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.
5025 AGAR AVENUE
Terrace, British Columbia MLS® #29988533
Courtesy of Dawn Monsen/RE/MAX Coast Mountains
702 - 21 HILLCREST AVENUE
Toronto (Willowdale East), Ontario MLS® #29988944
Courtesy of ANDY QIU/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
2308 - 5180 YONGE STREET
Toronto (Willowdale West), Ontario MLS® #29988949
Courtesy of FEI WANG/AVION REALTY INC.
1603 - 15 QUEENS QUAY E
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29988951
Courtesy of MICHAEL YU/AIMHOME REALTY INC.
2508 - 60 CENTRAL PARK ROAD WAY
Toronto (Islington-City Centre West), Ontario MLS® #29988963
Courtesy of MICHAEL MAN-WAH CHOW/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
54 BLUEWATER COURT
Toronto (Mimico), Ontario MLS® #29988968
Courtesy of JULIA LI/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
MAIN - 83 HOUNSLOW HEATH ROAD
Toronto (Weston-Pellam Park), Ontario MLS® #29988970
Courtesy of PETER WANG/HOMECOMFORT REALTY INC.
512 - 5 VICORA LINKWAY WAY
Toronto (Flemingdon Park), Ontario MLS® #29988982
Courtesy of ABDUL T. KAROVALIA/NEWGEN REALTY EXPERTS
23 BLACKMERE CIRCLE
Brampton (Fletcher's Creek South), Ontario MLS® #29989000
Courtesy of MANJIT SINGH/HOMELIFE SUPERSTARS REAL ESTATE LIMITED
275 THIRD STREET
100 Mile House, British Columbia MLS® #29988773
Courtesy of Sallee Duntin/Real Broker BC LTD
17 - 15 HERON PARK PLACE
Toronto (West Hill), Ontario MLS® #29988987
Courtesy of KNOX MENG/NU STREAM REALTY (TORONTO) INC.
5719 GREENOUGH LANDING LD NW
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #29989151
Courtesy of Matthew Page/The Good Real Estate Company
3563 VANDORF SIDE ROAD
Whitchurch-Stouffville, Ontario MLS® #29988990
Courtesy of ALLAN XU/MASTER'S TRUST REALTY INC.
UPPER - 1615 SEVERN DRIVE
Milton (BW Bowes), Ontario MLS® #29989001
Courtesy of MOHAMMED AL-OGAIDI/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
59 - 1061 EAGLETRACE DRIVE
London North (North S), Ontario MLS® #29988938
Courtesy of JUN HUANG/TOPTREE REALTY INC.
1905 - 8 WIDMER STREET
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29988945
Courtesy of KEVIN LIU/EXP REALTY
506 - 3590 KANEFF CRESCENT
Mississauga (Mississauga Valleys), Ontario MLS® #29988964
Courtesy of AMEEN SHAIKH/HOMELIFE SUPERSTARS REAL ESTATE LIMITED
1039 SAVOLINE BOULEVARD
Milton (HA Harrison), Ontario MLS® #29988969
Courtesy of ABUL BUTT/ROYAL LEPAGE CERTIFIED REALTY
3373 WRYBILL PATH
Oakville (JM Joshua Meadows), Ontario MLS® #29988971
Courtesy of NADEEM AHMAD KHAN/SUTTON GROUP REALTY SYSTEMS INC.
3563 VANDORF SIDE ROAD
Whitchurch-Stouffville, Ontario MLS® #29988988
Courtesy of ALLAN XU/MASTER'S TRUST REALTY INC.
#6 1237 Carter Crest RD NW
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #29989152
Courtesy of Derek Hulewicz/RE/MAX Real Estate
1261 BROOKLINE AVENUE
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #29988939
Courtesy of Jamie Sabourin/QUEENSWOOD NATIONAL REAL ESTATE LTD
(LOWER) - 49 RIVERGLEN DRIVE
Georgina (Keswick South), Ontario MLS® #29988958
Courtesy of NOUR GOLESTANI/KINGSWAY REAL ESTATE
904 - 125 PETER STREET
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29988953
Courtesy of CHARLIE CHEN/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
3816 30TH SIDE ROAD
Innisfil, Ontario MLS® #29988960
Courtesy of JUDITH VARGA/REMAX YOUR COMMUNITY REALTY
1609 - 55 SPEERS ROAD
Oakville (CO Central), Ontario MLS® #29988965
Courtesy of HONG ZHANG/DREAM HOME REALTY INC.
1002 - 4850 GLEN ERIN DRIVE
Mississauga (Central Erin Mills), Ontario MLS® #29988972
Courtesy of RICKY WONG/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
107 - 3603 HIGHWAY 7 E
Markham (Markville), Ontario MLS® #29988989
Courtesy of LYNN SHAO/MASTER'S TRUST REALTY INC.
2306 - 330 BURNHAMTHORPE ROAD W
Mississauga (City Centre), Ontario MLS® #29989002
Courtesy of ANITA CHOW/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
193 ELDERBERRY STREET
Kitimat, British Columbia MLS® #29988600
Courtesy of Katica Petersen/Royal LePage Aspire Realty (Terr)
1901 - 17 ANNDALE DRIVE
Toronto (Willowdale East), Ontario MLS® #29988984
Courtesy of MOSTAFA RAJABIAN/INTERNATIONAL REALTY FIRM, INC.
2611 - 77 SHUTER STREET
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29988942
Courtesy of HONG ZHANG/DREAM HOME REALTY INC.
518 - 121 ST PATRICK STREET
Toronto (Kensington-Chinatown), Ontario MLS® #29988947
Courtesy of FEI WANG/AVION REALTY INC.
815 - 8323 KENNEDY ROAD
Markham (Village Green-South Unionville), Ontario MLS® #29988959
Courtesy of JOYCE TSE/POWER 7 REALTY
2507 - 4130 PARKSIDE VILLAGE DRIVE
Mississauga (City Centre), Ontario MLS® #29988966
Courtesy of ANDY QIU/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
BSMT - 218 FINCH AVENUE E
Toronto (Newtonbrook East), Ontario MLS® #29988985
Courtesy of LILY ZHANG/FENGHILL REALTY INC.
8504 160A AV NW
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #29989010
Courtesy of Felipe T. Pagtakhan/Sterling Real Estate
2002 - 5180 YONGE STREET
Toronto (Willowdale West), Ontario MLS® #29988943
Courtesy of BETTY DENG/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
315 - 2 CLAIRTRELL ROAD
Toronto (Willowdale East), Ontario MLS® #29988950
Courtesy of JONATHAN LO/HOMELIFE BROADWAY REALTY INC.
275 THIRD STREET
100 Mile House, British Columbia MLS® #29988772
Courtesy of Sallee Duntin/Real Broker BC LTD
40 - 5055 HEATHERLEIGH AVENUE
Mississauga (East Credit), Ontario MLS® #29988998
Courtesy of LEON LI/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
#129 15499 CASTLE DOWNS RD NW
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #29989150
Courtesy of Denise A. Royer/Blackmore Real Estate
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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