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
PRO LIQUOR STORE
Vegreville, Alberta MLS® #30006458
Courtesy of Kuljeet Dhaliwal/Royal Lepage Arteam Realty
4603 - 8 WATER WALK DRIVE
Markham (Unionville), Ontario MLS® #30040339
Courtesy of QILUN XU/BAY STREET INTEGRITY REALTY INC.
32 - 81 BROOKMILL BOULEVARD
Toronto (L'Amoreaux), Ontario MLS® #30040322
Courtesy of RAYMOND HONG/HC YouHome Realty Inc.
802 - 400 KING STREET W
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #30040360
Courtesy of MARTIN SHUM/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
914 - 195 REDPATH AVENUE
Toronto (Mount Pleasant West), Ontario MLS® #30040365
Courtesy of DAPHNE DE LA CRUZ/HOMELIFE EXCELSIOR REALTY INC.
26 LIVING CRESCENT
Markham (Victoria Square), Ontario MLS® #30040377
Courtesy of ERIC WANG/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.
837 QUEENSBRIDGE DRIVE
Mississauga (Creditview), Ontario MLS® #30040384
Courtesy of JULIET QIN/SMART SOLD REALTY
#205 11440 40 avenue NW
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #30040404
Courtesy of Aaron Richard Simeon/Exp Realty
105 - 2351 KENNEDY ROAD
Toronto (Agincourt South-Malvern West), Ontario MLS® #30040327
Courtesy of LISA LIU/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
2 GLENGORDON CRESCENT
Markham (Devil's Elbow), Ontario MLS® #30040334
Courtesy of STEVEN LIAMBAS/RE/MAX NOBLECORP REAL ESTATE
37 LAKE MARGARET TRAIL
St. Thomas, Ontario MLS® #30040358
Courtesy of ANITA PIMENTEL/THE REALTY FIRM INC.
916 - 121 ST PATRICK STREET
Toronto (Kensington-Chinatown), Ontario MLS® #30040316
Courtesy of TRINA WANG/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.
133 TREMOUNT STREET
Whitby (Brooklin), Ontario MLS® #30040328
Courtesy of RAVI SHANKAR KYGONAHALLI/REAL ESTATE HOMEWARD
540 WEIR AVENUE
Oakville (WO West), Ontario MLS® #30040342
Courtesy of RUBEN FURTADO/ROCK STAR REAL ESTATE INC.
9 FILBERT Street
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #30040241
Courtesy of Charlotte Tarrant/Royal LePage Wolle Realty
44 LOGAN AVENUE
Toronto (South Riverdale), Ontario MLS® #30040330
Courtesy of JON BROCK/KELLER WILLIAMS REALTY CENTRES
608 - 339 RATHBURN ROAD W
Mississauga (City Centre), Ontario MLS® #30040347
Courtesy of KEN QI/HIGHLAND REALTY
805 - 47 MUTUAL STREET
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #30040361
Courtesy of JEREMY ZHU/DREAM HOME REALTY INC.
5175 BAKER-KERSLEY ROAD
Quesnel, British Columbia MLS® #30039838
Courtesy of Curtis Burbs Burbee/Royal LePage Aspire Realty (Qsnl)
339 LOUISA STREET
Cornwall, Ontario MLS® #30040309
Courtesy of TALAT BUTT/ROYAL LEPAGE PERFORMANCE REALTY
214 WILLIAM ROE BOULEVARD
Newmarket (Central Newmarket), Ontario MLS® #30040335
Courtesy of KEVIN HOU/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
230 ALSACE ROAD
Richmond Hill (Crosby), Ontario MLS® #30040373
Courtesy of MINA FADAVI-ANBIAI/HOMELIFE CLASSIC REALTY INC.
130 MAJOR CRESCENT
Aurora, Ontario MLS® #30040378
Courtesy of SHAH HOSSAIN/HOMELIFE EXCELSIOR REALTY INC.
70C MORRISON POINT ROAD
Prince Edward County (South Marysburg Ward), Ontario MLS® #30040305
Courtesy of Sam Simone/Chestnut Park Real Estate Limited
1111 - 33 SINGER COURT
Toronto (Bayview Village), Ontario MLS® #30040362
Courtesy of DI ZHENG/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
2125 - 15 NORTHTOWN WAY
Toronto (Willowdale East), Ontario MLS® #30040367
Courtesy of MOHSEN EHSAAN/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
806 - 9 NORTHERN HTS DRIVE
Richmond Hill (Langstaff), Ontario MLS® #30040379
Courtesy of MOHSEN EHSAAN/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
40 GREEN BUSH ROAD
Toronto (Newtonbrook West), Ontario MLS® #30040312
Courtesy of BEN TSIRLIN/REAL BROKER ONTARIO LTD.
2702 - 38 WIDMER STREET
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #30040317
Courtesy of KEVIN HOU/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
1508 - 255 VILLAGE GREEN SQUARE
Toronto (Agincourt South-Malvern West), Ontario MLS® #30040324
Courtesy of CALEB CHAN/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.
1416 - 30 SHORE BREEZE DRIVE
Toronto (Mimico), Ontario MLS® #30040348
Courtesy of TRINA WANG/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.
43 ADAIR AVENUE N
Hamilton (McQuesten), Ontario MLS® #30040349
Courtesy of ABHI GILL/RE/MAX PRESIDENT REALTY
52 - 4311 MANN STREET
Niagara Falls (Lyons Creek), Ontario MLS® #30040387
Courtesy of SHERI ADEKOLA/CRYSTAL PATH REALTY INC.
519 - 181 SHEPPARD AVENUE E
Toronto (Willowdale East), Ontario MLS® #30040313
Courtesy of SALLY LIU/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
188 WAINSCOT AVENUE
Newmarket (Woodland Hill), Ontario MLS® #30040332
Courtesy of VICTORIA LEE/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
6187 CAMGREEN CIRCLE
Mississauga (East Credit), Ontario MLS® #30040344
Courtesy of DIANA GONCALVES/SUTTON GROUP QUANTUM REALTY INC.
1706 - 203 COLLEGE STREET
Toronto (Kensington-Chinatown), Ontario MLS® #30040363
Courtesy of ARTHUR ZHAO/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
3203 - 1 YORKVILLE AVENUE
Toronto (Annex), Ontario MLS® #30040368
Courtesy of ANAHITA SIMA/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
11 KINNISON COURT
Ajax (South East), Ontario MLS® #30040370
Courtesy of MICHAEL WANG/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
107 CRAWFORD ROSE DRIVE
Aurora (Aurora Heights), Ontario MLS® #30040375
Courtesy of QIANA ZHANG/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
5F - 2866 BATTLEFORD ROAD
Mississauga (Meadowvale), Ontario MLS® #30040382
Courtesy of SURAJ SUNIL KANAL/KINGSWAY REAL ESTATE
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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