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.
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
121 White Oak DR
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario MLS® #30231903
Courtesy of James Caicco/Century 21 Choice Realty Inc.
10 WHITMORE COURT
Brampton (Heart Lake West), Ontario MLS® #30238883
Courtesy of KESHAV GOYAL/LOMBARD GROUP REAL ESTATE INC.
84 CARSWELL STREET
Kitimat, British Columbia MLS® #30238908
Courtesy of Giuseppe Bravo/Century 21 Northwest Realty Ltd.
22 O'HALLORAN CRESCENT
Toronto (Milliken), Ontario MLS® #30238876
Courtesy of JAN ZUO/MASTER'S TRUST REALTY INC.
2422 HERTFORDSHIRE WAY
Oakville (JC Joshua Creek), Ontario MLS® #30238884
Courtesy of BRUCE ZHAO/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
55 SUNLEY CRESCENT
Brampton (Fletcher's West), Ontario MLS® #30238904
Courtesy of JAYME BERNARD/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
10140 HALDI ROAD
Prince George, British Columbia MLS® #30238828
Courtesy of Mark Dial/RE/MAX Core Realty
11 CANDLELIGHT DRIVE
Richmond Hill (Jefferson), Ontario MLS® #30238880
Courtesy of SHIN LI/RE/MAX IMPERIAL REALTY INC.
1205 - 28 FREELAND STREET
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #30238897
Courtesy of MATTHEW HE/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
BSMT - 110 PLACENTIA BOULEVARD
Toronto (Agincourt North), Ontario MLS® #30238900
Courtesy of LYNN SHAO/MASTER'S TRUST REALTY INC.
UPPER LEVELS - 144 DELLS CRESCENT
Brampton (Fletcher's Meadow), Ontario MLS® #30238905
Courtesy of MOHAN SUBRAMANIYAM/PROPERTY MAX REALTY INC.
77 MCCAGUE AVENUE
Richmond Hill, Ontario MLS® #30238878
Courtesy of EDWARD XIN/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
55 PRIDEAUX STREET
Niagara-on-the-Lake (Town), Ontario MLS® #30238892
Courtesy of KYMBERLEY MCKEE/SOTHEBY'S INTERNATIONAL REALTY, BROKERAGE
1802 POPLAR AVENUE
Red Bluff / Dragon Lake, British Columbia MLS® #30238829
Courtesy of Curtis Burbs Burbee/Royal LePage Aspire Realty (Qsnl)
657 - 31 TIPPETT ROAD
Toronto (Clanton Park), Ontario MLS® #30238893
Courtesy of KARISHMA GHEI/ROYAL LEPAGE ESTATE REALTY
5 OLD SHEPPARD AVENUE
Toronto (Pleasant View), Ontario MLS® #30238874
Courtesy of BESSIE CHAN/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
302 - 8 TRENT AVENUE
Toronto (East End-Danforth), Ontario MLS® #30238901
Courtesy of SHERI TSANG/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
2801 - 47 MUTUAL STREET
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #30238898
Courtesy of PARSA SALIMI/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
LOWER - 54 LEGGOTT AVENUE
Barrie (Painswick North), Ontario MLS® #30238881
Courtesy of JENNI FERNANDEZ/Avenue Group Realty Inc.
BSMT - 43 PORTAGE AVENUE
Richmond Hill (Oak Ridges), Ontario MLS® #30238879
Courtesy of JOHN YE/JDL REALTY INC.
18 AGNES STREET
Barrie (Wellington), Ontario MLS® #30238882
Courtesy of BRAD MAYER/COLDWELL BANKER THE REAL ESTATE CENTRE
#910 - 7 CONCORDE PLACE
Toronto (Banbury-Don Mills), Ontario MLS® #30238894
Courtesy of ABDUL T. KAROVALIA/NEWGEN REALTY EXPERTS
1910 - 88 SHEPPARD AVENUE E
Toronto (Willowdale East), Ontario MLS® #30233890
Courtesy of LEO LIN/RE/MAX ATRIUM HOME REALTY
730 FAULKNER CRESCENT
Prince George, British Columbia MLS® #30233472
Courtesy of Jorden Birks/Royal LePage Aspire Realty
8 DUNRAVEN AVENUE
St. Catharines (Carlton/Bunting), Ontario MLS® #30233888
Courtesy of Abdullah Al-Hassan/EXP REALTY
311 - 35 HOLLYWOOD AVENUE
Toronto (Willowdale East), Ontario MLS® #30233895
Courtesy of KEVIN LIU/EXP REALTY
47 HENDON ROAD
Markham (Milliken Mills East), Ontario MLS® #30233903
Courtesy of JEREMY ANDREW CHEN/ONE PERCENT REALTY LTD.
241 STORMONT TRAIL
Vaughan (Vellore Village), Ontario MLS® #30233908
Courtesy of CRYSTAL LIANG/REALTY ASSOCIATES INC.
63 MINTERN Avenue Unit# Upper Unit
Brantford, Ontario MLS® #30233941
Courtesy of EMANUEL CATANA/SMART FROM HOME REALTY LIMITED
202 Nordstrum COURT
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan MLS® #30234230
Courtesy of Jonathan Katsiris/The Agency Saskatoon
2150 FOREST GATE PARK
Oakville (WT West Oak Trails), Ontario MLS® #30234254
Courtesy of CAROLE-ANN PETERSON/RE/MAX Aboutowne Realty Corp., Brokerage
200 DAFFODIL COURT
Gravenhurst (Muskoka (S)), Ontario MLS® #30234266
Courtesy of JUSTIN EDWARDS/Sotheby's International Realty Canada
922A DANFORTH ROAD
Toronto (Kennedy Park), Ontario MLS® #30234278
Courtesy of Adil Siddiqui/ROYAL LEPAGE CERTIFIED REALTY
7 1283 Carter Crest RD NW NW
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #30234280
Courtesy of Larry W. Willes/NOW Real Estate Group
28 FREDERICK TAYLOR WAY
East Gwillimbury (Mt Albert), Ontario MLS® #30234285
Courtesy of TAINA REED/RE/MAX PRIME PROPERTIES
1213 - 56 LAKESIDE TERRACE
Barrie (Little Lake), Ontario MLS® #30234292
Courtesy of SAM KHADEM AZARIAN/ZOLO REALTY
45 OLD ORCHARD CRESCENT
Richmond Hill (Rouge Woods), Ontario MLS® #30234095
Courtesy of STEPHEN YU/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
504 - 107 ROGER STREET
Waterloo, Ontario MLS® #30234108
Courtesy of ALEX MIRANDA/RE/MAX PREMIER INC.
82 HEATHERGLEN CL
Spruce Grove, Alberta MLS® #30233984
Courtesy of Jennifer L. Davis/RE/MAX PREFERRED CHOICE
850 TAVISTOCK ROAD
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #30233991
Courtesy of Shane Lanigan/ROYAL LEPAGE INTEGRITY 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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Toronto Neighbourhood Guide
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