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
824 COLLEGE AVENUE
Regina, Saskatchewan MLS® #29396471
Courtesy of Richard (Will) Amichand/Realty Hub Brokerage
503 - 8 TIPPETT ROAD
Toronto (Clanton Park), Ontario MLS® #29396438
Courtesy of SHANNA LU/SMART SOLD REALTY
1110 - 66 FOREST MANOR ROAD
Toronto (Henry Farm), Ontario MLS® #29396440
Courtesy of NICOLE LIN/FOREST HILL REAL ESTATE INC.
21 CHOKECHERRY CRESCENT
Markham (Wismer), Ontario MLS® #29396464
Courtesy of JOY ZHANG/HOMELIFE GOLCONDA REALTY INC.
BASEMENT - 143 NAHANI WAY
Mississauga (Hurontario), Ontario MLS® #29396469
Courtesy of MARCO OTTINO/RE/MAX PROFESSIONALS INC.
13 897 Admirals Rd
Esquimalt, British Columbia MLS® #29396476
Courtesy of Jesse Seads/Coldwell Banker Oceanside Real Estate
105 OVERDALE Avenue
Waterdown, Ontario MLS® #29396488
Courtesy of Judy Giannasi/Royal LePage State Realty Inc.
972 SILVER BAY ROAD
Port Colborne (Sherkston), Ontario MLS® #29396495
Courtesy of Kristyn Robins/A.G. ROBINS & COMPANY LTD, BROKERAGE
280 PORTER ROAD
Kawartha Lakes (Manvers), Ontario MLS® #29396503
Courtesy of DERRICK HAYDEN GRAY/STRIVE REALTY LTD.
54 WATERLOO STREET
West Perth (Mitchell), Ontario MLS® #29396558
Courtesy of AMY MCCLURE/Sutton Group - First Choice Realty Ltd.
D - 253 LAKESHORE ROAD E
Mississauga (Port Credit), Ontario MLS® #29396584
Courtesy of JAMES TASCA/ICI SOURCE REAL ASSET SERVICES INC.
1275 BROAD STREET
Regina, Saskatchewan MLS® #29396591
Courtesy of John Chung/RE/MAX Crown Real Estate
550 MARY STREET
Woodstock (Woodstock - North), Ontario MLS® #29396596
Courtesy of Valarie Mounsteven/RE/MAX a-b Realty Ltd Brokerage
51 LAKEPOINTE DRIVE
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #29396609
Courtesy of Edita Lacsamana/ROYAL LEPAGE INTEGRITY REALTY
351 STRATHCONA DRIVE
Burlington (Shoreacres), Ontario MLS® #29396623
Courtesy of ANTONET MURRAY/ROYAL LEPAGE REAL ESTATE SERVICES LTD.
N/A TRACEYS HILL ROAD
Kawartha Lakes (Emily), Ontario MLS® #29396654
Courtesy of ANITA HOWES/ROYAL HERITAGE REALTY LTD.
612 TRILLIUM DRIVE
Southwest Middlesex, Ontario MLS® #29396659
Courtesy of TIM ESTABROOKS/JUST FARMS REALTY
302 CANADENSIS LANE
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #29396666
Courtesy of Rachel Herrndorf/ENGEL & VOLKERS OTTAWA
174 MANITOULIN DRIVE
London East (East O), Ontario MLS® #29396394
Courtesy of GLORIA ROMAN/CENTURY 21 FIRST CANADIAN CORP
320, 68, 7930 Bowness Road NW
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #29396678
Courtesy of Paul Loutitt/Century 21 Bamber Realty LTD.
1 CLARINGTON BOULEVARD
Clarington (Bowmanville), Ontario MLS® #29396700
Courtesy of CONNOR OPREY/RE/MAX HALLMARK FIRST GROUP REALTY LTD.
133 - 12421 NINTH LINE
Whitchurch-Stouffville (Stouffville), Ontario MLS® #29396712
Courtesy of WIKUM DE SILVA/EXP REALTY
35 HADDAWAY Court
Cambridge, Ontario MLS® #29396717
Courtesy of DENNIS GOUVEIA/KINDRED HOMES REALTY INC., BROKERAGE
LOWER - 462 FERGO AVENUE
Mississauga (Cooksville), Ontario MLS® #29396724
Courtesy of JOHN ZHOU/RE/MAX IMPERIAL REALTY INC.
940 BARTON STREET E
Hamilton (Crown Point), Ontario MLS® #29396736
Courtesy of LIONET HASBURY/KELLER WILLIAMS EDGE REALTY
200, 68, 7930 Bowness Road NW
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #29396680
Courtesy of Paul Loutitt/Century 21 Bamber Realty LTD.
1102 - 5 KENNETH AVENUE
Toronto (Willowdale East), Ontario MLS® #29396969
Courtesy of SONI CHACHAD/KELLER WILLIAMS EDGE REALTY
61 DOUET LANE
Ajax (South East), Ontario MLS® #29396976
Courtesy of SURESHKUMAR KANGAYAMPALAYAM MANIAN/RE/MAX TWIN CITY REALTY INC.
13 SALISBURY Avenue
Brantford, Ontario MLS® #29396983
Courtesy of Alla Sharma/Re/Max Twin City Realty Inc
11 BENBOW ROAD
Toronto (Kingsview Village-The Westway), Ontario MLS® #29396856
Courtesy of KRISTEN ASHELY CACCIOTTI-SOUSA/ROYAL LEPAGE REAL ESTATE SERVICES LTD.
560 DU PIN ROUGE WAY
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #29396767
Courtesy of Paul Rushforth/PAUL RUSHFORTH REAL ESTATE INC.
10 JACOB DETWEILLER Drive
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #29396755
Courtesy of EWA MUNCH/RE/MAX TWIN CITY REALTY INC.
205 KING Street E
Hamilton, Ontario MLS® #29396748
Courtesy of Olivia Rapson/RE/MAX Escarpment Realty Inc.
1513 - 2550 SIMCOE STREET N
Oshawa (Windfields), Ontario MLS® #29396806
Courtesy of JENNIFER FULLER/RE/MAX HALLMARK FIRST GROUP REALTY LTD.
7 GRANTHAM ROAD
Horton, Ontario MLS® #29396774
Courtesy of Paul Rushforth/PAUL RUSHFORTH REAL ESTATE INC.
45 HEMLOCK WAY
Grimsby (Grimsby West), Ontario MLS® #29396940
Courtesy of Kristin De Divitiis/RE/MAX GARDEN CITY REALTY INC, BROKERAGE
409 Conductor Boulevard
Coaldale, Alberta MLS® #29396945
Courtesy of RICCARDO MAGLIOCCO/Grassroots Realty Group
401 - 284 KING STREET E
Toronto (Moss Park), Ontario MLS® #29396952
Courtesy of MILAD MOMTAZ AZAD/PROPERTY.CA INC.
421 - 128 FAIRVIEW MALL DRIVE
Toronto (Don Valley Village), Ontario MLS® #29396957
Courtesy of TIM YEUNG/PROMPTON REAL ESTATE SERVICES CORP.
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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