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
#202 205 Jennifer Heilway
Spruce Grove, Alberta MLS® #30167519
Courtesy of Rakesh Chadha/Logic Realty
4216 - 319 JARVIS STREET
Toronto (Moss Park), Ontario MLS® #30186676
Courtesy of GADY LIU/HOMELIFE GOLCONDA REALTY INC.
53 TARA CRESCENT
Markham (Cedarwood), Ontario MLS® #30186688
Courtesy of EDDIE WANG/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
35 - 50 COVESIDE DRIVE
Mississauga (Port Credit), Ontario MLS® #30186739
Courtesy of SAM ALLAN MCDADI/SAM MCDADI REAL ESTATE INC.
26 MODY COURT
London East (East A), Ontario MLS® #30187073
Courtesy of RYAN FOGARTY/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
53 KANTIUM WAY
Whitby (Pringle Creek), Ontario MLS® #30187054
Courtesy of ANITA D MELLO/GATE REAL ESTATE INC.
159 NORTHVIEW HEIGHTS DRIVE
Cambridge, Ontario MLS® #30186861
Courtesy of RICHARD ROBIBERO/PANORAMA R.E. LIMITED
1 - 5658 GLEN ERIN DRIVE
Mississauga (Central Erin Mills), Ontario MLS® #30186905
Courtesy of MITRA NOORMEHR/ROYAL LEPAGE REALTY PLUS
409 - 390 DIXON ROAD
Toronto (Kingsview Village-The Westway), Ontario MLS® #30186859
Courtesy of JEEVA CHANDRASENAN/ROYAL LEPAGE IGNITE REALTY
50 SANDALWOOD CRESCENT
Niagara-on-the-Lake (St. Davids), Ontario MLS® #30186880
Courtesy of Rana El Saharty/RE/MAX NIAGARA REALTY LTD, BROKERAGE
70 LOVEGROVE LANE
Ajax (Central), Ontario MLS® #30186892
Courtesy of TYLER STEWART/RE/MAX HALLMARK FIRST GROUP REALTY LTD.
BSMT 2 - 38 HARDING BOULEVARD
Richmond Hill (Harding), Ontario MLS® #30186900
Courtesy of Tiffany Wong/CENTURY 21 ATRIA REALTY INC.
59 WILLIAM F BELL PARKWAY
Richmond Hill, Ontario MLS® #30186897
Courtesy of ANDY SHEN/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
12 CURTIS COURT
Port Hope, Ontario MLS® #30186981
Courtesy of GREG BROWN/SUTTON GROUP-HERITAGE REALTY INC.
384 W ERB Street W Unit# 306
Waterloo, Ontario MLS® #30186652
Courtesy of SVETLANA PANOVA/RED AND WHITE REALTY INC.
131 TERRACE DRIVE
Grimsby (Grimsby East), Ontario MLS® #30187035
Courtesy of ADRIAN KIANI KHALKHAL/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
1142 SMOKE LAKE
South Algonquin, Ontario MLS® #30186962
Courtesy of JANINE SCOTT/Re/Max All-Stars Realty Inc
104 CHURCH STREET
Bonfield, Ontario MLS® #30186979
Courtesy of DEBRA ANN HELM/HELM REALTY BROKERAGE INC.
903 - 263 WELLINGTON STREET W
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #30187009
Courtesy of ANN CHRISTINA EVANS/ROYAL LEPAGE TERREQUITY REALTY
3110 - 761 BAY STREET
Toronto (Bay Street Corridor), Ontario MLS® #30187011
Courtesy of VICTOR WEI LI/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
44 FERGUS AVENUE
Richmond Hill (Oak Ridges Lake Wilcox), Ontario MLS® #30187023
Courtesy of AYDIN OSKOUEI/CENTURY 21 PERCY FULTON LTD.
1422 TWILITE BOULEVARD
London North (North S), Ontario MLS® #30186809
Courtesy of ANDREA NEWCOMBE/CENTURY 21 FIRST CANADIAN CORP
195 JAMES STREET S
Hamilton (Corktown), Ontario MLS® #30186835
Courtesy of ANDREW ATTIA/RE/MAX ESCARPMENT - THE HOUSE WHISPERERS
70 15833 26 AVENUE
Surrey, British Columbia MLS® #30186715
Courtesy of Dustin Wallington/Nu Stream Realty Inc.
247 ERIC STREET
Clearview (Stayner), Ontario MLS® #30186734
Courtesy of MARK PHIPPS/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.
629 KNOTRIDGE STREET
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #30186760
Courtesy of Mireille Brunet/GRAPE VINE REALTY INC.
MASTER BEDROOOM 2ND FLOOR - 15 WILDFLOWER WAY
Toronto (West Hill), Ontario MLS® #30186816
Courtesy of JACK JI/JDL REALTY INC.
652 MILLER STREET
Woodstock (Woodstock - North), Ontario MLS® #30186811
Courtesy of Karen Sutherland/The Realty Firm Inc.
9 BAYCLIFFE DRIVE
Whitby (Williamsburg), Ontario MLS® #30187131
Courtesy of RICHARD WANG/RE/MAX EXCEL REALTY LTD.
46 Midtown Boulevard SW
Airdrie, Alberta MLS® #30187080
Courtesy of Tony Irshad/Century 21 Bravo Realty
3912 - 950 PORTAGE PARKWAY
Vaughan (Vaughan Corporate Centre), Ontario MLS® #30187150
Courtesy of ZECKO JALLOUL/REMAX YOUR COMMUNITY REALTY
18 TERRYELLEN CRESCENT
Toronto (Markland Wood), Ontario MLS® #30187179
Courtesy of YASMIN ADAM-MAKO/REMAX YOUR COMMUNITY REALTY
846 REGIONAL ROAD 27
West Lincoln, Ontario MLS® #30187181
Courtesy of Wayne Schilstra/RE/MAX Escarpment Realty Inc.
145 Bridleglen Road SW
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #30187042
Courtesy of Shawn Rasmussen/Coldwell Banker Mountain Central
219 NORTH INDIAN ROAD E
Asphodel-Norwood, Ontario MLS® #30187321
Courtesy of Dalton Charlebois/RE/MAX HALLMARK EASTERN REALTY
606 - 580 CHRISTIE STREET
Toronto (Wychwood), Ontario MLS® #30187333
Courtesy of TYSON LESLIE ERLICK/PMT REALTY INC.
515 - 7 KAY CRESCENT
Guelph (Pineridge/Westminster Woods), Ontario MLS® #30187340
Courtesy of EDWIN BARBOSA ORTIZ/RE/MAX ULTIMATE REALTY INC.
238 GRANDIN VG
St. Albert, Alberta MLS® #30187345
Courtesy of Jennifer L. Kitzan Mohammed/MaxWell Polaris
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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