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
41 SUNDIN DRIVE
Haldimand, Ontario MLS® #30354761
Courtesy of GURLAL BAL/HOMELIFE MAPLE LEAF REALTY LTD.
223 MARGARET Avenue
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #30354773
Courtesy of MICHELLE WOBST/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC., BROKERAGE
13703 166 AV NW
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #30354901
Courtesy of Wally Fakhreddine/MaxWell Devonshire Realty
60 HOLMES DRIVE
Caledon (Mono Mills), Ontario MLS® #30356109
Courtesy of CHERYL ROBB/ROYAL LEPAGE RCR REALTY
2107 RUSSETT ROAD
Mississauga (Lakeview), Ontario MLS® #30356111
Courtesy of VALENTINA TZAGADOURIS/NEW ERA REAL ESTATE
724 GEORGE STREET
Burlington (Brant), Ontario MLS® #30356123
Courtesy of CATHY ROCCA/ROYAL LEPAGE BURLOAK REAL ESTATE SERVICES
5590 LOONLAKE AVENUE
Mississauga (East Credit), Ontario MLS® #30356128
Courtesy of WEIGUO XIE/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
117 MARKWOOD Drive Unit# 2
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #30356130
Courtesy of Diana Lavinia Martin/Re/Max Icon Realty
9 - 276 SIMS ESTATE DRIVE
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #30356142
Courtesy of MATTHEW STEPHEN ROONEY/RE/MAX TWIN CITY REALTY INC.
21 - 30 CEDAR STREET
Brant (Paris), Ontario MLS® #30356147
Courtesy of Jeff Leduc/REALTY ONE GROUP REVEAL
177 LAW DRIVE
Guelph (Grange Road), Ontario MLS® #30356159
Courtesy of TONY SIDRAK/RE/MAX ABOUTOWNE REALTY CORP.
4459 CHRISTOPHER COURT
Lincoln (Beamsville), Ontario MLS® #30356166
Courtesy of STEVEN ROBERT SCHILSTRA/RE/MAX ESCARPMENT REALTY INC.
93 Church Street
Amherst, Nova Scotia MLS® #30356192
Courtesy of Chris Morash/Coldwell Banker Performance Realty
414 - 66 BAY STREET S
Hamilton (Durand), Ontario MLS® #30356368
Courtesy of ADRIAN DI PIETRO/NEW ERA REAL ESTATE
7877 CANBOROUGH ROAD
Haldimand (Dunnville), Ontario MLS® #30356375
Courtesy of CHRIS COSTABILE/REAL BROKER ONTARIO LTD.
32 MAIN Street S
Waterford, Ontario MLS® #30356387
Courtesy of Haiden Coates/RE/MAX Erie Shores Realty Inc. Brokerage
408 SILVER QUEEN LAKE ROAD
Cochrane, Ontario MLS® #30356483
Courtesy of Brandon Dinan/EXP REALTY OF CANADA INC.
3909 BARNES DRIVE
Prince George, British Columbia MLS® #30356515
Courtesy of Madison Porsnuk/Royal LePage Aspire Realty
322 Nicklaus DRIVE
Warman, Saskatchewan MLS® #30356673
Courtesy of Bobbi-Lee Tarasoff/Coldwell Banker Signature
7004 - 448 BURNHAMTHORPE ROAD W
Mississauga (City Centre), Ontario MLS® #30356685
Courtesy of PATRICIA WARD/RE/MAX PROFESSIONALS INC.
358 PRINGLE AVENUE
Milton (SC Scott), Ontario MLS® #30356692
Courtesy of SUNDEEP BABBAR/ROYAL LEPAGE CERTIFIED REALTY
206 - 140 CANON JACKSON DRIVE
Toronto (Beechborough-Greenbrook), Ontario MLS® #30356712
Courtesy of RAVI SINGH GODARA/ELIXIR REAL ESTATE INC.
206 - 140 CANON JACKSON DRIVE
Toronto (Beechborough-Greenbrook), Ontario MLS® #30356717
Courtesy of RAVI SINGH GODARA/ELIXIR REAL ESTATE INC.
228 GOLDEN ORCHARD Drive
Hamilton, Ontario MLS® #30356748
Courtesy of Diane Price/Keller Williams Complete Realty
232 KING STREET W
Hamilton (Central), Ontario MLS® #30356767
Courtesy of GEOFF MALISA/ROYAL LEPAGE REAL ESTATE SERVICES LTD.
21 HARTFORD TRAIL
Brampton (Fletcher's Creek South), Ontario MLS® #30356700
Courtesy of RAMANDEEP SINGH JATANA/COLDWELL BANKER DREAM CITY REALTY
3930 TUFGAR Crescent
Burlington, Ontario MLS® #30356750
Courtesy of Zaya Oshana/RE/MAX Escarpment Realty Inc.
B5 - 374 PROSPECT AVENUE
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #30356774
Courtesy of ASHLEY BERNICE SALVADOR/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
3104 Dolphin Dr
Nanoose Bay, British Columbia MLS® #30356818
Courtesy of Simon Martin-Joughin/Royal LePage Island Living (QU)
302, 1328 13 Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #30356452
Courtesy of Zee Zebian/RE/MAX House of Real Estate
MAIN FLOOR - 37 DOWNSVIEW DRIVE
Barrie (Codrington), Ontario MLS® #30355548
Courtesy of MAURO BUCCI/YOUR HOME SOLD GUARANTEED REALTY SPECIALISTS INC
226 LAFAYETTE Street E
Jarvis, Ontario MLS® #30355896
Courtesy of Aleksandra Vergas/REALTY ONE GROUP INSIGHT
621 BYRON STREET S
Whitby (Downtown Whitby), Ontario MLS® #30354728
Courtesy of RAVI SHANKAR KYGONAHALLI/REAL ESTATE HOMEWARD
MAIN FLOOR - 379 APACHE TRAIL
Toronto (Pleasant View), Ontario MLS® #30354874
Courtesy of CYNTHIA LU/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
3020 - 2031 KENNEDY ROAD
Toronto (Agincourt South-Malvern West), Ontario MLS® #30354886
Courtesy of CARMEN ZHOU/SKYLETTE MARKETING REALTY INC.
155 ARGYLE Avenue
Listowel, Ontario MLS® #30355341
Courtesy of CAROL MASON/KEMPSTON & WERTH REALTY LTD.
47 ASHFORD COURT
Brampton (Brampton North), Ontario MLS® #30355310
Courtesy of JATINDER SURRAY/CENTURY 21 GREEN REALTY INC.
6 - 48 GRANBY STREET
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #30356034
Courtesy of ROBERT S. FLEISCHMAN/ROYAL LEPAGE REAL ESTATE SERVICES LTD.
88 SUMMERLEA AVENUE
Welland (N. Welland), Ontario MLS® #30356490
Courtesy of Cindy Raskob/ROYAL LEPAGE NRC REALTY
69 - 45 WYLIE CIRCLE
Halton Hills (Georgetown), Ontario MLS® #30356104
Courtesy of J.P. LUZ/CITYSCAPE 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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