818 - 75 NORMAN BETHUNE AVENUE
Richmond Hill (Beaver Creek Business Park), Ontario MLS® #29197759
Courtesy of GINNIE YEUNG/FIRST CLASS REALTY INC.
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.
11 2121 BALSAM AVENUE
Quesnel, British Columbia MLS® #29197538
Courtesy of Jasper Croy/Century 21 Energy Realty(Qsnl)
UPPER - 12 REVELSTOKE COURT
Barrie (Holly), Ontario MLS® #29197761
Courtesy of VICTORIA MAKHNIN/SUTTON GROUP-ADMIRAL REALTY INC.
3102 - 29 SINGER COURT
Toronto (Bayview Village), Ontario MLS® #29197773
Courtesy of JOE PENG/BEST UNION REALTY INC.
514 GOLDENROD Lane
Waterloo, Ontario MLS® #29197824
Courtesy of Hany Adam/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
47 COLLINGWOOD AVENUE
Brampton (Snelgrove), Ontario MLS® #29197829
Courtesy of SANDY KENNEDY/RE/MAX REALTY SERVICES INC.
333 - 4055 PARKSIDE VILLAGE DRIVE
Mississauga (City Centre), Ontario MLS® #29197762
Courtesy of IRENE N. CHU/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
2605 - 28 WELLESLEY STREET E
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29197870
Courtesy of GORDON YAO/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.
101 KATE AITKEN CRESCENT
New Tecumseth (Beeton), Ontario MLS® #29197825
Courtesy of JAMIE MCGINTY/RE/MAX HALLMARK CHAY REALTY
PH1920 - 60 PRINCESS STREET
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29197868
Courtesy of RACHEL ZHOU/REAL LAND REALTY INC.
117 BEDFORD STREET
Cornwall, Ontario MLS® #29197763
Courtesy of Amanda Schab/AVENUE NORTH REALTY INC.
15 IMOGENE COURT
Richmond Hill (Langstaff), Ontario MLS® #29197814
Courtesy of KATE J. LI/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
55 CLIFFORD CRESCENT
New Tecumseth (Tottenham), Ontario MLS® #29197826
Courtesy of STEPHEN STRAZZERI/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
1804 - 88 DAVENPORT ROAD
Toronto (Annex), Ontario MLS® #29197871
Courtesy of GINA DI LORENZO-BURRY/ROYAL LEPAGE TERREQUITY REALTY
1010 - 629 KING STREET W
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29197869
Courtesy of ANDREA VALDEZ LEVIN/PROPERTY.CA INC.
3205 - 5105 HURONTARIO STREET
Mississauga (Hurontario), Ontario MLS® #29197852
Courtesy of KHALID ABDULAHAD/ROYAL LEPAGE REAL ESTATE SERVICES LTD.
LOWER - 43 DUNBLAINE AVENUE
Toronto (Bedford Park-Nortown), Ontario MLS® #29197771
Courtesy of SANDRA WONG/RE/MAX WEST REALTY INC.
LOWER - 288 MONTE CARLO DRIVE
Vaughan (Sonoma Heights), Ontario MLS® #29197846
Courtesy of LAURA CORMAGGI/ROYAL LEPAGE YOUR COMMUNITY REALTY
701 - 55 SCOLLARD STREET
Toronto (Annex), Ontario MLS® #29197841
Courtesy of JANICE FOX/HAZELTON REAL ESTATE INC.
244 BRISDALE DRIVE
Brampton (Fletcher's Meadow), Ontario MLS® #29197827
Courtesy of PREET BRAR/RE/MAX REALTY SERVICES INC.
BMNT - 74 NEWBURY DRIVE
Newmarket (Bristol-London), Ontario MLS® #29197877
Courtesy of HAMED TABRIZCHI/HOMELIFE/BAYVIEW REALTY INC.
4287 MAJOR MACKENZIE DRIVE E
Markham (Angus Glen), Ontario MLS® #29197760
Courtesy of GLORY JIANG/MASTER'S TRUST REALTY INC.
2701 - 15 HOLMES AVENUE
Toronto (Willowdale East), Ontario MLS® #29197758
Courtesy of GERRARD HE/HC REALTY GROUP INC.
618 - 5 DEFRIES STREET
Toronto (Regent Park), Ontario MLS® #29197772
Courtesy of HELEN YUE/ANJIA REALTY
1801 - 1 YORKVILLE AVENUE
Toronto (Annex), Ontario MLS® #29197842
Courtesy of IAN ZHANG/FIRST CLASS REALTY INC.
129 NORTHOLT CRESCENT
Markham (Milliken Mills East), Ontario MLS® #29197873
Courtesy of DIANA MOTWANI/HOMELIFE/FUTURE REALTY INC.
5 - 539 TALBOT STREET
St. Thomas, Ontario MLS® #29197716
Courtesy of SAUL TEICHROEB/KELLER WILLIAMS LIFESTYLES
70 KING STREET E
Hamilton (Stoney Creek), Ontario MLS® #29197709
Courtesy of SALEEM SALAHUDDIN/RE/MAX PREMIER INC.
15672 WARDEN AVENUE
Whitchurch-Stouffville, Ontario MLS® #29196631
Courtesy of MARK MACRAE/RE/MAX ALL-STARS REALTY INC.
415 999 Burdett Ave
Victoria, British Columbia MLS® #29196636
Courtesy of Ron Neal/RE/MAX Generation - The Neal Estate Group
507 - 28 ANN STREET
Mississauga (Port Credit), Ontario MLS® #29196643
Courtesy of STANLEY BERNARDO/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
673 PRINCE OF WALES DRIVE
Cobourg, Ontario MLS® #29196655
Courtesy of STACY VERMEIRE/BOSLEY REAL ESTATE LTD.
6 - 509 COMMISSIONERS ROAD W
London South (South N), Ontario MLS® #29196667
Courtesy of AZRA VELAGIC/SUTTON GROUP - SELECT REALTY
14 ST
Rural Leduc County, Alberta MLS® #29196674
Courtesy of Dustin P. Dansereau/Royal Lepage Arteam Realty
483 Hotchkiss Manor SE
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #29196686
Courtesy of David Lofthaug/Bode Platform Inc.
13 WREN STREET
Kitimat, British Columbia MLS® #29196693
Courtesy of Katica Petersen/Royal LePage Aspire Realty (Terr)
2302 - 51 EAST LIBERTY STREET
Toronto (Niagara), Ontario MLS® #29196698
Courtesy of MOE KAMALI/KAMALI GROUP REALTY
3510 - 108 PETER STREET
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29196701
Courtesy of ELVIS GE/PRESTIGIUM REAL ESTATE LTD.
81 ROBINSON Street Unit# 709
Hamilton, Ontario MLS® #29196706
Courtesy of Mike Heddle/Royal LePage State 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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