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.
8 ALHAMBRA AVENUE
Toronto (High Park-Swansea), Ontario MLS® #30431367
Courtesy of SHANNON KIMBERLY STEWART/SUTTON GROUP REALTY SYSTEMS INC.
2207 - 900 DYNES ROAD
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #30431350
Courtesy of Tao Peng/ROYAL LEPAGE INTEGRITY REALTY
303 - 500 DUPONT STREET
Toronto (Annex), Ontario MLS® #30431317
Courtesy of JACOB GE/PRESTIGIUM REAL ESTATE LTD.
3305 - 27 MCMAHON DRIVE
Toronto (Bayview Village), Ontario MLS® #30431355
Courtesy of WILLIAM LIN/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
34 IRENE DRIVE
Barrie (Painswick South), Ontario MLS® #30431362
Courtesy of JENNY CALALANG/HOMELIFE EXCELSIOR REALTY INC.
82 PRINCE OF WALES DRIVE
Markham (Victoria Square), Ontario MLS® #30431336
Courtesy of RAYMOND XU/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
479 CUMMER AVENUE
Toronto (Newtonbrook East), Ontario MLS® #30431324
Courtesy of NICOLE LIN/KELLER WILLIAMS REFERRED URBAN REALTY
121 ASHGROVE AVENUE
Brantford, Ontario MLS® #30431665
Courtesy of ANDREW PETER EVANS/RE/MAX ESCARPMENT REALTY INC.
205, 110 Auburn Meadows View SE
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #30431499
Courtesy of Lisa Calles/Century 21 Bamber Realty LTD.
2256 WEBSTER STREET
Perth East (Shakespeare), Ontario MLS® #30431519
Courtesy of LYNDSAY ROBINSON/RE/MAX A-B Realty Ltd
BIG MASTERBEDROOM 2ND FLR - 16 ROSS ST STREET
Toronto (Kensington-Chinatown), Ontario MLS® #30431406
Courtesy of JACK JI/JDL REALTY INC.
9959 Grenville Street
St. Peter's, Nova Scotia MLS® #30431437
Courtesy of Sherry MacLeod/Cape Breton Realty
255 Newton LINK
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan MLS® #30431487
Courtesy of Mike Yerhoff/Realty Executives Saskatoon
207 West Old Post Road
Smiths Cove, Nova Scotia MLS® #30431576
Courtesy of Kate Blanchard/MacKay Real Estate Ltd.
89 BATSON DRIVE
Aurora (Aurora Village), Ontario MLS® #30431634
Courtesy of NIMA KHADEM/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
162 BATHGATE DRIVE
Toronto (Centennial Scarborough), Ontario MLS® #30431627
Courtesy of LOU CORNACCHIA/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
450 DUNDAS Street E Unit# 425
Hamilton, Ontario MLS® #30431622
Courtesy of Jon Van Geest/Real Broker Ontario Ltd.
59 ROUTLIFFE LANE
Toronto (Newtonbrook West), Ontario MLS® #30431610
Courtesy of DANIEL TANG/RE/MAX ATRIUM HOME REALTY
114 KENNEDY ROAD
Caledon (Cheltenham), Ontario MLS® #30431658
Courtesy of BRENDA KOLEY/ROYAL LEPAGE RCR REALTY
10 MAJOR OAKS DRIVE
Brampton (Madoc), Ontario MLS® #30431653
Courtesy of NELSON DEMEDEIROS/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.
2029 SAINT ANDREW'S PLACE
Mississauga (Sheridan), Ontario MLS® #30431646
Courtesy of BOGDAN PETRI/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
2 JAMES PARROTT AVENUE
Markham (Wismer), Ontario MLS® #30431413
Courtesy of ANNA ZHAI/FIRST CLASS REALTY INC.
10419 Highway 1
Paradise, Nova Scotia MLS® #30431401
Courtesy of Colin Crowell/RE/MAX Banner Real Estate(Greenwood)
410 NORTHFIELD Drive Unit# B11
Waterloo, Ontario MLS® #30431545
Courtesy of LEE S. QUAILE/Chestnut Park Realty Southwestern Ontario Limited
82 MARMORA STREET
Quinte West (Trenton Ward), Ontario MLS® #30431502
Courtesy of Roxee Morden/Royal LePage ProAlliance Realty
5772 CONC 2 ROAD
Adjala-Tosorontio, Ontario MLS® #30431475
Courtesy of DEBBIE TERRY/COLDWELL BANKER RONAN REALTY
438 MCALPINE AVENUE N
Welland (Welland Downtown), Ontario MLS® #30431456
Courtesy of Prey Patel/REVEL Realty Inc., Brokerage
32 FALSTAFF STREET
Stratford, Ontario MLS® #30431381
Courtesy of LIZ YUNDT/Sutton Group - First Choice Realty Ltd.
7 Connemara Place
St. John's, Newfoundland & Labrador MLS® #30431588
Courtesy of Brock Roul/3% Realty East Coast
402 - 74 SPADINA ROAD
Toronto (Annex), Ontario MLS® #30431521
Courtesy of ALVARO DE LA TORRE/BONNATERA REALTY
68 BRUCKER ROAD
Barrie (Holly), Ontario MLS® #30431420
Courtesy of TARA HANNAM/CENTURY 21 B.J. ROTH REALTY LTD.
3120 SOUTH SERVICE ROAD
Burlington (Industrial Burlington), Ontario MLS® #30431344
Courtesy of JAIDEV GAIND/EXECUTIVE REAL ESTATE SERVICES LTD.
1923 UPPER THAMES DRIVE
Woodstock (Woodstock - North), Ontario MLS® #30431351
Courtesy of Satnam Chatha/Bridge Realty
38 BOULTBEE AVENUE
Toronto (Blake-Jones), Ontario MLS® #30431356
Courtesy of HARVEY ZUCKERMAN/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY LTD.
2407 - 57 ST JOSEPH STREET
Toronto (Bay Street Corridor), Ontario MLS® #30431318
Courtesy of VIVIAN MAO/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
170 PRINCE WILLIAM WAY
Barrie (Innis-Shore), Ontario MLS® #30431363
Courtesy of DAVID GUO/REAL ONE REALTY INC.
1415 Lake Ontario Drive SE
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #30431440
Courtesy of Yaseen Idris/TREC The Real Estate Company
1 Upper Tea Hill Crescent
Stratford, Prince Edward Island MLS® #30431490
Courtesy of Joanna Molyneaux/ISLAND HOMES PEI REAL ESTATE
100 QUEEN STREET E
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #30431522
Courtesy of AMY NI/AVION REALTY INC.
6648 Highway 215
Cheverie, Nova Scotia MLS® #30431591
Courtesy of Jessica Kaminska/Royal LePage Atlantic - Valley(Windsor)
307 JEREMYS CRESCENT
Wellington North (Mount Forest), Ontario MLS® #30431488
Courtesy of OLENA KUZNETSOVA/HOUSESIGMA 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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