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.
1474 GLENCAIRN AVENUE
Peterborough (Monaghan Ward 2), Ontario MLS® #30492984
Courtesy of CHRISTINE KEMP/RE/MAX ROUGE RIVER REALTY LTD.
83 HARDCASTLE DRIVE S
Waterloo, Ontario MLS® #30493211
Courtesy of DONNA PIANO/HOMELIFE PARTNERS REALTY CORP.
8 PARAMOUNT PLACE
Brampton (Fletcher's West), Ontario MLS® #30493444
Courtesy of FRANK POLSINELLO/EXP REALTY
60 CHARLES Street W Unit# 1504
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #30493401
Courtesy of Vince Vasco/Royal LePage Wolle Realty
1110 - 330 ALTON TOWERS CIRCLE
Toronto (Milliken), Ontario MLS® #30493406
Courtesy of MAYUR DOLATRAI MISTRY/CENTURY 21 TITANS REALTY INC.
3 - 369 GEORGIAN DRIVE
Barrie (Georgian Drive), Ontario MLS® #30493432
Courtesy of DANIEL FORTUNATO/RE/MAX WEST REALTY INC.
112 Burnt Woods Road
Victoria, Newfoundland & Labrador MLS® #30493425
Courtesy of Frank Evely/RE/MAX Eastern Edge Realty Ltd. - Bay Roberts
7 - 4538 HURON STREET
Niagara Falls (Downtown), Ontario MLS® #30493305
Courtesy of Matt Vescio/The Agency
13 STEVEN Drive
Thorold, Ontario MLS® #30493336
Courtesy of Kayla Smith/RE/MAX Escarpment Realty Inc.
840 4TH STREET E
Owen Sound, Ontario MLS® #30493386
Courtesy of LYNN ION/RE/MAX Grey Bruce Realty Inc.
BSMT - 14 EDGAR ROAD
Caledon (Bolton East), Ontario MLS® #30493627
Courtesy of TONY VITALE/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
1003 - 4085 PARKSIDE VILLAGE DRIVE
Mississauga (City Centre), Ontario MLS® #30493660
Courtesy of AKSHAY MISIR/RE/MAX ALL-STARS REALTY INC.
537 BURR ROAD
Prince Edward County (Hillier Ward), Ontario MLS® #30493684
Courtesy of SHERRY MANGAL/ALLIED INTERNATIONAL REALTY CANADA INC.
5137 ONTARIO AVENUE
Niagara Falls (Downtown), Ontario MLS® #30493689
Courtesy of JOYCE SHUAI/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
506 - 1 VINE AVENUE
Toronto (Junction Area), Ontario MLS® #30493829
Courtesy of SEAN MILLER/PROPERTY.CA INC.
489 REBECCA STREET
Oakville (WO West), Ontario MLS® #30493836
Courtesy of JAMES NEIL/RE/MAX ABOUTOWNE REALTY CORP.
4589 Blenkinsop Rd
Saanich, British Columbia MLS® #30493881
Courtesy of Song Mei Wong/RE/MAX Camosun
407 SOUTHILL Drive
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #30493862
Courtesy of Kyle Church/Royal Lepage Wolle Realty
775 4TH CONCESSION ROAD ENR
Fairground, Ontario MLS® #30493564
Courtesy of Chris Costabile/Real Broker Ontario Ltd.
UPPER - 45 CREEKBANK ROAD
Toronto (Rustic), Ontario MLS® #30493824
Courtesy of CHOY YEN CHO/CENTURY 21 LEADING EDGE REALTY INC.
2255 MOHAWK TRAIL
Milton (Campbellville), Ontario MLS® #30493831
Courtesy of JEFF HAM/REVEL REALTY INC.
1466 Main Road
Eastern Passage, Nova Scotia MLS® #30494144
Courtesy of Alan Aguirre Lerma/Exit Real Estate Professionals
243 Glenwood Drive
Truro, Nova Scotia MLS® #30493038
Courtesy of Keith Kenny/Century 21 Optimum Realty
540 MAY DEAN DRIVE
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #30494062
Courtesy of Shara Turner/SOTHEBY'S INTERNATIONAL REALTY CANADA
5 CONAMORE CRESCENT
Toronto (York University Heights), Ontario MLS® #30494081
Courtesy of AUNDRAE MICHAEL ROLLINS/RE/MAX NOBLECORP REAL ESTATE
271 LINDEN AVENUE
Burlington (Shoreacres), Ontario MLS® #30494086
Courtesy of SANDY SMALLBONE/RE/MAX ESCARPMENT REALTY INC.
720 - 21 PARK STREET E
Mississauga (Port Credit), Ontario MLS® #30494093
Courtesy of KEVIN THOMAS LAROSE/Royal Lepage Real Estate Associates, Larose Team
1932 FRASER LAKE AIRPORT ROAD
Fraser Lake, British Columbia MLS® #30494137
Courtesy of Lara Weber/RE/MAX Vanderhoof
3614 Boyle STREET
Regina, Saskatchewan MLS® #30493507
Courtesy of Rick Miron/RE/MAX Crown Real Estate
644 GREY Street Unit# 205
Brantford, Ontario MLS® #30493691
Courtesy of Tony Locane/RE/MAX Escarpment Realty Inc.
26 CHESWICK CIRCLE
London South (South X), Ontario MLS® #30493103
Courtesy of KIMBERLY BROAD/KELLER WILLIAMS LIFESTYLES
43 CUMBERLAND CRESCENT
London North (North G), Ontario MLS® #30493045
Courtesy of KEGUI HOU/INITIA REAL ESTATE (ONTARIO) LTD
405 - 500 AVENUE ROAD
Toronto (Casa Loma), Ontario MLS® #30493273
Courtesy of JEFFREY H. WAGMAN/FOREST HILL REAL ESTATE INC.
60 COOPER Street
Cambridge, Ontario MLS® #30493090
Courtesy of JOE PISCIUNERI/Re/Max Twin City Realty Inc.
711 - 5 ST. JOSEPH STREET
Toronto (Bay Street Corridor), Ontario MLS® #30493773
Courtesy of NATASHA RUBERTO/NORTH 2 SOUTH REALTY
367 HEMLOCK Avenue
Stoney Creek, Ontario MLS® #30494423
Courtesy of Vik Matharu/RE/MAX Escarpment Golfi Realty Inc.
1 970 Southgate St
Victoria, British Columbia MLS® #30494473
Courtesy of Megan Adnams/Engel & Volkers Vancouver Island
132 WESTBANK Trail
Stoney Creek, Ontario MLS® #30494524
Courtesy of Drew Woolcott/RE/MAX Escarpment Realty Inc.
126 Porters Road
Conception Bay South, Newfoundland & Labrador MLS® #30494531
Courtesy of Robert Barteau/RE/MAX Infinity Realty Inc.
59 Gladstone undefined
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario MLS® #30493906
Courtesy of Sabrina Taylor/Royal LePage® Northern Advantage
25 WELLINGTON Street S Unit# 614
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #30493285
Courtesy of ROBERT ALEXANDER MCFEE/Condo Culture Inc. - Brokerage 2
166 YOUNG STREET
Welland (Welland Downtown), Ontario MLS® #30493052
Courtesy of Carly Corinthos/A.G. ROBINS & COMPANY LTD, BROKERAGE
25 WELLINGTON Street S Unit# 710
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #30493223
Courtesy of ROBERT ALEXANDER MCFEE/Condo Culture Inc. - Brokerage 2
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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