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.
3303 70 Avenue, Leduc, AB
Leduc, Alberta MLS® #29465687
Courtesy of Michelle A. Plach/HonestDoor Inc
6002 49th Ave
Bonnyville Town, Alberta MLS® #30143807
Courtesy of Vince J. Kelly/RE/MAX Bonnyville Realty
37 BOWLER STREET
Aurora (Bayview Wellington), Ontario MLS® #30154902
Courtesy of KRISTA HALL/KELLER WILLIAMS REALTY CENTRES
641 ROYAL FERN STREET
Waterloo, Ontario MLS® #30154945
Courtesy of Ishmeet Singh Malhotra/EXP REALTY
60 JAMES PARK SQUARE
Toronto (Milliken), Ontario MLS® #30154933
Courtesy of SUSANNA ZHANG/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.
1453 FLETT ROAD
Williams Lake, British Columbia MLS® #30154743
Courtesy of Lisa Robinson/RE/MAX Williams Lake Realty
304 CHARLTON AVENUE
Vaughan (Brownridge), Ontario MLS® #30154938
Courtesy of LAWRENCE LIANG/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
5008 - 180 UNIVERSITY AVENUE
Toronto (Bay Street Corridor), Ontario MLS® #30154890
Courtesy of HYMAN ZHANG/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.
7 - 2983 WESTOAK TRAILS BOULEVARD
Oakville (WM Westmount), Ontario MLS® #30154915
Courtesy of DANIEL GUO/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
552 BUNTING ROAD
St. Catharines (Bunting/Linwell), Ontario MLS® #30154883
Courtesy of Kara Speth/ROYAL LEPAGE NRC REALTY
407 - 55 EGLINTON AVENUE W
Mississauga (Hurontario), Ontario MLS® #30154910
Courtesy of JUN QIN/REAL ONE REALTY INC.
#317 5005 165 AV NW NW
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #30154953
Courtesy of . Joga Singh/Nationwide Realty Corp
8 SUNSET STREET
East Gwillimbury (Holland Landing), Ontario MLS® #30154934
Courtesy of EKUA BAMFO/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
337 HORSHAM AVENUE
Toronto (Willowdale West), Ontario MLS® #30154895
Courtesy of SASAN GHOLIOF/MASTER'S TRUST REALTY INC.
414 - 711 BAY STREET
Toronto (Bay Street Corridor), Ontario MLS® #30154927
Courtesy of PHILIP HU/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
407 - 235 GRANDRAVINE DRIVE
Toronto (Glenfield-Jane Heights), Ontario MLS® #30154941
Courtesy of TANYA PODOLSKAIA/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
12 ARIA LANE
Brampton (Bramalea North Industrial), Ontario MLS® #30154911
Courtesy of SUNIL SAINI/CENTURY 21 LEGACY LTD.
10312 154 ST NW
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #30154625
Courtesy of Alvaro Soto/Homes & Gardens Real Estate Limited
502 - 128 FAIRVIEW MALL DRIVE
Toronto (Don Valley Village), Ontario MLS® #30154896
Courtesy of Wilson Lee/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
440 - 23 FOUR MILE CREEK ROAD
Niagara-on-the-Lake (St. Davids), Ontario MLS® #30154884
Courtesy of Brian Toye/RE/MAX GARDEN CITY REALTY INC, BROKERAGE
2126 - 500 DORIS AVENUE
Toronto (Willowdale East), Ontario MLS® #30154928
Courtesy of JOLLY WENMIN CHEN/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
2212 - 8 INTERCHANGE WAY
Vaughan (Vaughan Corporate Centre), Ontario MLS® #30154935
Courtesy of MATTHEW HE/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
#114 1238 Windermere WY SW
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #30154866
Courtesy of Daisy H. Aw/Century 21 Masters
122 KING STREET W
Kawartha Lakes (Emily), Ontario MLS® #30154917
Courtesy of MOHAMMED SAKIL/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
LOWER A 45945 LEWIS AVENUE|Chilliwack Proper West
Chilliwack, British Columbia MLS® #30154448
Courtesy of Serena Laye/Pathway Executives Realty Inc.
1711 - 19 BATHURST STREET
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #30154897
Courtesy of Wilson Lee/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
3101 - 20 RICHARDSON STREET E
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #30154929
Courtesy of DANIEL QUACH/RE/MAX EXCEL TITAN
302 - 85 SKYMARK DRIVE
Toronto (Hillcrest Village), Ontario MLS® #30154931
Courtesy of PARVIZ SANEI-KASHANI/CENTRAL HOME REALTY INC.
4002 - 898 PORTAGE, SINGLE BEDRM PARKWAY
Vaughan (Vaughan Corporate Centre), Ontario MLS® #30154936
Courtesy of RAV MURADIA/REALTY ONE GROUP DELTA
3501 SILVERLEAF CHASE
London South (South V), Ontario MLS® #30154925
Courtesy of HAFIZ KHAN/NU-VISTA PINNACLE REALTY BROKERAGE INC
LOWER - 14202 HIGHWAY 118 HIGHWAY E
Dysart et al (Dysart), Ontario MLS® #30154879
Courtesy of Keeley Ward/KIC Realty
1508 - 11 BRUNEL COURT
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #30154898
Courtesy of Wilson Lee/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
940 SHELDON COURT
Burlington (Industrial Burlington), Ontario MLS® #30154913
Courtesy of DANIEL GUO/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
BSMT - 191 PLEASANT AVENUE
Toronto (Newtonbrook West), Ontario MLS® #30154893
Courtesy of LAWRENCE LIANG/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
#2309 7343 SOUTH TERWILLEGAR DR NW
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #30154786
Courtesy of Gabriela Mesta Kim Cantero/RE/MAX Real Estate
610 - 20 MINOWAN MIIKAN LANE
Toronto (Little Portugal), Ontario MLS® #30154825
Courtesy of SAM PARK/KELLER WILLIAMS ADVANTAGE REALTY
4705 - 89 CHURCH STREET
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #30154818
Courtesy of CHRIS LEE/RE/MAX ATRIUM HOME REALTY
2909 - 365 CHURCH STREET
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #30154781
Courtesy of JIAN J. QIU/HOMELIFE LANDMARK 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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