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.
1901 - 225 SACKVILLE STREET
Toronto (Regent Park), Ontario MLS® #30455641
Courtesy of STELLA HUANG/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
4404 - 38 GRENVILLE STREET
Toronto (Bay Street Corridor), Ontario MLS® #30455677
Courtesy of KENNY KHANG TRINH/RE/MAX CONDOS PLUS CORPORATION
2419 - 30 SHORE BREEZE DRIVE
Toronto (Mimico), Ontario MLS® #30455660
Courtesy of XIAOFEI PENG/SMART SOLD REALTY
UPPER - 135 NUGENT DRIVE
Hamilton (Kentley), Ontario MLS® #30455665
Courtesy of SUMIT NAGPAL/ELIXIR REAL ESTATE INC.
BASEMENT - 65 GLENTWORTH ROAD
Toronto (Don Valley Village), Ontario MLS® #30455646
Courtesy of TOMMY HUA/REAL LAND REALTY INC.
8 - 8171 KIPLING AVENUE
Vaughan (West Woodbridge), Ontario MLS® #30455653
Courtesy of CARLA DE SA/ROYAL LEPAGE REAL ESTATE ASSOCIATES
2541 SNOW KNIGHT DRIVE
Oshawa (Windfields), Ontario MLS® #30455678
Courtesy of MICHELLE GUIRGIS/SUTTON GROUP REALTY SYSTEMS INC.
26 WALMER ROAD
Richmond Hill (North Richvale), Ontario MLS® #30455680
Courtesy of MAHMOOD REZAEI/HOMELIFE/BAYVIEW REALTY INC.
349 WOODALE AVENUE
Oakville (WO West), Ontario MLS® #30455659
Courtesy of JASON HUAN CHEN/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.
BASEMENT - 135 NUGENT DRIVE
Hamilton (Kentley), Ontario MLS® #30455666
Courtesy of SUMIT NAGPAL/ELIXIR REAL ESTATE INC.
27 THORNBUSH BOULEVARD
Brampton (Fletcher's Meadow), Ontario MLS® #30455661
Courtesy of RAJIV DHAWAN/ESTATE #1 REALTY SERVICES INC.
328 PORT ROYAL TRAIL
Toronto (Milliken), Ontario MLS® #30455650
Courtesy of JASON HUAN CHEN/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.
13025 MCCOWAN ROAD
Whitchurch-Stouffville, Ontario MLS® #30455655
Courtesy of MONA BI/SMART SOLD REALTY
729 GLADSTONE AVENUE
Toronto (Dovercourt-Wallace Emerson-Junction), Ontario MLS® #30455662
Courtesy of GEORGIA KOTIADIS-CARNEVALE/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
2001 - 770 BAY STREET
Toronto (Bay Street Corridor), Ontario MLS® #30455648
Courtesy of JIHONG CHAI/FENGHILL REALTY INC.
964 HUSTON STREET
Williams Lake, British Columbia MLS® #30455670
Courtesy of Crystal Hoelzler/RE/MAX Williams Lake Realty
9 SAGUENAY AVENUE E
Toronto (Bedford Park-Nortown), Ontario MLS® #30455644
Courtesy of MAGGIE LIAMBAS/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
1415 - 101 JOHN STREET N
Hamilton (Beasley), Ontario MLS® #30455687
Courtesy of BHAVIK VYAS/NEWGEN REALTY EXPERTS
222 SUMMERS DRIVE
Thorold (Confederation Heights), Ontario MLS® #30455637
Courtesy of Brian Toye/RE/MAX GARDEN CITY REALTY INC, BROKERAGE
10981 WOODBINE AVENUE
Markham (Victoria Square), Ontario MLS® #30455682
Courtesy of SIMPSON W.P. CHAN/HOMELIFE/BAYVIEW REALTY INC.
1810 - 160 ALTON TOWERS CIRCLE
Toronto (Milliken), Ontario MLS® #30455651
Courtesy of QING DONG/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
1389 FLETT ROAD
Williams Lake, British Columbia MLS® #30455392
Courtesy of Crystal Hoelzler/RE/MAX Williams Lake Realty
20 - 15 BLACKLOCK STREET
Cambridge, Ontario MLS® #30455664
Courtesy of NIRAV GANDHI/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
230 PARADELLE DRIVE
Richmond Hill (Oak Ridges Lake Wilcox), Ontario MLS® #30455657
Courtesy of ICE XIAO/HOMECOMFORT REALTY INC.
226 MARSHALL AVENUE
Welland (Broadway), Ontario MLS® #30455638
Courtesy of Sandra Crumb/RE/MAX GARDEN CITY REALTY INC, BROKERAGE
162 JANSEN Avenue Unit# 26
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #30455669
Courtesy of Ana Bustamante/Century 21 Miller Real Estate Ltd.
9 BRIARWOOD ROAD
Markham (Unionville), Ontario MLS® #30455652
Courtesy of NIGEL ZHANG/FIRST CLASS REALTY INC.
610 - 219 DUNDAS STREET E
Toronto (Moss Park), Ontario MLS® #30455645
Courtesy of LAURA ZHANG/EXP REALTY
124 COMPASS Trail Unit# 49
Cambridge, Ontario MLS® #30455688
Courtesy of Jitesh Kakkar/Affinity Real Estate Inc.
56 CASSILA WAY
Vaughan (Vellore Village), Ontario MLS® #30455683
Courtesy of JOY ZHANG/HOMELIFE GOLCONDA REALTY INC.
190 CARLTON STREET
St. Catharines (Downtown), Ontario MLS® #30452798
Courtesy of Justin Kilkenny/BOLDT REALTY INC., BROKERAGE
2632 DUMMER ASPHODEL ROAD
Douro-Dummer, Ontario MLS® #30454143
Courtesy of Al Daize/Homelife Superior Realty Inc.
493 BRENDA DRIVE
Greater Sudbury (Sudbury), Ontario MLS® #30454580
Courtesy of PAYAL MIDHA TANGRI/SKYMAX REALTY INC.
1082 BRIARWOOD TRAIL
Dysart et al (Harburn), Ontario MLS® #30454136
Courtesy of JEFF STRANO/RE/MAX Professionals North
175 VAN HORNE AVENUE
Dryden (Milestone), Ontario MLS® #30454162
Courtesy of Angie Berrey/Sunset Country Realty Inc.
4442 BENNETT ROAD
Burlington (Shoreacres), Ontario MLS® #30454232
Courtesy of TANYA ROCCA/ROYAL LEPAGE BURLOAK REAL ESTATE SERVICES
LOT 12 3 CONCESSION
South Bruce Peninsula, Ontario MLS® #30454326
Courtesy of JOAN STEWART/Wilfred McIntee & Co Limited
5751 Linyard Rd
Nanaimo, British Columbia MLS® #30454294
Courtesy of Vivian Ma/Royal LePage Nanaimo Realty (NanIsHwyN)
2010 - 12 YONGE STREET
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #30454338
Courtesy of VICTORIA REID/LANDLORD REALTY INC.
1505 - 8200 BIRCHMOUNT ROAD
Markham (Unionville), Ontario MLS® #30454408
Courtesy of JAY XU/AVION 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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Toronto Neighbourhood Guide
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