At one time Cabbagetown was much more expensive to buy in than Riverdale. In the early 1980's my partner and I used to stroll through Cabbagetown at weekends, ogling the nice old homes. For 100 to 140 thousand you could get lovely gingerbread houses in that pocket of homes east of Parliament and north of Gerrard, in those days. By 1984 I was ready to buy, but prices skyrocketed. Eventually ( 1990 ) we bought in Riverdale. We only looked at half a dozen places before Ambrose pronounced, "You should buy that one" - so I did. We had the garage at the end of the garden demolished, and the garden expanded. I sat out there this morning, surrounded by the fragrances of lilac and lily of the valley; the pink tree peonies are just blooming and the irises about to flower.
