toronto (Weston), Ontario MLS® #29620337
Courtesy of ARI ZADEGAN/RE/MAX HALLMARK ARI ZADEGAN GROUP REALTY
66 OSPREY RIDGE ROAD
Barrie (East Bayfield), Ontario MLS® #29620318
Courtesy of MICHAEL PATRICK KEOGH/RE/MAX HALLMARK CHAY REALTY
UPPER - 16 ENFIELD AVENUE
Toronto (Alderwood), Ontario MLS® #29620332
Courtesy of XIAOFEI PENG/SMART SOLD REALTY
11 - 2 WILLOW STREET
Brant (Paris), Ontario MLS® #29620166
Courtesy of KATE BRODDICK/REVEL REALTY INC.
Lot 3 359 Seligs Road
Prospect Village, Nova Scotia MLS® #29620229
Courtesy of Karyn Hammond/Sutton Group Professional Realty
12 BRIARWOOD PLACE
Innisfil (Cookstown), Ontario MLS® #29620293
Courtesy of CATHERINE MITCHELL WEAVER/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
#2002 - 15 SKYRIDGE DRIVE
Brampton (Bram East), Ontario MLS® #29618933
Courtesy of MANJINDER SINGH/RE/MAX GOLD REALTY INC.
4164 FOREST FIRE CRESCENT
Mississauga (Rathwood), Ontario MLS® #29619619
Courtesy of GABRIEL BOZOLASCO/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
34 - 2400 NEYAGAWA BOULEVARD
Oakville (RO River Oaks), Ontario MLS® #29619621
Courtesy of CHRISTOPHER G. INVIDIATA/RE/MAX ABOUTOWNE REALTY CORP.
6255 Sechelt Dr
Nanaimo, British Columbia MLS® #29619373
Courtesy of Josh Wynia/460 Realty Inc. (NA)
5887 184B STREET
Surrey, British Columbia MLS® #29619765
Courtesy of Jennifer Sears/Team 3000 Realty Ltd.
3339 Emerlad Street
New Waterford, Nova Scotia MLS® #29618870
Courtesy of Debbie Campbell/Royal LePage Anchor Realty
139 ASCALON DRIVE
Vaughan (Patterson), Ontario MLS® #29620298
Courtesy of POLINA MORGULIS/REMAX YOUR COMMUNITY REALTY
3675 Cornerstone Boulevard NE
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #29620197
Courtesy of Juanita Power/First Place Realty
BSMT - 8 REIGN LANE
Markham (Cedarwood), Ontario MLS® #29620091
Courtesy of ROY GEORGE/HOMELIFE/MIRACLE REALTY LTD
2208 MELISSA Crescent
Burlington, Ontario MLS® #29619734
Courtesy of Alex Petroff/Keller Williams Edge Realty
61 Lancaster Drive
Herring Cove, Nova Scotia MLS® #29619114
Courtesy of Maria Barreiro/Royal LePage Atlantic
22 BRISCOE STREET E
London South (South F), Ontario MLS® #29619429
Courtesy of SCOTT PURDY/ROYAL LEPAGE TRILAND PREMIER BROKERAGE
47400 EXTROM ROAD|Ryder Lake
Chilliwack, British Columbia MLS® #29623095
Courtesy of Kevin Alexander/RE/MAX Nyda Realty Inc.
472 Country Hills Drive NW
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #29620798
Courtesy of Jessica B. Taburada/CIR Realty
33 CALISTA STREET
Vaughan (Vellore Village), Ontario MLS® #29622422
Courtesy of MARIO VOLPENTESTA/SUTTON GROUP-ADMIRAL REALTY INC.
41 21928 48 AVENUE
Langley, British Columbia MLS® #29620414
Courtesy of Joseph Collins/RE/MAX Treeland Realty
7327 112A STREET
Delta, British Columbia MLS® #29622787
Courtesy of Rachel Bock/Homelife Benchmark Titus Realty
325 Harmston Ave
Courtenay, British Columbia MLS® #29622833
Courtesy of Rick Gibson/Royal LePage-Comox Valley (CV)
804 - 90 CHARLTON AVENUE W
Hamilton (Durand), Ontario MLS® #29620178
Courtesy of MARK NYMAN/ROYAL LEPAGE STATE REALTY
30 JODIES LANE
Springwater (Midhurst), Ontario MLS® #29620111
Courtesy of NICOLE ROSEBRUGH/RE/MAX HALLMARK CHAY REALTY
15 AMULET CRESCENT
Richmond Hill (Rouge Woods), Ontario MLS® #29620654
Courtesy of RICHARD LEE/HOMELIFE GOLCONDA 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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