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.
12803,12807,12809,12811, 12803,12807,12809,12811 56 St
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #29961435
Courtesy of Vikaas K Kwatra/smartPRO Realty
142 BORDEN STREET
Toronto (University), Ontario MLS® #29963706
Courtesy of STEPHEN C.C. WONG/TRUSTWELL REALTY INC.
S3005 - 8 OLYMPIC GARDEN DRIVE
Toronto (Newtonbrook East), Ontario MLS® #29963720
Courtesy of GEORGE YUN/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
1209 - 7 GRENVILLE STREET
Toronto (Bay Street Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29963707
Courtesy of EDMOND TONG/EXP REALTY
2709 - 3883 QUARTZ ROAD
Mississauga (City Centre), Ontario MLS® #29963714
Courtesy of Naazy Waheedy/QUEENSWAY REAL ESTATE BROKERAGE INC.
93 ALEXIE WAY
Vaughan (Vellore Village), Ontario MLS® #29963710
Courtesy of HENRY YUAN/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
2510 - 89 MCGILL STREET
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29963722
Courtesy of LUCY WANG/RE/MAX EPIC REALTY
2703 - 7171 YONGE STREET
Markham (Grandview), Ontario MLS® #29963711
Courtesy of GRACE LO/SUTTON GROUP-ADMIRAL REALTY INC.
917 - 7950 BATHURST STREET
Vaughan (Beverley Glen), Ontario MLS® #29963709
Courtesy of KEVIN LIU/EXP REALTY
6273 MOOSE POINT DRIVE
70 Mile House, British Columbia MLS® #29963546
Courtesy of Chris Janzen/REMAX 100
6330 ROTHBOURNE ROAD
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #29963717
Courtesy of Tao Peng/ROYAL LEPAGE INTEGRITY REALTY
603 - 4010 EGLINTON AVENUE W
Toronto (Humber Heights), Ontario MLS® #29962133
Courtesy of KEVIN LIU/EXP REALTY
1211 - 543 RICHMOND STREET W
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29962145
Courtesy of JEREMY ZHU/DREAM HOME REALTY INC.
286 Edgewood Cres
Duncan, British Columbia MLS® #29962171
Courtesy of Kira Laing/Pemberton Holmes Ltd.
1617 - 4955 YONGE STREET
Toronto (Willowdale East), Ontario MLS® #29962190
Courtesy of RICHARD WANG/RE/MAX EXCEL REALTY LTD.
409 - 5 LAKEVIEW AVENUE
Toronto (Trinity-Bellwoods), Ontario MLS® #29962195
Courtesy of ALANA SMITH/INTERNATIONAL REALTY FIRM, INC.
1411 - 1 CLARK AVENUE W
Vaughan (Crestwood-Springfarm-Yorkhill), Ontario MLS® #29962210
Courtesy of NAFISEH SEYED REZAZADEH/SUTTON GROUP-ADMIRAL REALTY INC.
107 LONBOROUGH AVENUE
Toronto (Beechborough-Greenbrook), Ontario MLS® #29962215
Courtesy of KEVIN CHAN/ONE PERCENT REALTY LTD.
189 Carringvue Way NW
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #29962227
Courtesy of Tauseef Chughtai/RE/MAX Complete Realty
409 - 5 LAKEVIEW (SHORT TERM) AVENUE
Toronto (Trinity-Bellwoods), Ontario MLS® #29962234
Courtesy of ALANA SMITH/INTERNATIONAL REALTY FIRM, INC.
11 BROADVIEW CRESCENT
Cambridge, Ontario MLS® #29962241
Courtesy of Cindy DaCosta/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.
51 MAIN STREET W
Smiths Falls, Ontario MLS® #29962296
Courtesy of Manon Vaillancourt/COLDWELL BANKER SETTLEMENT REALTY
27 COLERIDGE AVENUE
Toronto (Woodbine-Lumsden), Ontario MLS® #29962304
Courtesy of JEFF T ALEXANDER/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
231 WELLINGTON (PIN-451060369) STREET
Greater Napanee (Greater Napanee), Ontario MLS® #29962330
Courtesy of Stuart Nesbitt/RE/MAX AFFILIATES MARQUIS
3508 - 100 QUEEN STREET E
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29962335
Courtesy of SHASHA CHEN/LPT REALTY
#22 53213 HGHWAY 31
Rural Parkland County, Alberta MLS® #29962342
Courtesy of Kyla M. Suder/Royal LePage Noralta Real Estate
708 - 43 HANNA AVENUE
Toronto (Niagara), Ontario MLS® #29962114
Courtesy of ARI ESMAIL/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
1203 - 56 ELIZABETH STREET S
Richmond Hill (Mill Pond), Ontario MLS® #29962121
Courtesy of RICHAEL XU/MASTER'S TRUST REALTY INC.
11 BLANCHARDS ROAD
Kawartha Lakes (Bexley), Ontario MLS® #29962373
Courtesy of Heather Porter/Re/Max All-Stars Realty Inc.
480 DENNISON ROAD
North Grenville, Ontario MLS® #29962378
Courtesy of Julia Forbes/ROYAL LEPAGE TEAM REALTY
1111 - 555 BRITTANY DRIVE
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #29962380
Courtesy of Kenneth Liu/HOME RUN REALTY INC.
. Dayton RD
Iron Bridge, Ontario MLS® #29962397
Courtesy of Chris Jaggarnath/Royal LePage® Mid North Realty Blind River
1019 - 3050 ELLESMERE ROAD
Toronto (Morningside), Ontario MLS® #29962417
Courtesy of DAVID XUE DONG LIU/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
907 - 8 CEDARLAND DRIVE
Markham (Unionville), Ontario MLS® #29962436
Courtesy of ALAN WONG/REMAX YOUR COMMUNITY REALTY
23 TWISTLETON STREET
Caledon, Ontario MLS® #29962448
Courtesy of RANJIT NIJJAR/RE/MAX REALTY SERVICES INC.
1012 - 6720 GLEN ERIN DRIVE
Mississauga (Meadowvale), Ontario MLS® #29962450
Courtesy of MARY M. MONTGOMERY/ROYAL LEPAGE REALTY PLUS
126 ANGELINE STREET S
Kawartha Lakes (Lindsay), Ontario MLS® #29962462
Courtesy of Gordon Corneil/Royal LePage Frank Real Estate
47 HANNON Crescent
Hannon, Ontario MLS® #29962474
Courtesy of Giacomo Luppino/Royal LePage State Realty Inc.
404 - 30 HAYDEN STREET
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29962481
Courtesy of Jade Peng/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
#237 2520 50 ST NW
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #29962501
Courtesy of Christopher D. Greidanus/MaxWell Devonshire 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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