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.
12803,12807,12809,12811, 12803,12807,12809,12811 56 St
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #29961435
Courtesy of Vikaas K Kwatra/smartPRO Realty
142 BORDEN STREET
Toronto (University), Ontario MLS® #29963706
Courtesy of STEPHEN C.C. WONG/TRUSTWELL REALTY INC.
S3005 - 8 OLYMPIC GARDEN DRIVE
Toronto (Newtonbrook East), Ontario MLS® #29963720
Courtesy of GEORGE YUN/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
1537 - 25 BAMBURGH CIRCUIT
Toronto (Steeles), Ontario MLS® #29963737
Courtesy of JANE ZHANG/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
820 - 4010 EGLINTON AVENUE W
Toronto (Humber Heights), Ontario MLS® #29963787
Courtesy of GEORGE KOZARIS/ROYAL LEPAGE VISION REALTY
LOWER - 58 SOUTH KINGSWAY
Toronto (High Park-Swansea), Ontario MLS® #29963799
Courtesy of MARY KARANFILOV/CENTURY 21 GREEN REALTY INC.
204 - 2370 KHALSA GATE
Oakville (WM Westmount), Ontario MLS® #29963756
Courtesy of LUCY ZHANG/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
1408 - 955 BAY STREET
Toronto (Bay Street Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29963782
Courtesy of SERENA WU/RE/MAX EXCEL REALTY LTD.
18 KEN BETZ COURT
Whitchurch-Stouffville (Stouffville), Ontario MLS® #29963819
Courtesy of Habeeb Noman/HOMELIFE/FUTURE REALTY INC.
607 - 81 WELLESLEY STREET E
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29963852
Courtesy of RICHARD HAN/NU STREAM REALTY (TORONTO) INC.
BSMT - 1360 WHITNEY TERRACE
Milton (FO Ford), Ontario MLS® #29963864
Courtesy of RAZIA NADEEM/CITYSCAPE REAL ESTATE LTD.
1209 - 7 GRENVILLE STREET
Toronto (Bay Street Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29963707
Courtesy of EDMOND TONG/EXP REALTY
2709 - 3883 QUARTZ ROAD
Mississauga (City Centre), Ontario MLS® #29963714
Courtesy of Naazy Waheedy/QUEENSWAY REAL ESTATE BROKERAGE INC.
2136 BERGAMOT CIRCLE
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #29963733
Courtesy of Terry Cayen/ROYAL LEPAGE TEAM REALTY
43 Highland Drive
New Glasgow, Nova Scotia MLS® #29963769
Courtesy of Julie Bowes/EXP Realty of Canada Inc.
#410 5350 199 ST NW
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #29963757
Courtesy of Jamie C. Hubick/Royal Lepage Arteam Realty
11C CONDOR AVENUE
Toronto (Blake-Jones), Ontario MLS® #29963795
Courtesy of RYAN MATTHEW ANTHONY/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
150 DRIVE-IN CRESCENT
Georgian Bluffs, Ontario MLS® #29963752
Courtesy of JAVED NOOR/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
PH605 - 75 CANTERBURY PLACE
Toronto (Willowdale West), Ontario MLS® #29963810
Courtesy of JAMIE ZHANG/AIMHOME REALTY INC.
230 Main STREET
Bienfait, Saskatchewan MLS® #29963790
Courtesy of Lorna Pylychaty/Century 21 Border Real Estate Service
93 ALEXIE WAY
Vaughan (Vellore Village), Ontario MLS® #29963710
Courtesy of HENRY YUAN/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
2510 - 89 MCGILL STREET
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29963722
Courtesy of LUCY WANG/RE/MAX EPIC REALTY
2107 - 70 ANNIE CRAIG DRIVE
Toronto (Mimico), Ontario MLS® #29963777
Courtesy of KELLY SHEN/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
3165 NIQUIDET STREET
Horsefly, British Columbia MLS® #29963727
Courtesy of Michelle Wong/Horsefly Realty
30 ELM DRIVE W
Mississauga (Fairview), Ontario MLS® #29963746
Courtesy of MANOJ YADLA/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
3653 West Bay Road
St. Georges Channel, Nova Scotia MLS® #29963758
Courtesy of Olena Stutzinger/Cape Breton Realty
10714 150 Avenue
Rural Grande Prairie No. 1, County of, Alberta MLS® #29963804
Courtesy of Casey Boyne/RE/MAX Grande Prairie
3206 - 28 WELLESLEY STREET E
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29963811
Courtesy of MING TANG/REAL ONE REALTY INC.
1609 - 386 YONGE STREET
Toronto (Bay Street Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29963854
Courtesy of GEORGE YUN/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
2914 - 7895 JANE STREET
Vaughan (Concord), Ontario MLS® #29963859
Courtesy of BK PATEL/HOMELIFE/MIRACLE REALTY LTD
2703 - 7171 YONGE STREET
Markham (Grandview), Ontario MLS® #29963711
Courtesy of GRACE LO/SUTTON GROUP-ADMIRAL REALTY INC.
917 - 7950 BATHURST STREET
Vaughan (Beverley Glen), Ontario MLS® #29963709
Courtesy of KEVIN LIU/EXP REALTY
18 FOUNTAIN COURT
Richmond Hill (Rouge Woods), Ontario MLS® #29963742
Courtesy of CHARLIE BIAN/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
Main and Above 13766 NORTH BLUFF ROAD
Vancouver, British Columbia MLS® #29963730
Courtesy of Min Xie/Sweetome Realty
1339 KILBORN AVENUE
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #29963754
Courtesy of Mehdi Fallahi/ROYAL LEPAGE TEAM REALTY
1345 BARDEAU STREET
Innisfil (Lefroy), Ontario MLS® #29963797
Courtesy of MOORTHY KOPALAPILLAI/RE/MAX COMMUNITY REALTY INC.
6273 MOOSE POINT DRIVE
70 Mile House, British Columbia MLS® #29963546
Courtesy of Chris Janzen/REMAX 100
5708 - 950 PORTAGE PARKWAY
Vaughan (Vaughan Corporate Centre), Ontario MLS® #29963743
Courtesy of CHARLIE BIAN/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
2330 Woodview Drive SW
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #29963750
Courtesy of Cherry A. Chow/MaxWell Capital 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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