3303 70 Avenue
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.
4807 44 Ave
Stony Plain, Alberta MLS® #29210474
Courtesy of Rohin Geis/Royal LePage Noralta Real Estate
431 BOLER ROAD
London South (South K), Ontario MLS® #29638607
Courtesy of FADY FADDOUL/OAK AND KEY REAL ESTATE BROKERAGE, INC.
508 - 50 MCCAUL STREET
Toronto (Kensington-Chinatown), Ontario MLS® #29638619
Courtesy of KENNETH LOK SAU LEUNG/REALAX REALTY
137 BROOKVIEW DRIVE
Bradford West Gwillimbury (Bradford), Ontario MLS® #29638652
Courtesy of RICHARD TAO/MASTER'S TRUST REALTY INC.
1112 - 68 GRANGEWAY AVENUE
Toronto (Woburn), Ontario MLS® #29638638
Courtesy of SAM LI/FIRST CLASS REALTY INC.
A & B - 25 PENNARD WAY
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #29638676
Courtesy of Raymond Chin/COLDWELL BANKER FIRST OTTAWA REALTY
839 GLEN STREET
Oshawa (Lakeview), Ontario MLS® #29638683
Courtesy of ARIA SHAHI/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
809 - 10 ROUGE VALLEY DRIVE
Markham (Unionville), Ontario MLS® #29638688
Courtesy of LUKE WANG/RE/MAX ATRIUM HOME REALTY
7934 77 AV NW
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #29638708
Courtesy of Priya Jasrotia/Century 21 Signature Realty
76 BARRINGTON AVENUE
Toronto (Woodbine-Lumsden), Ontario MLS® #29638633
Courtesy of PATRICK ZHU/HOMECOMFORT REALTY INC.
28 CROSLAND DRIVE
Toronto (Wexford-Maryvale), Ontario MLS® #29638640
Courtesy of PASQUA AMATI/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY LTD.
728 KENNEDY CIRCLE W
Milton (CB Cobban), Ontario MLS® #29638657
Courtesy of NADIA HIRMIZ/ROYAL LEPAGE MACRO REALTY
47 BIRCHMOUNT STREET
Quinte West (Murray Ward), Ontario MLS® #29638671
Courtesy of Krysten Rylski/EXP REALTY
90 JACQUELINE STREET
London South (South I), Ontario MLS® #29638608
Courtesy of FADY FADDOUL/OAK AND KEY REAL ESTATE BROKERAGE, INC.
3805 - 9 BOGERT AVENUE
Toronto (Lansing-Westgate), Ontario MLS® #29638615
Courtesy of EVAN JIHYUN EOM/RETREND REALTY LTD
35 - 35 MARINER TERRACE
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29638622
Courtesy of REZA SHARIFI/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
1108 - 2627 MCCOWAN ROAD
Toronto (Agincourt North), Ontario MLS® #29638634
Courtesy of RAY HOI/EXP REALTY
31 SHIRLEY STREET
Orangeville, Ontario MLS® #29638691
Courtesy of JUSTIN JAMES WALL/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.
53 ANDERSON AVENUE
Mono, Ontario MLS® #29638696
Courtesy of JUSTIN JAMES WALL/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.
78 TURNBERRY CRESCENT
Clarington (Courtice), Ontario MLS® #29638639
Courtesy of LAURA COOPER/ROYAL LEPAGE ESTATE REALTY
BSMT - 41 MAJESTIC DRIVE
Markham (Berczy), Ontario MLS® #29638653
Courtesy of HUNG TAT TERRY CHAN/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.
562 QUEEN MARY STREET
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #29638665
Courtesy of Raymond Chin/COLDWELL BANKER FIRST OTTAWA REALTY
2108 - 2A CHURCH STREET
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29638677
Courtesy of PHILIP YUNG/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
3244 ST CLAIR AVENUE E
Toronto (Clairlea-Birchmount), Ontario MLS® #29638684
Courtesy of IRA KALEMI/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
560 QUEEN MARY STREET
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #29638673
Courtesy of Raymond Chin/COLDWELL BANKER FIRST OTTAWA REALTY
1702 - 121 MCMAHON DRIVE
Toronto (Bayview Village), Ontario MLS® #29638678
Courtesy of ADAM TAO/MASTER'S TRUST REALTY INC.
2610 - 761 BAY STREET
Toronto (Bay Street Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29638680
Courtesy of FEI WANG/AVION REALTY INC.
728 KENNEDY Circle W
Milton, Ontario MLS® #29638565
Courtesy of Nadia Hirmiz/Royal LePage Macro Realty
235 FERGUSON Avenue Unit# 45
Cambridge, Ontario MLS® #29638589
Courtesy of KEN SCOTT/RE/MAX K.L.S. REALTY INC., BROKERAGE
26 GREENWICH AVENUE
Hamilton (Stoney Creek Mountain), Ontario MLS® #29638661
Courtesy of Zabina Meru/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
9 - 443 MANSE ROAD
Toronto (West Hill), Ontario MLS® #29638630
Courtesy of JASON D. MOSELEY/REALTY ONE GROUP REVEAL
823 - 210 SILVER STAR BOULEVARD
Toronto (Milliken), Ontario MLS® #29638635
Courtesy of ANNA DIMITRA GEORGOUSSIS/RE/MAX ULTIMATE REALTY INC.
530B ROSEMEADOW Crescent
Waterloo, Ontario MLS® #29638642
Courtesy of Martin Orwinski/eXp Realty, Brokerage
1386 SILVERSMITH DRIVE
Oakville (GA Glen Abbey), Ontario MLS® #29638659
Courtesy of DONGSHENG QIU/FIRST CLASS REALTY INC.
15457 POPLAR DRIVE
Surrey, British Columbia MLS® #29638298
Courtesy of Gloria Zhang/Homelife Benchmark Realty Corp.
276 ELMHURST DRIVE
Toronto (Rexdale-Kipling), Ontario MLS® #29638692
Courtesy of HAI NGUYEN/HOMELIFE/MIRACLE REALTY LTD
221 CHARTLAND BOULEVARD
Toronto (Agincourt North), Ontario MLS® #29638631
Courtesy of MARK DU/FIRST CLASS REALTY INC.
204 CAMERON AVENUE
Toronto (Lansing-Westgate), Ontario MLS® #29638617
Courtesy of BING DONG/SMART SOLD REALTY
617 - 70 TOWN CENTRE COURT
Toronto (Bendale), Ontario MLS® #29638636
Courtesy of JOANNE AU YEUNG/GOLDENWAY REAL ESTATE LTD.
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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