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.
6002 49th Ave
Bonnyville Town, Alberta MLS® #30143807
Courtesy of Vince J. Kelly/RE/MAX Bonnyville Realty
#202 205 Jennifer Heilway
Spruce Grove, Alberta MLS® #30167519
Courtesy of Rakesh Chadha/Logic Realty
322 Myrtle AVENUE
Yorkton, Saskatchewan MLS® #30280435
Courtesy of Wade Windjack/RE/MAX Blue Chip Realty
7511 255 ROAD
Fort St. John, British Columbia MLS® #30280512
Courtesy of Navi Sahi/RE/MAX Action Realty Inc
17 SPRING STREET
Norwich (Norwich Town), Ontario MLS® #30279046
Courtesy of Fran Wicklum/Century 21 Heritage House Ltd Brokerage
807 - 2825 JANE STREET
Toronto (Glenfield-Jane Heights), Ontario MLS® #30280721
Courtesy of SANDRINE VATINEL/HOMELIFE/CIMERMAN REAL ESTATE LIMITED
263 NIAGARA BOULEVARD
Niagara-on-the-Lake (Town), Ontario MLS® #30278834
Courtesy of Marilyn Francis/BOSLEY REAL ESTATE LTD.,
905 - 320 RICHMOND STREET E
Toronto (Moss Park), Ontario MLS® #30280062
Courtesy of AMY LYNNE POLSON/SAGE REAL ESTATE LIMITED
806 - 43 EGLINTON AVENUE
Toronto (Mount Pleasant West), Ontario MLS® #30280593
Courtesy of DAVID ZEMELMAN/RARE REAL ESTATE
78 Honeygold Drive
Halifax, Nova Scotia MLS® #30281111
Courtesy of Oluseyi Ajetomobi/Royal LePage Atlantic
1203 St. Margaret's Bay Road
Beechville, Nova Scotia MLS® #30280896
Courtesy of Don Chamara/Keller Williams Select Realty
12613 SECOND LINE
Milton, Ontario MLS® #30280980
Courtesy of MICHAEL CHRISTIE/Royal LePage Royal City Realty
507 - 108 RICHMOND ROAD
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #30279332
Courtesy of Irina Popova/ENGEL & VOLKERS OTTAWA
734 BRIGADOON DRIVE
Hamilton (Gourley), Ontario MLS® #30279344
Courtesy of Kristin De Divitiis/RE/MAX GARDEN CITY REALTY INC, BROKERAGE
56A ROOSEVELT DRIVE
Richmond Hill (South Richvale), Ontario MLS® #30279356
Courtesy of TED WEICH/REMAX YOUR COMMUNITY REALTY
141 CHERRY LANE
Thunder Bay (Forest Park), Ontario MLS® #30279351
Courtesy of Andrea Young/Royal LePage® Lannon Realty
549 LAKE DRIVE E
Georgina (Historic Lakeshore Communities), Ontario MLS® #30279363
Courtesy of JENNIFER JONES/LPT REALTY
137 PICKEREL POINT ROAD
Georgian Bay (Baxter), Ontario MLS® #30278668
Courtesy of CONNIE CAMPBELL/RE/MAX HALLMARK CHAY REALTY
420 ABINGTON AVENUE
Mississauga (Cooksville), Ontario MLS® #30278973
Courtesy of ASHLEY SHAW/SOTHEBY'S INTERNATIONAL REALTY CANADA
UNIT 1 - 520 HIGH STREET
Orillia, Ontario MLS® #30279205
Courtesy of TRISH CARSON/Century 21 B.J. Roth Realty Ltd.
2504 - 275 YORKLAND ROAD
Toronto (Henry Farm), Ontario MLS® #30279250
Courtesy of SHERREY XIE/REAL ONE REALTY INC.
5028 GAGE COURT
Niagara Falls (Morrison), Ontario MLS® #30279349
Courtesy of Matthew Goch/EXP REALTY
601 - 300 BALLIOL STREET
Toronto (Mount Pleasant West), Ontario MLS® #30278740
Courtesy of KIKI CIANCIUSI/KELLER WILLIAMS ADVANTAGE REALTY
10 - 353 TERRY CARTER CRESCENT
Newmarket (Gorham-College Manor), Ontario MLS® #30278757
Courtesy of STEWART MADDEN/KELLER WILLIAMS REALTY CENTRES
3 - 60 CANTERBURY DRIVE
St. Catharines (Oakdale), Ontario MLS® #30278790
Courtesy of IAN CARRILLO/EXP REALTY
61 GRANGE DRIVE
Richmond Hill (Jefferson), Ontario MLS® #30278860
Courtesy of DERRICK PENG/MASTER'S TRUST REALTY INC.
1819 FRIAR TUCK COURT
Mississauga (Sheridan), Ontario MLS® #30278889
Courtesy of RAHIM JAFFER/SAGE REAL ESTATE LIMITED
1010 - 59 EAST LIBERTY STREET
Toronto (Niagara), Ontario MLS® #30279262
Courtesy of MICHAEL CAMBER/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
3408 - 390 CHERRY STREET
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #30279267
Courtesy of MARIELLA COMPARELLI/HARVEY KALLES REAL ESTATE LTD.
224 MANNING AVENUE
Toronto (Trinity-Bellwoods), Ontario MLS® #30279281
Courtesy of VICKY TAL/PROPERTY.CA INC.
75 TUNNEY PLACE NW
Whitby (Brooklin), Ontario MLS® #30279306
Courtesy of CHRISTIANE SYLVAIN/CENTURY 21 ATRIA REALTY INC.
326 - 1190 DUNDAS STREET E
Toronto (South Riverdale), Ontario MLS® #30279318
Courtesy of MARK FRANCONE/RE/MAX PROFESSIONALS INC.
29 LOVE CRESCENT
Toronto (East End-Danforth), Ontario MLS® #30279320
Courtesy of ARTHUR LABBANCZ/ROYAL LEPAGE TERREQUITY REALTY
544 WOODLAND ACRES CRESCENT
Vaughan, Ontario MLS® #30279368
Courtesy of CHRISTOPHER FUSCO/KELLER WILLIAMS EMPOWERED REALTY
60 CARRINGTON DRIVE
Richmond Hill (Mill Pond), Ontario MLS® #30279370
Courtesy of RAFFAELE RALPH FORGIONE/HOMELIFE/VISION REALTY INC.
54 Wynn Castle Drive
Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia MLS® #30279147
Courtesy of Lorenzo Gallardo/Royal LePage Atlantic
1335 BRAELOCH ROAD
Algonquin Highlands (Stanhope), Ontario MLS® #30279217
Courtesy of MELANIE MAXWELL-HEVESI/Century 21 Granite Realty Group Inc.
1317 LERICHE Way Unit# 78
Milton, Ontario MLS® #30279212
Courtesy of Diego Balcazar Jimenez/RE/MAX Escarpment Realty Inc.
937 AIRPORT ROAD
Cavan Monaghan (Cavan-Monaghan), Ontario MLS® #30279224
Courtesy of Mac Crossman/Coldwell Banker Electric Realty
1881 BROWN LINE
Cavan Monaghan (Cavan-Monaghan), Ontario MLS® #30279229
Courtesy of Mac Crossman/Coldwell Banker Electric Realty
69 BOND STREET W
Kawartha Lakes (Lindsay), Ontario MLS® #30279231
Courtesy of Keith Mcdonald/Birdhouse Realty Inc.
505 - 80 9TH STREET EAST STREET E
Owen Sound, Ontario MLS® #30279236
Courtesy of ANGELA MOEBIUS/RE/MAX Grey Bruce Realty Inc.
405 - 600 FLEET STREET
Toronto (Niagara), Ontario MLS® #30279243
Courtesy of WILSON POON/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE 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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