5556 50 Avenue
St. Paul Town, Alberta MLS® #29199362
Courtesy of Tyler J. Poirier/Century 21 Poirier 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.
1624 - 498 CALDARI ROAD
Vaughan (Concord), Ontario MLS® #29204251
Courtesy of MOLLY AU/HOMELIFE/BAYVIEW REALTY INC.
1210 - 5858 YONGE STREET
Toronto (Newtonbrook West), Ontario MLS® #29204256
Courtesy of ERIC GUO/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
36 Grandview Crescent
Camrose, Alberta MLS® #29204258
Courtesy of Lisa Rohr/RE/MAX Real Estate (Edmonton) Ltd.
41 Franklyn Drive
Sydney, Nova Scotia MLS® #29204250
Courtesy of Heather Grant/RE/MAX Park Place Inc.
26 DOUGLAS Avenue
Simcoe, Ontario MLS® #29204243
Courtesy of NUNO FRANCISCO/Royal LePage Trius Realty Brokerage
609 - 35 PARLIAMENT STREET
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29204218
Courtesy of SYUZANNA HARUTYUNYAN/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY INVESTMENTS GROUP
1802 - 31 BALES AVENUE
Toronto (Willowdale East), Ontario MLS® #29204150
Courtesy of COOKIE QI/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
305 - 54 KODA STREET
Barrie, Ontario MLS® #29204162
Courtesy of KLAUDIA NABIALEK/SUTTON GROUP INCENTIVE REALTY INC.
1502 - 38 FOREST MANOR ROAD
Toronto (Henry Farm), Ontario MLS® #29204198
Courtesy of JUDY YE/PROMPTON REAL ESTATE SERVICES CORP.
1601 - 1 THE ESPLANADE AVENUE
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29204201
Courtesy of SIMON WEI/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
#113 53226 RGE ROAD 261
Rural Parkland County, Alberta MLS® #29204066
Courtesy of Sarah Keats/RE/MAX River City
C- UPPER FLOOR - 8 MOIR STREET W
Peterborough (Ashburnham Ward 4), Ontario MLS® #29204073
Courtesy of ANDREW O. ENOFE/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
512 - 120 ROSEDALE VALLEY ROAD
Toronto (Rosedale-Moore Park), Ontario MLS® #29204118
Courtesy of RICHARD SILVER/SOTHEBY'S INTERNATIONAL REALTY CANADA
PH103 - 55 COOPER STREET
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29204120
Courtesy of DEVEN CHEN/AVION REALTY INC.
32 SPRUCE PINES CRESCENT
Toronto (Victoria Village), Ontario MLS® #29204149
Courtesy of EDWARD ZUO/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
303 N KING Street N Unit# 6
Waterloo, Ontario MLS® #29204194
Courtesy of John Zoroglu/RED AND WHITE REALTY INC.
161 HIGHLAND PARK BOULEVARD
Markham (Grandview), Ontario MLS® #29204202
Courtesy of ELA MOLUKI/REALTY ASSOCIATES INC.
3508 - 5168 YONGE STREET
Toronto (Willowdale West), Ontario MLS® #29204119
Courtesy of PATRICK YUAN/REAL ONE REALTY INC.
130 ELMER AVENUE
Toronto (The Beaches), Ontario MLS® #29204121
Courtesy of STUART MALCOLM SANKEY/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY LTD.
24, 55022 STE. ANNE TR
Rural Lac Ste. Anne County, Alberta MLS® #29204138
Courtesy of Frederick E. Trommeshauser/RE/MAX PREFERRED CHOICE
10 HONEY MILK LANE
Richmond Hill (Headford Business Park), Ontario MLS® #29204152
Courtesy of WILSON HON/EXP REALTY
901 - 3601 HIGHWAY 7 ST. EAST STREET
Markham (Unionville), Ontario MLS® #29204183
Courtesy of KEVIN REN/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
4210 - 1 CONCORD CITYPLACE WAY
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29204190
Courtesy of KATHY YENG TING HO/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
4 CRESCENT ROAD
Strong, Ontario MLS® #29204203
Courtesy of CHAD MESSIER/ROYAL LEPAGE REAL ESTATE SERVICES LTD.
207, 328 Centre Street SE
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #29204087
Courtesy of Mingu Kyoung/MaxWell Capital Realty
1102 - 30 ELM DRIVE W
Mississauga (Fairview), Ontario MLS® #29204070
Courtesy of MUHAMMAD SHAHZAD/CENTURY 21 PEOPLE'S CHOICE REALTY INC.
BSMT - 316 COUNTRY LANE
Barrie (Painswick South), Ontario MLS® #29204068
Courtesy of ANDREW O. ENOFE/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
1806 - 3525 KARIYA DRIVE
Mississauga (Fairview), Ontario MLS® #29204253
Courtesy of XIAOFENG XU/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
2439 SPRINGFOREST DRIVE
Oakville (BC Bronte Creek), Ontario MLS® #29204090
Courtesy of VIRAJ KAPAHI/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
PTLT 27 CALYPSO STREET
The Nation, Ontario MLS® #29204108
Courtesy of Fern Beauchamp/RE/MAX ABSOLUTE REALTY INC.
303 - 17 MICHAEL POWER PLACE
Toronto (Islington-City Centre West), Ontario MLS® #29204110
Courtesy of CEMAL OK/RE/MAX PREMIER INC.
901 - 3601 HWY 7 STREET E
Markham (Unionville), Ontario MLS® #29204115
Courtesy of KEVIN REN/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
4104 - 180 UNIVERSITY AVENUE
Toronto (Bay Street Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29204146
Courtesy of GLORY JIANG/MASTER'S TRUST REALTY INC.
11 ROSENFELD DRIVE
Barrie (Grove East), Ontario MLS® #29204153
Courtesy of YEMI ADEGORITE/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
213 PAIGE Place Unit# Lower
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #29204184
Courtesy of Jimmy Joseph/REALTY EXECUTIVES EDGE INC.
704 - 22 HANOVER ROAD
Brampton (Queen Street Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29204196
Courtesy of SHAILESH PATEL/RE/MAX ULTIMATE REALTY INC.
50 FAITH Street Unit# 4
Cambridge, Ontario MLS® #29204204
Courtesy of DENNIS GOUVEIA/KINDRED HOMES REALTY INC., BROKERAGE
67 oxford Road W
Lethbridge, Alberta MLS® #29204209
Courtesy of Hans Bowden/Lethbridge Real Estate.com
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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