4807 44 Ave
Stony Plain, Alberta MLS® #29210474
Courtesy of Rohin Geis/Royal LePage Noralta Real Estate
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.
78 Peddle Drive
Grand Falls-Windsor, Newfoundland & Labrador MLS® #29345907
Courtesy of ROBERT GARDNER/RE/MAX Central Real Estate Ltd. - Grand Falls-Win
65275 Range Rd 114A
Lac La Biche County, Alberta MLS® #29326202
Courtesy of Derek C. Claffey/NAI Commercial Real Estate Inc
5815 97 St NW
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #29336017
Courtesy of Tanner Wormald/NAI Commercial Real Estate Inc
12090 BUCKHORN LAKE ROAD
Prince George, British Columbia MLS® #29357036
Courtesy of Sandy Sleath/Landquest Realty Corp (Northern)
4737 SUSSNEE ROAD
100 Mile House, British Columbia MLS® #29357037
Courtesy of Lyle Hatton/eXp Realty (100 Mile)
9111 112 AVENUE
Fort St. John, British Columbia MLS® #29357035
Courtesy of Michael Ellerington/RE/MAX Action Realty Inc
13 - 6523 WELLINGTON RD 7 N
Centre Wellington (Elora/Salem), Ontario MLS® #29352985
Courtesy of ANIA BRYCZEK/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
1117 - 85 WOOD STREET
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29352795
Courtesy of LEO LIN/RE/MAX ATRIUM HOME REALTY
3704 - 55 CHARLES STREET E
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29353111
Courtesy of STAM LOIZIDES/REAL ESTATE HOMEWARD
1708 - 55 MERCER STREET
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29353407
Courtesy of MAGGIE MA/CENTURY 21 KENNECT REALTY
121 DAVENPORT ROAD
Toronto (Annex), Ontario MLS® #29353414
Courtesy of DIANA MENDONCA/RE/MAX REALTRON BARRY COHEN HOMES INC.
102 WOODROOF CRESCENT
Aurora (Bayview Wellington), Ontario MLS® #29353445
Courtesy of SAED TOOTOONCHI SARRAF/CENTURY 21 ATRIA REALTY INC.
310 - 11 ONEIDA CRESCENT
Richmond Hill (Langstaff), Ontario MLS® #29353452
Courtesy of JAMES SKENDERIS/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
107 SAINT FRANCIS AVENUE
Vaughan (Vellore Village), Ontario MLS® #29353457
Courtesy of CORNEL VELICEASA/RE/MAX EXPERTS
302 CANADENSIS LANE
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #29352954
Courtesy of Rachel Herrndorf/ENGEL & VOLKERS OTTAWA
41 JOHN MARTIN CRESCENT
Hamilton, Ontario MLS® #29352916
Courtesy of KELLE BAKER/RE/MAX ESCARPMENT REALTY INC.
109 McTavish Crescent
Fort McMurray, Alberta MLS® #29354493
Courtesy of Paige Cyr/The Agency North Central Alberta
47 A/B Withrod Drive
Halifax, Nova Scotia MLS® #29354044
Courtesy of Patti Leclerc/Royal LePage Atlantic (Dartmouth)
397 STIRLING Avenue S Unit# 12
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #29354734
Courtesy of William Prokopowicz/Chestnut Park Realty Southwestern Ontario Ltd., Brokerage
722 - 238 BONIS AVENUE
Toronto (Tam O'Shanter-Sullivan), Ontario MLS® #29352884
Courtesy of GARY GANG ZHOU/REALTY ASSOCIATES INC.
4 DERSINGHAM CRESCENT
Markham (German Mills), Ontario MLS® #29353952
Courtesy of MAGGIE MA/SOTHEBY'S INTERNATIONAL REALTY CANADA
144 MANSFIELD DRIVE
Oakville (CP College Park), Ontario MLS® #29354006
Courtesy of CLIFF SILVEIRA/KELLER WILLIAMS EDGE REALTY
1105 - 510 CURRAN PLACE
Mississauga (City Centre), Ontario MLS® #29354018
Courtesy of JACK COPELAND/ENGEL & VOLKERS OAKVILLE
120 POPLAR ROAD
Toronto (West Hill), Ontario MLS® #29353762
Courtesy of KATELYN FULTON/CENTURY 21 PERCY FULTON LTD.
2205 - 2033 KENNEDY ROAD
Toronto (Agincourt South-Malvern West), Ontario MLS® #29353933
Courtesy of ANTHONY GISCOMBE/Royal Lepage Real Estate Associates
219 - 9017 LESLIE STREET
Richmond Hill (Beaver Creek Business Park), Ontario MLS® #29353938
Courtesy of KAREN HUI/CENTURY 21 ATRIA REALTY INC.
1705 - 180 FAIRVIEW MALL DRIVE
Toronto (Don Valley Village), Ontario MLS® #29352877
Courtesy of MAGGIE NGO/POWER 7 REALTY
23 MILTON HEIGHTS CRESCENT
Milton (MN Milton North), Ontario MLS® #29354392
Courtesy of CHRIS SEVENTIKIDIS/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.
UNIT 1 - 1279 SIMCOE STREET N
Oshawa (Centennial), Ontario MLS® #29355706
Courtesy of MARKUS MILLER/RE/MAX ALL-STARS REALTY INC.
607 - 38 HONEYCRISP CRESCENT
Vaughan (Vaughan Corporate Centre), Ontario MLS® #29355720
Courtesy of SHAYNA LIST/ROYAL LEPAGE TERREQUITY REALTY
57 Pantego Hill NW
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #29354082
Courtesy of Kelly L. Macdonald/Century 21 Masters
172 CLAIBORNE WAY
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #29354265
Courtesy of Mathieu Hudon/ROYAL LEPAGE PERFORMANCE REALTY
5 GLENMOUNT COURT
Whitby (Lynde Creek), Ontario MLS® #29355136
Courtesy of LISA FAYLE/RE/MAX ROUGE RIVER REALTY LTD.
15 GLADSTONE AVENUE
Guelph (Riverside Park), Ontario MLS® #29354739
Courtesy of IRENE SZABO/Keller Williams Home Group Realty
2306 67A ST SW
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #29354145
Courtesy of Ramandeep S. Thind/Century 21 All Stars Realty Ltd
2915 46 Street S
Lethbridge, Alberta MLS® #29355066
Courtesy of CAMERON HURT/Century 21 Foothills South Real Estate
2006 Assiniboine AVENUE E
Regina, Saskatchewan MLS® #29355100
Courtesy of James Newman/Coldwell Banker Local Realty
5497 SOCKEYE LANE|Garrison Crossing
Chilliwack, British Columbia MLS® #29355220
Courtesy of Sarah Toop/RE/MAX Nyda Realty Inc. (Vedder North)
1022 BYRON STREET N
Whitby (Williamsburg), Ontario MLS® #29355268
Courtesy of HUSSEIN KABANI/RE/MAX ROUGE RIVER REALTY LTD.
B, C, D - 60 SOUTH TOWN CENTRE BOULEVARD
Markham (Unionville), Ontario MLS® #29355275
Courtesy of MASON PAIKAR/REMAX CONNECT REALTY
A - 60 SOUTH TOWN CENTRE BOULEVARD
Markham (Unionville), Ontario MLS® #29355282
Courtesy of MASON PAIKAR/REMAX CONNECT REALTY
74 CAMEO DRIVE
Richmond Hill (Rouge Woods), Ontario MLS® #29355287
Courtesy of HANS OHRSTROM/HOMELIFE EAGLE REALTY INC.
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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