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.
400 5556 50 Avenue
St. Paul Town, Alberta MLS® #29199362
Courtesy of Tyler J. Poirier/Century 21 Poirier Real Estate
28 Milton Road
Paradise, Newfoundland & Labrador MLS® #29244531
Courtesy of DEBBIE BUDDEN/Keller Williams Platinum Realty
9413 118 Avenue
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #29273031
Courtesy of Conor J. Clarke/NAI Commercial Real Estate Inc
4112 4108 Calgary Trl NW
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #29273032
Courtesy of Julie Lam/NAI Commercial Real Estate Inc
5616 94A Street
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #29268471
Courtesy of Edward W. Stenger/NAI Commercial Real Estate Inc
106 MOSSWOOD COURT W
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #29296392
Courtesy of Bienvenida Go/ROYAL LEPAGE PERFORMANCE REALTY
6442 BUFFALO CREEK ROAD
100 Mile House, British Columbia MLS® #29295990
Courtesy of Sean Dirkson/eXp Realty (100 Mile)
5078 ARMOURY STREET
Niagara Falls (Cherrywood), Ontario MLS® #29296393
Courtesy of Jordan Greenough/RE/MAX NIAGARA REALTY LTD, BROKERAGE
2607 - 8 WIDMER STREET
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29296418
Courtesy of GRACE LO/SUTTON GROUP-ADMIRAL REALTY INC.
132 FARMSTEAD ROAD
Richmond Hill (Rouge Woods), Ontario MLS® #29296420
Courtesy of BRUCE FEI LI/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
36 STAGLIN COURT
Markham (Cathedraltown), Ontario MLS® #29296406
Courtesy of JENNIFER WANG/FIRST CLASS REALTY INC.
706 - 10 WILLISON SQUARE
Toronto (Kensington-Chinatown), Ontario MLS® #29296401
Courtesy of CHRISTY LIN/AIMHOME REALTY INC.
612 RITCHIE STREET
Prince Rupert, British Columbia MLS® #29295989
Courtesy of Nadia Movold/RE/MAX Coast Mountains (PR)
G2 - 7 KENASTON GARDENS
Toronto (Bayview Village), Ontario MLS® #29296394
Courtesy of SHAUN GHULAM/RE/MAX EXPERTS
MAIN & 2ND - 8 KENT MATTHEW STREET
Richmond Hill (Oak Ridges), Ontario MLS® #29296402
Courtesy of MASOUD GHOLAMIPOSHTMASARI/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
817 - 50 DUNFIELD AVENUE
Toronto (Mount Pleasant West), Ontario MLS® #29296419
Courtesy of DAVID XUE DONG LIU/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
#2BEDBSMNT - 52 NISBET DRIVE
Aurora (Aurora Highlands), Ontario MLS® #29296421
Courtesy of MOHAMMAD NASRKHANI/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY LTD.
30 CORONADO COURT
Toronto (Humbermede), Ontario MLS® #29296410
Courtesy of NELSON ANTONIO CAMPOS/SUTTON GROUP REALTY SYSTEMS INC.
829 LANGFORD BOULEVARD
Bradford West Gwillimbury (Bradford), Ontario MLS® #29296403
Courtesy of EVA ZHAO/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
86 RUGGLES AVENUE
Richmond Hill (Crosby), Ontario MLS® #29296422
Courtesy of BITA ZARGHAMI/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY LTD.
155 VANDERVIEW DRIVE
Vanderhoof, British Columbia MLS® #29295987
Courtesy of Jody Pedersen/RE/MAX Vanderhoof
1042 SW - 121 LOWER SHERBOURNE STREET
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29296396
Courtesy of AARON LIN/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
17 ELSTREE ROAD
Toronto (Edenbridge-Humber Valley), Ontario MLS® #29296409
Courtesy of TRISH BUCHANAN/ROYAL LEPAGE REAL ESTATE SERVICES LTD.
904 - 25 CARLTON STREET
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29296416
Courtesy of Mahnaz Rahman/DREAM VALLEY REALTY INC.
BSMT - 47 STATHER CRESCENT
Markham (Milliken Mills East), Ontario MLS® #29296423
Courtesy of HUNG TAT TERRY CHAN/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.
140 - 3010 TRAILSIDE DRIVE
Oakville (GO Glenorchy), Ontario MLS® #29296366
Courtesy of STUART DAVID/KELLER WILLIAMS EMPOWERED REALTY
181 PENN AVENUE
Newmarket (Bristol-London), Ontario MLS® #29296361
Courtesy of YASER ABDOLMAJIDI/RE/MAX HALLMARK YORK GROUP REALTY LTD.
626 Monterey Ave
Oak Bay, British Columbia MLS® #29296373
Courtesy of Brenda L. Russell/Royal LePage Coast Capital - Oak Bay
407 LIMERICK STREET
Innisfil (Churchill), Ontario MLS® #29296385
Courtesy of JUN YAO/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
711 Kerr ROAD
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan MLS® #29292720
Courtesy of Bryanne Miller/Realty Executives Saskatoon
1044 SUDDARD AVENUE
Oshawa (Kedron), Ontario MLS® #29292770
Courtesy of Krista-Ann Deller/REALTY ONE GROUP REVEAL
20 Mercers Road
Conception Bay South, Newfoundland & Labrador MLS® #29292799
Courtesy of Mark Bailey/eXp Realty
928 - 33 COX BOULEVARD
Markham (Unionville), Ontario MLS® #29292852
Courtesy of MICHAEL JOHN LAU/EXP REALTY
1304 - 395 SQUARE ONE DRIVE
Mississauga (City Centre), Ontario MLS® #29292864
Courtesy of ALVARO DE LA TORRE/BONNATERA REALTY
418573 CONCESSION A
Meaford, Ontario MLS® #29292888
Courtesy of LORI SCHWENGERS/Chestnut Park Real Estate
495 ALAN Crescent
Woodstock, Ontario MLS® #29292910
Courtesy of SUZANNE ETHIER/KELLER WILLIAMS INNOVATION REALTY
30 ALLANTON Boulevard
Brantford, Ontario MLS® #29292915
Courtesy of Kyle Jansink/Re/Max Twin City Realty Inc
16 HOLLYHOCK COURT
Toronto (Banbury-Don Mills), Ontario MLS® #29292922
Courtesy of MARIAN DANIAL/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
305-306 6678 152 STREET
Surrey, British Columbia MLS® #29293451
Courtesy of Aman Jodhan/Century 21 Coastal Realty Ltd.
32 LIVINGSTON AVENUE
Kingston (Central City East), Ontario MLS® #29293571
Courtesy of GRACE WHITESIDE/ROYAL LEPAGE PROALLIANCE REALTY, BROKERAGE
9921 PARKWOOD DRIVE|Rosedale
Rosedale, British Columbia MLS® #29293747
Courtesy of Scott Cramer/Team 3000 Realty Ltd.
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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