215 - 5940 YONGE STREET
Toronto (Newtonbrook West), Ontario MLS® #29134186
Courtesy of KATE KAO/CENTURY 21 THE ONE 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.
31 SWORDFISH DRIVE
Whitby (Lynde Creek), Ontario MLS® #29134201
Courtesy of STEVEN B. CHEUNG/REAL BROKER ONTARIO LTD.
1235 TOUKAY CRESCENT
London East (East D), Ontario MLS® #29134220
Courtesy of ABRAR SHAMIM/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.
LEVEL 2 - 1561 EGLINTON AVENUE WEST AVENUE
Toronto (Oakwood Village), Ontario MLS® #29134181
Courtesy of SANDRA YOON/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
97 EDGECROFT ROAD
Toronto (Stonegate-Queensway), Ontario MLS® #29134218
Courtesy of ARMIN POURJOPARI/AIMHOME REALTY INC.
1235 TOUKAY Crescent
London, Ontario MLS® #29134148
Courtesy of ABRAR SHAMIM/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE
601 - 3655 KINGSTON ROAD
Toronto (Scarborough Village), Ontario MLS® #29134333
Courtesy of BEN SCHOLES/ROYAL LEPAGE ESTATE REALTY
1 PORTER STREET
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #29134319
Courtesy of Brenda Odam/COLDWELL BANKER FIRST OTTAWA REALTY
301 - 580 ARMSTRONG ROAD
Kingston (East Gardiners Rd), Ontario MLS® #29134314
Courtesy of AMY HENDERSON-BOILEAU/ROYAL LEPAGE PROALLIANCE REALTY, BROKERAGE
124 - 349 WHEAT BOOM DRIVE
Oakville (JM Joshua Meadows), Ontario MLS® #29134307
Courtesy of INGRID LARA/Royal Lepage Real Estate Associates
MAIN - 4 FOX TRAIL DRIVE
St. Catharines (Rykert/Vansickle), Ontario MLS® #29134287
Courtesy of Christine Gazzola/RE/MAX GARDEN CITY REALTY INC, BROKERAGE
BASEMEN - 1385 FERNCLIFF CIRCLE
Pickering (Liverpool), Ontario MLS® #29134299
Courtesy of JIM MILLIS/P2 REALTY INC.
259 MERRITHEW STREET W
Mississippi Mills, Ontario MLS® #29134369
Courtesy of Paul Tasse/DETAILS REALTY INC.
Acreage Bethel Road
Bethel, Prince Edward Island MLS® #29134340
Courtesy of Leigh Jenkins/CENTURY 21 COLONIAL REALTY INC
86 BRANDON Crescent
Tottenham, Ontario MLS® #29134376
Courtesy of Peggy Hill/RE/MAX Hallmark Peggy Hill Group Realty Brokerage
1012 - 3091 DUFFERIN STREET
Toronto (Yorkdale-Glen Park), Ontario MLS® #29134275
Courtesy of JEREMY VIDAL/RE/MAX ULTIMATE REALTY INC.
131 FERNCLIFFE CRESCENT
Markham (Cedarwood), Ontario MLS® #29134263
Courtesy of HUNG TAT TERRY CHAN/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.
88 CHERRYSTONE DRIVE
Toronto (Hillcrest Village), Ontario MLS® #29134251
Courtesy of VINCENT JIANG/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
4316 - 8 WELLESLEY STREET W
Toronto (Bay Street Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29134194
Courtesy of HARRY LUO/REAL ONE REALTY INC.
12 - 2136 KAINS ROAD
London South (South A), Ontario MLS® #29134221
Courtesy of NAVNEET SINGH SETHI/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.
30 COLE STREET
Toronto (Regent Park), Ontario MLS® #29134187
Courtesy of RAFFI MALKHASSIAN/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
1222 10TH STREET E
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan MLS® #29134303
Courtesy of Gregg Bamford/Coldwell Banker Signature
741 Westfield Road
Westfield, Nova Scotia MLS® #29134288
Courtesy of Laurie-Lee Cooke/Royal LePage Atlantic (Greenwood)
14 CLIFFROD STREET
Loyalist (Amherstview), Ontario MLS® #29134283
Courtesy of PAT NADEAU/EXP REALTY, BROKERAGE
36 - 175 INGERSOLL STREET N
Ingersoll (Ingersoll - North), Ontario MLS® #29134360
Courtesy of VERONICA SCHNARE/OAK AND KEY REAL ESTATE BROKERAGE, INC.
153-155 BROCK STREET
Kingston (Central City East), Ontario MLS® #29134358
Courtesy of BESSIE NIKOLOPOULOS/ROYAL LEPAGE PROALLIANCE REALTY, BROKERAGE
60 CHARLES Street W Unit# 2210
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #29134322
Courtesy of MIRANDA O'SULLIVAN/Chestnut Park Realty Southwestern Ontario Ltd., Brokerage
45 GRANITE STREET
Clarence-Rockland, Ontario MLS® #29134245
Courtesy of Elise Da Ponti/RE/MAX DELTA REALTY
277 BOYERS ROAD
Georgina (Historic Lakeshore Communities), Ontario MLS® #29134341
Courtesy of JENNIFER JONES/EXP REALTY
513 - 20 JOE SHUSTER WAY
Toronto (Niagara), Ontario MLS® #29134257
Courtesy of CECILIA QIAN/FIRST CLASS REALTY INC.
383 PARROTT Place
Woodstock, Ontario MLS® #29134233
Courtesy of Lisa Michelle Day/Royal LePage Wolle Realty
5103 - 88 QUEEN STREET E
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29134190
Courtesy of BRIAN CHAU/RE/MAX EXCEL REALTY LTD.
437 - 60 PRINCESS STREET
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29134183
Courtesy of MOHAMMED CONTRACTOR/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY, BROKERAGE
105 - 107 REDPATH AVENUE
Toronto (Mount Pleasant West), Ontario MLS® #29134195
Courtesy of EUGENE HANKIN/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
58 ELMDALE DRIVE
Prince Edward County (Wellington Ward), Ontario MLS® #29134316
Courtesy of TARA BAYLIS/LAND & GATE REAL ESTATE INC.
B-002(A&B) 1275 BROAD STREET
Regina, Saskatchewan MLS® #29134347
Courtesy of John Chung/RE/MAX Crown Real Estate
51 - 5620 ROCKDALE ROAD
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #29134311
Courtesy of JAMES TASCA/ICI SOURCE REAL ASSET SERVICES INC.
603 LOGAN AVENUE
Toronto (North Riverdale), Ontario MLS® #29134258
Courtesy of CHRIS ZORZOS/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY LTD.
4708 - 75 QUEENS WHARF ROAD
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29134253
Courtesy of GENNADY VENDEROV/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
A - 24 CHAMPAGNE STREET W
North Stormont, Ontario MLS® #29134246
Courtesy of Matt Gibbs/CENTURY 21 SYNERGY REALTY INC
175 - 3900 SAVOY STREET
London South (South V), Ontario MLS® #29134239
Courtesy of TY GILES/SAKER REALTY CORPORATION
1912 - 8 EGLINTON AVENUE E
Toronto (Yonge-Eglinton), Ontario MLS® #29134184
Courtesy of ALISON ZHANG/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
1810 - 8 INTERCHANGE WAY
Vaughan (Vaughan Corporate Centre), Ontario MLS® #29134209
Courtesy of HENRY ZHAO/AIMHOME REALTY INC.
95 YELLOW BRICK ROAD
Brampton (Brampton North), Ontario MLS® #29134216
Courtesy of MOHIT MAMTANI/EXECUTIVE REAL ESTATE SERVICES LTD.
28 ROCK ELM COURT
Vaughan (Patterson), Ontario MLS® #29134211
Courtesy of FAY TSATSKINA/HOMELIFE FRONTIER 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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