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.
3303 70 Avenue, Leduc, AB
Leduc, Alberta MLS® #29465687
Courtesy of Michelle A. Plach/HonestDoor Inc
PRO LIQUOR STORE
Vegreville, Alberta MLS® #30006458
Courtesy of Kuljeet Dhaliwal/Royal Lepage Arteam Realty
1021 - 633 BAY STREET
Toronto (Bay Street Corridor), Ontario MLS® #30105676
Courtesy of ANNEMARIE LORUSSO/FREEMAN REAL ESTATE LTD.
7122 COUNTY 27 ROAD
Essa, Ontario MLS® #30105690
Courtesy of LISA MALCOLM/COLDWELL BANKER THE REAL ESTATE CENTRE
1602 - 55 EGLINTON AVENUE W
Mississauga (Hurontario), Ontario MLS® #30105695
Courtesy of SAM ALLAN MCDADI/SAM MCDADI REAL ESTATE INC.
#308 11650 79 Avenue NW NW
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #30105710
Courtesy of Joseph F. Paquette/One Percent Realty
2301 - 1255 BAYLY STREET
Pickering (Bay Ridges), Ontario MLS® #30105722
Courtesy of MUKESH VANKWANI/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
7 - 125 LONG BRANCH AVENUE
Toronto (Long Branch), Ontario MLS® #30105734
Courtesy of MARIA PETRAKOS/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
57 MAC CAMPBELL WAY
Bradford West Gwillimbury (Bradford), Ontario MLS® #30105784
Courtesy of NANDHA PONNUSAMY/THE CANADIAN HOME REALTY INC.
1103 - 7165 YONGE STREET
Markham (Thornhill), Ontario MLS® #30106080
Courtesy of CATALINA NG/HOMELIFE/BAYVIEW REALTY INC.
2502 - 1815 YONGE STREET
Toronto (Mount Pleasant West), Ontario MLS® #30106097
Courtesy of EDWARD ABDOU/HARVEY KALLES REAL ESTATE LTD.
1109 - 80 SANDCASTLE DRIVE
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #30106181
Courtesy of Cody McMillan/REMAX BOARDWALK REALTY
372, 260300 Writing Creek Crescent
Rural Rocky View County, Alberta MLS® #30106270
Courtesy of Bob Damji/PropZap Realty
15 PRINCE ALBERT Boulevard Unit# 602
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #30106345
Courtesy of Wendy Zhao/KINGSWAY REAL ESTATE BROKERAGE
356 HURON STREET
Toronto (University), Ontario MLS® #30106446
Courtesy of JENNY XU/FIRST CLASS REALTY INC.
99 ASCALON DRIVE
Vaughan (Patterson), Ontario MLS® #30105462
Courtesy of FUAD ABASOV/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
137 CHRISTOPHER ROAD
Oakville (GO Glenorchy), Ontario MLS® #30105467
Courtesy of EVELYN LI/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
2566 2 Road
Burlington, Ontario MLS® #30105479
Courtesy of Teja Vajha/CENTURY 21 PEOPLE'S CHOICE REALTY INC. BROKERAGE
3329 VARDON WAY
Oakville (GO Glenorchy), Ontario MLS® #30105481
Courtesy of CINDY ZHANG/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
1010 - 188 FAIRVIEW MALL DRIVE
Toronto (Don Valley Village), Ontario MLS® #30105498
Courtesy of NATHAN ZHOU/FIRST CLASS REALTY INC.
TWO-BEDROOM BSMT - 36 BENDAMERE CRES CRESCENT
Markham (Raymerville), Ontario MLS® #30105556
Courtesy of JACK JI/JDL REALTY INC.
528 KINGS CREEK ROAD
Beckwith, Ontario MLS® #30105563
Courtesy of Tafiqul Abu Mohammad/POWER MARKETING REAL ESTATE INC.
UNIT A BSMT - 10 APACHE TRAIL
Toronto (Bayview Woods-Steeles), Ontario MLS® #30105568
Courtesy of JACK JI/JDL REALTY INC.
4 - 420 ADELAIDE STREET W
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #30105570
Courtesy of JASON KLEYN/ROYAL LEPAGE REAL ESTATE SERVICES LTD.
2 WOODCREST COURT
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #30105587
Courtesy of JAMES TASCA/ICI SOURCE REAL ASSET SERVICES INC.
53 SEGUIN STREET
Richmond Hill (Oak Ridges), Ontario MLS® #30105614
Courtesy of ROBERT WENG/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
3108 - 2 ANNDALE DRIVE
Toronto (Willowdale East), Ontario MLS® #30105638
Courtesy of ARTHUR ZHAO/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
74 Anaheim Gardens NE
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #30105525
Courtesy of Gigi B. Navarro/Century 21 Bamber Realty LTD.
1831 SUMMERFIELDS CRESCENT
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #30105564
Courtesy of Ana Ideias/ENGEL & VOLKERS OTTAWA
5802 - 8 WELLESLEY STREET
Toronto (Bay Street Corridor), Ontario MLS® #30105569
Courtesy of TRACY TAI/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.
407A BLOOR STREET E
Toronto (North St. James Town), Ontario MLS® #30105571
Courtesy of CEMAL OK/RE/MAX PREMIER INC.
312 - 3401 RIDGEWAY DRIVE
Mississauga (Erin Mills), Ontario MLS® #30105576
Courtesy of ANTHONY GISCOMBE/Royal LePage Real Estate Associates
MAIN - 36 VAUXHALL DRIVE
Toronto (Dorset Park), Ontario MLS® #30105608
Courtesy of WASIM JARRAH/EXP REALTY
28, 298 Somerset Way SE
Medicine Hat, Alberta MLS® #30105641
Courtesy of MICHELLE LEBLANC/RIVER STREET REAL ESTATE
1711 - 60 FREDERICK STREET
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #30105653
Courtesy of KAMAL K GILL/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.
PH08 - 35 SARANAC BOULEVARD
Toronto (Englemount-Lawrence), Ontario MLS® #30105672
Courtesy of ERIC WENG/CENTURY 21 MILLER REAL ESTATE LTD.
10 53001 RANGE ROAD 53
Rural Parkland County, Alberta MLS® #30105684
Courtesy of Daniel Seitz/Real Broker
608 - 75 CANTERBURY PLACE
Toronto (Willowdale West), Ontario MLS® #30105451
Courtesy of SABINE EL GHALI/KELLER WILLIAMS PORTFOLIO REALTY
255 AMOS DRIVE
Caledon (Palgrave), Ontario MLS® #30105463
Courtesy of RAMANDEEP WRAICH/HOMELIFE SILVERCITY REALTY INC.
(BSMNT) - 1334 KESTELL BOULEVARD
Oakville (JC Joshua Creek), Ontario MLS® #30105468
Courtesy of PATRICK QIN/RIGHT AT HOME 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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Toronto Neighbourhood Guide
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