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.
1474 GLENCAIRN AVENUE
Peterborough (Monaghan Ward 2), Ontario MLS® #30492984
Courtesy of CHRISTINE KEMP/RE/MAX ROUGE RIVER REALTY LTD.
25 WELLINGTON Street S Unit# 710
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #30493223
Courtesy of ROBERT ALEXANDER MCFEE/Condo Culture Inc. - Brokerage 2
83 HARDCASTLE DRIVE S
Waterloo, Ontario MLS® #30493211
Courtesy of DONNA PIANO/HOMELIFE PARTNERS REALTY CORP.
581 LORD SIMCOE COURT
Milton (DP Dorset Park), Ontario MLS® #30493110
Courtesy of JAY HARNETT/Town Or Country Real Estate (Halton) Ltd., Brokerage
9525 Highway 6
Pugwash, Nova Scotia MLS® #30493254
Courtesy of Holly Gordon/Coldwell Banker Performance Realty
7 - 4538 HURON STREET
Niagara Falls (Downtown), Ontario MLS® #30493305
Courtesy of Matt Vescio/The Agency
13 STEVEN Drive
Thorold, Ontario MLS® #30493336
Courtesy of Kayla Smith/RE/MAX Escarpment Realty Inc.
243 Glenwood Drive
Truro, Nova Scotia MLS® #30493038
Courtesy of Keith Kenny/Century 21 Optimum Realty
15 Woodmont Green SW
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #30492991
Courtesy of Krysaly Gidley/BECK Real Estate Ltd.
6 BROME ROAD
Toronto (Maple Leaf), Ontario MLS® #30493437
Courtesy of NELSON ANTONIO CAMPOS/SUTTON GROUP REALTY SYSTEMS INC.
8 PARAMOUNT PLACE
Brampton (Fletcher's West), Ontario MLS® #30493444
Courtesy of FRANK POLSINELLO/EXP REALTY
60 CHARLES Street W Unit# 1504
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #30493401
Courtesy of Vince Vasco/Royal LePage Wolle Realty
1110 - 330 ALTON TOWERS CIRCLE
Toronto (Milliken), Ontario MLS® #30493406
Courtesy of MAYUR DOLATRAI MISTRY/CENTURY 21 TITANS REALTY INC.
3 - 369 GEORGIAN DRIVE
Barrie (Georgian Drive), Ontario MLS® #30493432
Courtesy of DANIEL FORTUNATO/RE/MAX WEST REALTY INC.
112 Burnt Woods Road
Victoria, Newfoundland & Labrador MLS® #30493425
Courtesy of Frank Evely/RE/MAX Eastern Edge Realty Ltd. - Bay Roberts
537 BURR ROAD
Prince Edward County (Hillier Ward), Ontario MLS® #30493684
Courtesy of SHERRY MANGAL/ALLIED INTERNATIONAL REALTY CANADA INC.
1003 - 4085 PARKSIDE VILLAGE DRIVE
Mississauga (City Centre), Ontario MLS® #30493660
Courtesy of AKSHAY MISIR/RE/MAX ALL-STARS REALTY INC.
1229 OWEN COURT
Oakville (CP College Park), Ontario MLS® #30493639
Courtesy of CATHERINA RAS-BASISTA/ROYAL LEPAGE REALTY PLUS OAKVILLE
BSMT - 14 EDGAR ROAD
Caledon (Bolton East), Ontario MLS® #30493627
Courtesy of TONY VITALE/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
644 GREY Street Unit# 205
Brantford, Ontario MLS® #30493691
Courtesy of Tony Locane/RE/MAX Escarpment Realty Inc.
5137 ONTARIO AVENUE
Niagara Falls (Downtown), Ontario MLS® #30493689
Courtesy of JOYCE SHUAI/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
2436 UPPER VALLEY CRESCENT
Oakville (RO River Oaks), Ontario MLS® #30492980
Courtesy of VINCE LU/REAL ONE REALTY INC.
603 - 59 ANNIE CRAIG DRIVE
Toronto (Mimico), Ontario MLS® #30493438
Courtesy of MAJID GAMINI MOHAMMADI/CENTURY 21 LEADING EDGE REALTY INC.
1105 PIONEER ROAD
Highlands East (Glamorgan), Ontario MLS® #30493457
Courtesy of SERGIO MURESAN/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
676 LAURIER BOULEVARD
Brockville, Ontario MLS® #30493402
Courtesy of SHARI DOHERTY/RE/MAX FINEST REALTY INC., BROKERAGE
479 New Cumberland Road
Lake Centre, Nova Scotia MLS® #30493255
Courtesy of Mark Seamone/EXIT Realty Inter Lake
1507 - 830 LAWRENCE AVENUE W
Toronto (Yorkdale-Glen Park), Ontario MLS® #30493306
Courtesy of JEFFREY STARR/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY LTD.
33 PALACEBEACH TRAIL
Hamilton (Stoney Creek), Ontario MLS® #30493318
Courtesy of JUN LIU/REAL ONE REALTY INC.
25 WELLINGTON Street S Unit# 303
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #30493332
Courtesy of ROBERT ALEXANDER MCFEE/Condo Culture Inc. - Brokerage 2
21720 TCH|Rte 1
North Tryon, Prince Edward Island MLS® #30493224
Courtesy of Landan Weeks/ALLAN WEEKS REAL ESTATE CO.,LTD.
558 GRACE STREET
Woodstock (Woodstock - North), Ontario MLS® #30493320
Courtesy of Vedrana Pavlovic/EXP REALTY
5 WOOD DUCK Way
Port Rowan, Ontario MLS® #30493692
Courtesy of Jarred Wilcox/Peak Peninsula Realty Inc.
B1 - 70 WILLOWRUN DRIVE
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #30493685
Courtesy of LATIF MERALI/HOMELIFE/BAYVIEW REALTY INC.
80 CALYPSO AVENUE
Springwater (Midhurst), Ontario MLS® #30493433
Courtesy of ANDY HUANG/DREAM HOME REALTY INC.
1037 LAKESHORE ROAD W
Oakville (SW Southwest), Ontario MLS® #30493445
Courtesy of NIVEEN WADEEH BISHAY HENAIN/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
1205 - 3121 SHEPPARD AVENUE E
Toronto (Tam O'Shanter-Sullivan), Ontario MLS® #30493407
Courtesy of SIMMI MINHAS/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY LTD.
21 - 23 Boyd Avenue
Clarke's Beach, Newfoundland & Labrador MLS® #30493426
Courtesy of Frank Evely/RE/MAX Eastern Edge Realty Ltd. - Bay Roberts
659 WOODVIEW Road
Burlington, Ontario MLS® #30493469
Courtesy of Frank Loncaric/Royal LePage Burloak Real Estate Services
987 OSSINGTON AVENUE
Toronto (Dovercourt-Wallace Emerson-Junction), Ontario MLS® #30493661
Courtesy of JACQUELINE RODRIGUES/KELLER WILLIAMS REFERRED URBAN REALTY
48 - 1200 SPEERS ROAD
Oakville (QE Queen Elizabeth), Ontario MLS® #30493659
Courtesy of DARLENE WATTS/CENTURY 21 MILLER REAL ESTATE LTD.
0 FIVE SIDE ROAD
Halton Hills (Rural Halton Hills), Ontario MLS® #30493628
Courtesy of KARANVEER SINGH/ROYAL LEPAGE MEADOWTOWNE REALTY
2414 20 Street N
Lethbridge, Alberta MLS® #30493382
Courtesy of Whitney Maronda/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE - LETHBRIDGE
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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