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
1609 - 30 GRAND TRUNK CRESCENT
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #30023854
Courtesy of VICTOR ALVAREZ/RE/MAX ULTIMATE REALTY INC.
1118 - 85 WOOD STREET
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #30023859
Courtesy of LILY FANG/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
2 WELLSPRINGS DRIVE
Brampton (Madoc), Ontario MLS® #30023885
Courtesy of JENNY CALALANG/HOMELIFE EXCELSIOR REALTY INC.
4303 - 3 GLOUCESTER STREET
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #30023900
Courtesy of DANIEL TANG/RE/MAX ATRIUM HOME REALTY
9 MILT STOREY LANE
Whitchurch-Stouffville (Stouffville), Ontario MLS® #30023912
Courtesy of KELVIN LIU/EXP REALTY
32 NILES COURT
Brampton (Westgate), Ontario MLS® #30023917
Courtesy of ARNAV KAUSHAL/ACCSELL REALTY INC.
108 EMPRESS AVENUE
Toronto (Willowdale East), Ontario MLS® #30023861
Courtesy of FORREST WANG/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
36 - 250 BRIDLETOWNE CIRCLE
Toronto (L'Amoreaux), Ontario MLS® #30023866
Courtesy of Joanna Maroussis/CAPITAL PRIME REALTY BROKERAGE CORP
34 CAPTAIN ARMSTRONG LANE
Markham (Sherwood-Amberglen), Ontario MLS® #30023873
Courtesy of WENDY MUSTO/RE/MAX ALL-STARS REALTY INC.
227 15TH AVENUE
Hanover, Ontario MLS® #30023878
Courtesy of STEPHANIE HOCKING/Royal LePage RCR Realty
3896 DENSBURY DRIVE
Mississauga (Lisgar), Ontario MLS® #30023880
Courtesy of BELINDA MARIE LELLI/ROYAL LEPAGE REAL ESTATE SERVICES LTD.
721 B COOPER STREET
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #30023897
Courtesy of Mary McConnell/ROYAL LEPAGE PERFORMANCE REALTY
95 ALLEN Street
Tillsonburg, Ontario MLS® #30023824
Courtesy of STAN ADAMS/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.
301 - 85 QUEENS WHARF ROAD
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #30023855
Courtesy of GUANG YANG/REAL LAND REALTY INC.
98 MARCHINGTON CIRCLE
Toronto (Wexford-Maryvale), Ontario MLS® #30023867
Courtesy of JOSH HOROWITZ/FOREST HILL REAL ESTATE INC.
291 WOODLEY ACRES
Milton (WI Willmott), Ontario MLS® #30023881
Courtesy of DALIA HANNOUDI-SARSAM/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
2001 - 736 BAY STREET
Toronto (Bay Street Corridor), Ontario MLS® #30023898
Courtesy of JOSHUA CHAIT/SUTTON GROUP-ADMIRAL REALTY INC.
61 NORTHEY DRIVE
Toronto (St. Andrew-Windfields), Ontario MLS® #30023901
Courtesy of PAUL LI/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
73 BURNDENFORD CRESCENT
Markham (Markville), Ontario MLS® #30023913
Courtesy of HELEN XIA/HC REALTY GROUP INC.
35 LONGWOOD DRIVE SW
Toronto (Banbury-Don Mills), Ontario MLS® #30023906
Courtesy of SILVINA ZGARDAU/HOMELIFE/VISION REALTY INC.
404 18 Gilbert Drive
East Royalty, Prince Edward Island MLS® #30023801
Courtesy of Bingyi Pan/NORTHERN LIGHTS REALTY LTD.
2609 - 736 BAY STREET
Toronto (Bay Street Corridor), Ontario MLS® #30023899
Courtesy of JOSHUA CHAIT/SUTTON GROUP-ADMIRAL REALTY INC.
515 - 5162 YONGE STREET
Toronto (Willowdale West), Ontario MLS® #30023902
Courtesy of YUN LIU/AIMHOME REALTY INC.
83 KALMAR AVENUE
Toronto (Birchcliffe-Cliffside), Ontario MLS® #30023907
Courtesy of SAHIL SHARMA/EXP REALTY
607 - 761 BAY STREET
Toronto (Bay Street Corridor), Ontario MLS® #30023856
Courtesy of MICHAEL SHEN/FIRST CLASS REALTY INC.
2311 - 1 KING STREET W
Toronto (Bay Street Corridor), Ontario MLS® #30023863
Courtesy of JAMES LI/SMART SOLD REALTY
47 NAYLOR DRIVE
Bradford West Gwillimbury (Bradford), Ontario MLS® #30023868
Courtesy of KEITH YEUNG/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.
13 VINEWOOD CRESCENT
Barrie, Ontario MLS® #30023875
Courtesy of FARHAN MALIK/CENTURY 21 SKYLARK REAL ESTATE LTD.
706 - 2900 BATTLEFORD ROAD
Mississauga (Meadowvale), Ontario MLS® #30023887
Courtesy of BORIS DIMOVSKI/BASK REALTY INC.
2 - 2961 LAKESHORE BOULEVARD W
Toronto (New Toronto), Ontario MLS® #30023919
Courtesy of KEVIN MATTHEW BEER/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY LTD.
144 HIGHLAND AVENUE
St. Catharines (Old Glenridge), Ontario MLS® #30023852
Courtesy of Jordan Clark/RE/MAX GARDEN CITY REALTY INC, BROKERAGE
2912 - 1 KING STREET W
Toronto (Bay Street Corridor), Ontario MLS® #30023864
Courtesy of JAMES LI/SMART SOLD REALTY
438 WOODBRIDGE AVENUE
Vaughan (West Woodbridge), Ontario MLS® #30023869
Courtesy of MINA FILARDO/RE/MAX PREMIER INC.
0 HWY 518 W
McMurrich/Monteith (Bear Lake), Ontario MLS® #30023876
Courtesy of NANCY CARR/Royal LePage Lakes Of Muskoka Realty
MAKHAM - 17 THOMAS FRISBY JR CRESCENT
Markham (Victoria Square), Ontario MLS® #30023908
Courtesy of JOSHUA SONG/RE/MAX ELITE REAL ESTATE
1 HEATHVIEW AVENUE
Toronto (Bayview Village), Ontario MLS® #30023903
Courtesy of NICOLE LIN/FOREST HILL REAL ESTATE INC.
32 HEREFORDSHIRE CRESCENT
Newmarket (Woodland Hill), Ontario MLS® #30023910
Courtesy of CAROLINE YANG/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
60 BASSWOOD DRIVE
Guelph (Village By The Arboretum), Ontario MLS® #30023915
Courtesy of TYSON HINSCHBERGER/Planet 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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