329 N NINTH AVENUE
Williams Lake, British Columbia MLS® #29120402
Courtesy of Rachel Diesing/Sotheby's International Realty Canada
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.
6324 WOLFE ROAD
100 Mile House, British Columbia MLS® #29120737
Courtesy of Clee Grahn/eXp Realty (100 Mile)
4454 NEWALL ROAD
Canim Lake, British Columbia MLS® #29120403
Courtesy of Andrew Carros/Engel & Volkers Vancouver
3956 BENTRIDGE ROAD
Mississauga (Lisgar), Ontario MLS® #29120862
Courtesy of ALLEN SAGHATCHI/HOMELIFE/BAYVIEW REALTY INC.
1605 - 18 MAITLAND TERRACE
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29120736
Courtesy of NANCY DENG/WANTHOME REALTY INC.
10 O'CONNOR CRESCENT
Brampton (Northwest Brampton), Ontario MLS® #29120748
Courtesy of DIP BASU/HOMELIFE/MIRACLE REALTY LTD
91 BRUCE BEER DRIVE
Brampton (Madoc), Ontario MLS® #29120750
Courtesy of DILYAR KURBAN/Royal Lepage Real Estate Associates
3931 Marjean Pl
Saanich, British Columbia MLS® #29120801
Courtesy of Laura Roberts/Royal LePage Coast Capital - Chatterton
3221 YONGE STREET
Toronto (Lawrence Park North), Ontario MLS® #29118623
Courtesy of NANCY GOLKAR/PROPERTY.CA INC.
103 Sunset Place
Okotoks, Alberta MLS® #29118630
Courtesy of Derek Thistle/RE/MAX iRealty Innovations
2708 - 36 LEE CENTRE DRIVE
Toronto (Woburn), Ontario MLS® #29118635
Courtesy of TIA MEHTA KOHLI/ZOLO REALTY
5212 - 5 BUTTERMILL AVENUE
Vaughan (Vaughan Corporate Centre), Ontario MLS® #29118642
Courtesy of KEVIN LIU/UNION CAPITAL REALTY
21002 LESLIE STREET
East Gwillimbury, Ontario MLS® #29118647
Courtesy of WAYNE M. WINCH/RE/MAX ALL-STARS REALTY INC.
107 SIMCOE ROAD
Ramara, Ontario MLS® #29118659
Courtesy of DAVE WALKER/KELLER WILLIAMS EXPERIENCE REALTY
144 BRITANNIA AVENUE
London North (North N), Ontario MLS® #29118661
Courtesy of EDWARD BAXTER/ROYAL LEPAGE TRILAND REALTY
27 Holbrook Avenue
St John's, Newfoundland & Labrador MLS® #29118666
Courtesy of ANN O'REILLY/Royal LePage Vision Realty
3402 - 15 VIKING LANE
Toronto (Islington-City Centre West), Ontario MLS® #29118678
Courtesy of MEAGHAN MCNEILL/BOSLEY REAL ESTATE LTD.
4207 - 60 ABSOLUTE AVENUE
Mississauga (City Centre), Ontario MLS® #29118685
Courtesy of ABBAS NASIRBEYGI/SUTTON GROUP QUANTUM REALTY INC.
430 - 5230 DUNDAS STREET
Burlington (Orchard), Ontario MLS® #29118692
Courtesy of DAN COOPER/ROYAL LEPAGE REAL ESTATE SERVICES LTD.
1801 53 Avenue Unit# 16
Vernon, British Columbia MLS® #29118724
Courtesy of Ashley Blackburn/eXp Realty (Kelowna)
16 Abalone Crescent NE
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #29118731
Courtesy of Mel Star/RE/MAX House of Real Estate
376 PEEL Street
New Hamburg, Ontario MLS® #29118274
Courtesy of JON LAMBERT/RE/MAX TWIN CITY REALTY INC.
106 - 101 OSLER DRIVE
Hamilton (Dundas), Ontario MLS® #29118279
Courtesy of JENNY MIAO/REAL ONE REALTY INC.
282 POTTRUFF ROAD
Brant (Paris), Ontario MLS® #29118281
Courtesy of LISA MARIE GIRARD/SPECTRUM REALTY SERVICES INC.
7732 BUTTERNUT BLVD BOULEVARD
Niagara Falls (Brown), Ontario MLS® #29118298
Courtesy of BRYAN JUSTIN JASKOLKA/CMI REAL ESTATE INC.
10 - 590 MILLBANK DRIVE
London South (South E), Ontario MLS® #29118301
Courtesy of JIGNESH BHANUSHALI/SAVE MAX ACHIEVERS REALTY
199 Langwell Common SE
Airdrie, Alberta MLS® #29118318
Courtesy of David Lofthaug/Bode Platform Inc.
9-10 Pikes Road
Spread Eagle, Newfoundland & Labrador MLS® #29118320
Courtesy of BERN TOBIN/Royal LePage Atlantic Homestead
527 - 25 LOWER SIMCOE STREET
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29118382
Courtesy of ARSALAN DURRANI/CENTURY 21 PROPERTY ZONE REALTY INC.
2003 - 10 DEERLICK COURT
Toronto (Parkwoods-Donalda), Ontario MLS® #29118387
Courtesy of AMMAR KAILANI/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
22 WATER Street S Unit# 100
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #29118402
Courtesy of Keith Schappert/COLDWELL BANKER PETER BENNINGER REALTY
271 S RICHVALE Drive S Unit# 38
Brampton, Ontario MLS® #29118407
Courtesy of Neil McIntyre/Re/Max REALTY SERVICES INC M
55 TOM BROWN Drive Unit# 54
Paris, Ontario MLS® #29118414
Courtesy of Paul Busnello/Royal LePage Burloak Real Estate Services
86 ROBINSON CRESCENT
Whitby (Pringle Creek), Ontario MLS® #29118421
Courtesy of THANGES VARNAKULASINGAM/HOMELIFE/FUTURE REALTY INC.
1007 - 3429 SHEPPARD AVENUE E
Toronto (Tam O'Shanter-Sullivan), Ontario MLS® #29118426
Courtesy of CINDY HUANG/CENTURY 21 KING'S QUAY REAL ESTATE INC.
113 Thornleigh Close SE
Airdrie, Alberta MLS® #29118438
Courtesy of Shelley Corley/Real Estate Professionals Inc.
754 RIVERSIDE DRIVE
London North (North Q), Ontario MLS® #29118464
Courtesy of SVETLANA GUROVA/BLUE FOREST REALTY INC.
465 FERNDALE Drive N
Barrie, Ontario MLS® #29117663
Courtesy of Peggy Hill/RE/MAX Hallmark Peggy Hill Group Realty Brokerage
4233 E Keller AVENUE
Regina, Saskatchewan MLS® #29117682
Courtesy of Natasha Blaisdell/RE/MAX Crown Real Estate
174 THOMAS STREET
Deseronto (Deseronto (Town)), Ontario MLS® #29117714
Courtesy of SANDRA MCKENNA/CENTURY 21 HERITAGE GROUP LTD., BROKERAGE
65 SUMAC LANE
Scugog, Ontario MLS® #29117719
Courtesy of JONATHAN DAVID AMANTEA/RE/MAX ULTIMATE REALTY INC.
22 AIRLEY CRESCENT
Toronto (East York), Ontario MLS® #29117721
Courtesy of CHRIS CLARKE/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY LTD.
1916 MONTMERE AVENUE
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #29117733
Courtesy of Christian Payer/RE/MAX DELTA REALTY TEAM
1506 - 30 UPPER MALL WAY
Vaughan (Brownridge), Ontario MLS® #29117740
Courtesy of MONICA MAC/RE/MAX EXCEL REALTY LTD.
43 ROCHELLE CRESCENT
Fort Erie (Ridgeway), Ontario MLS® #29117745
Courtesy of Casey Langelaan/REVEL Realty Inc., Brokerage
5627 7TH LINE N
Oro-Medonte (Moonstone), Ontario MLS® #29117752
Courtesy of CORBY HANNAM/CENTURY 21 B.J. ROTH REALTY LTD.
5600 CEDAR SPRINGS Road
Burlington, Ontario MLS® #29117769
Courtesy of Karen Paul/Keller Williams Edge Realty
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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