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.
36 MACPHERSON AVENUE
Toronto (Annex), Ontario MLS® #30471678
Courtesy of MELISSA NGUYEN/SAGE REAL ESTATE LIMITED
21 HEATHCOTE AVENUE
Toronto (St. Andrew-Windfields), Ontario MLS® #30471680
Courtesy of ROBIN LUO/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.
UPPER - 435 KINGSTON ROAD
Toronto (The Beaches), Ontario MLS® #30471971
Courtesy of BEVERLEY CRAIG/ROYAL LEPAGE ESTATE REALTY
230 - 77 SHUTER STREET
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #30471964
Courtesy of ANDY YOU/JDL REALTY INC.
65, 27211 Highway 12
Rural Lacombe County, Alberta MLS® #30471952
Courtesy of Maddison Bellamy/Royal LePage Network Realty Corp.
42 Sixmile Ridge S
Lethbridge, Alberta MLS® #30471921
Courtesy of Rebecca Akinde/MaxWell Capital Realty
443 HEARTHWOOD Drive
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #30471661
Courtesy of IBRAHIM HUSSEIN ABOUZEID/Affinity Real Estate Inc
311 - 1936 RYMAL ROAD E
Hamilton (Stoney Creek Mountain), Ontario MLS® #30471988
Courtesy of SANDRA DEBOWCZYK/KINGSWAY REAL ESTATE
375 HOLIDAY INN Drive Unit# 34
Cambridge, Ontario MLS® #30471969
Courtesy of DALE DYER/RE/MAX TWIN CITY REALTY INC.
603 - 206 ST GEORGE STREET
Toronto (Annex), Ontario MLS® #30471674
Courtesy of NIKKI GOODMAN/HAZELTON REAL ESTATE INC.
615 DOGWOOD LANE
Waterloo, Ontario MLS® #30471991
Courtesy of SUKHPAL SINGH GUJJAR/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.
615 DOGWOOD LANE
Waterloo, Ontario MLS® #30471989
Courtesy of SUKHPAL SINGH GUJJAR/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.
2209 - 60 SHUTER STREET
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #30471965
Courtesy of ANDY YOU/JDL REALTY INC.
6954 Highway 327
French Road, Nova Scotia MLS® #30471946
Courtesy of Jennifer Foley/3% Realty Nova Scotia
1284 Abitibi Road W
Lethbridge, Alberta MLS® #30471876
Courtesy of Spring Merrill/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE - LETHBRIDGE
521 - 2720 DUNDAS STREET W
Toronto (Junction Area), Ontario MLS® #30471977
Courtesy of PAUL JOHNSTON/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
914 - 58 MARINE PARADE DRIVE
Toronto (Mimico), Ontario MLS® #30471702
Courtesy of HUSSAN ZAHEER/ZOWN REALTY INC.
2808 13 Avenue NW
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #30471961
Courtesy of Sally Befus/RE/MAX Realty Professionals
51 COURTLEIGH SQUARE
Brampton (Heart Lake East), Ontario MLS® #30471978
Courtesy of ANNA FITZCHARLES/ONE PERCENT REALTY LTD.
1570 - 209 FORT YORK BOULEVARD
Toronto (Niagara), Ontario MLS® #30471966
Courtesy of ELIZABETH GOULART/SUTTON GROUP QUANTUM REALTY INC.
205 989 Johnson St
Victoria, British Columbia MLS® #30471710
Courtesy of Brian Mills/Sutton Group West Coast Realty
765 Weymouth Falls Road
Weymouth Falls, Nova Scotia MLS® #30471950
Courtesy of Suzanne Amirault/Engel & Volkers (Yarmouth)
521 NAVIGATOR DRIVE
Mississauga (Meadowvale Village), Ontario MLS® #30471690
Courtesy of MOHMED SALIM MALEK/ACHIEVERS REALTY
1847 El Sereno Dr
Saanich, British Columbia MLS® #30471711
Courtesy of Barry Kong/Pemberton Holmes Ltd.
10 Wildwood Street
Lewisporte, Newfoundland & Labrador MLS® #30471975
Courtesy of Gerry Canning/Krown Property Investments Inc.
7 AMARILLO DRIVE
Toronto (Eglinton East), Ontario MLS® #30471970
Courtesy of CLAIRE JANET BLICKER/CB METROPOLITAN COMMERCIAL LTD.
26 CEDARGROVE Court
Ancaster, Ontario MLS® #30471968
Courtesy of Elton Ilir Demirxhiu/Real Broker Ontario Ltd.
1104 - 42 CHARLES STREET E
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #30471963
Courtesy of ANDY YOU/JDL REALTY INC.
19 THORNWAY AVENUE
Vaughan (Brownridge), Ontario MLS® #30471879
Courtesy of LISA BELILLTI/SUTTON GROUP-ADMIRAL REALTY INC.
131 Skyview Ranch Road NE
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #30471848
Courtesy of Tarun Datta/Royal LePage Blue Sky
LOWER - 39 BELGRAVIA AVENUE
Toronto (Briar Hill-Belgravia), Ontario MLS® #30471689
Courtesy of ERIKA CUNANAN/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
6632 ALEXA COMMON
Niagara Falls (Marineland), Ontario MLS® #30467898
Courtesy of DAVID ROBBIO/REAL BROKER ONTARIO LTD.
457 SPENCER STREET
Woodstock (Woodstock - South), Ontario MLS® #30467893
Courtesy of HARBINDER BRAR/RE/MAX GOLD REALTY INC.
7 CHALMERS Street Unit# LOWER
St. Catharines, Ontario MLS® #30466833
Courtesy of Barbara Iglic/RE/MAX Real Estate Centre Inc.
14 JOSHUA Court
Plattsville, Ontario MLS® #30466605
Courtesy of Kyle Ward/REVEL Realty Inc., Brokerage
22 TODD ROAD
Toronto (Agincourt South-Malvern West), Ontario MLS® #30466528
Courtesy of JIMMY HE/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.
206 UNION STREET E
North Perth (Listowel), Ontario MLS® #30467735
Courtesy of SUE BOLOGNONE/RE/MAX Midwestern Realty Inc
BSMT - 537 SUNDOWN CRESCENT
Pickering (Woodlands), Ontario MLS® #30467761
Courtesy of ANDREW PALILLO-BUCKNALL/RE/MAX HALLMARK FIRST GROUP REALTY LTD.
228 HUNTER STREET
Pembroke, Ontario MLS® #30467780
Courtesy of Liam Poirier/ROYAL LEPAGE EDMONDS & ASSOCIATES
0 COUNTY ROAD 89
Innisfil, Ontario MLS® #30467797
Courtesy of FARIS SELWA/HOMELIFE/MIRACLE REALTY LTD
BSMNT - 1269 KING STREET W
Toronto (South Parkdale), Ontario MLS® #30467829
Courtesy of JASON TANG/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY LTD.
1413 CONNAUGHT TERRACE
Milton (FO Ford), Ontario MLS® #30467848
Courtesy of TESSA ROJAS/SUTTON GROUP QUANTUM 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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Toronto Neighbourhood Guide
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