TORONTO | Cabbagetown

[Waterlooson]

Actually, today (using US Census methods) Buffalo would be smaller than Calgary or Ottawa.... making it the 6th largest.

[softee]

Originally Posted by TinChelseaNYC

Are there other areas like this in Toronto? I've never been, but most of the pics I see are of modern skyscrapers and sprawl. I didn't know places like this even existed there (although I thought that they might have in the early days and they had just been knocked down). This area is absolutely beautiful.

There are tons of beautiful old neighbourhoods in Toronto's inner city, and many of them are within walking distance or a short streetcar ride from the downtown core.

[TinChelseaNYC]

Originally Posted by softee

There are tons of beautiful old neighbourhoods in Toronto's inner city, and many of them are within walking distance or a short streetcar ride from the downtown core.

Wow. I gotta get up there and take a look!

[flar]

Originally Posted by Waterlooson

Actually, today (using US Census methods) Buffalo would be smaller than Calgary or Ottawa.... making it the 6th largest.

Buffalo, Ottawa and Calgary are almost identical in size, but the point about the small size (historical and current) of Canada's cities still stands. (I am aware of differences in Canadian and US methodologies).


Calgary 1,162,100

Ottawa 1,168,788

Buffalo 1,254,066

[samne]

Really enjoying your work Flar.

I'd suggest Riverdale as a possible area to explore. Broadview-Logan-Carlaw, Gerrard-Dundas-Eastern. Its got Victorian galore with some real grit. I dont think its been shown on here yet.

[soleri]

Really lovely.

Toronto may be expensive in its best areas but that only points out the relative rarity of great urban neighborhoods. The real issue is why we don't build like that anymore. I thought we were rich, at least until recently.

[Junctionist]

Historic low-rise urban neighbourhoods aren't some rarity in Toronto. There are quite a few great urban low-rise neighbourhoods around the old city of Toronto.

They're very rare, however, if you're thinking of the 905 region.

[Urban Zombie]

Awesome Opossum--that area looks almost as fantastic as your photos of it!

[salvius]

Originally Posted by Junctionist

Historic low-rise urban neighbourhoods aren't some rarity in Toronto. There are quite a few great urban low-rise neighbourhoods around the old city of Toronto.

Indeed. Cabbagetown is usually considered the nicest, but I don't really agree. It is perhaps the oldest, being completely intact and mostly built around the middle of the 19th century. Personally, I'm was always partial to the built form in the Junction, Junctionist

[Tony]

Just to list off a few of these unique low-rise urban neighbourhoods each with their own walkable commercial core in Toronto (416 area code):

• Cabbagetown
• Annex
• Kensington Market / Chinatown
• High Park
• Junction
• Islington Village
• Roncessvalles
• Danforth
• Little Italy
• Mimico
• Lakeshore Village
• Parkdale
• Beaches
• Yonge & Eglinton / Davisville / Mount Pleasant

... and a whole whack of smaller ones. I've always considered Toronto to be a collection of uniquely different urban neighbourhoods.

[flar]

I've been thinking of touring the Junction next time I do a Toronto neighbourhood. I drove through the area earlier this year and it looked like there was plenty of material for a tour, a little grit and some interesting housing along with the commercial strip.



Again, thanks for all the comments. I really enjoyed Cabbagetown. It's not only intact, the streetscapes in Cabbagetown are more complete and uniform than most Victorian neighbourhoods ever were.