1989 OTTAWA Street S Unit# 23G
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #29138227
Courtesy of Anup Singh/CENTURY 21 GREEN 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.
3006 - 15 GREENVIEW AVENUE
Toronto (Newtonbrook West), Ontario MLS® #29138260
Courtesy of ROBIN SMULDERS/BOSLEY REAL ESTATE LTD.
61 BRAESIDE ROAD
Toronto (Lawrence Park North), Ontario MLS® #29137995
Courtesy of BELINDA MARIE LELLI/ROYAL LEPAGE REAL ESTATE SERVICES LTD.
310 - 18 HOLMES AVENUE
Toronto (Willowdale East), Ontario MLS® #29138145
Courtesy of ROY CADO/COLDWELL BANKER THE REAL ESTATE CENTRE
3 2531 PARK DRIVE
Abbotsford, British Columbia MLS® #29138599
Courtesy of Sat Swaich/Real Broker B.C. Ltd.
3002 ALBERT STREET
Regina, Saskatchewan MLS® #29138619
Courtesy of Natasha Blaisdell/RE/MAX Crown Real Estate
9 ELDON STREET
Russell, Ontario MLS® #29138835
Courtesy of Libo Habets/ROYAL LEPAGE PERFORMANCE REALTY
407 - 300 KEATS WAY
Waterloo, Ontario MLS® #29137863
Courtesy of MD HASAN IMAM/RE/MAX TWIN CITY REALTY INC.
MN&2ND - 496 NORTHCLIFFE BOULEVARD
Toronto (Oakwood Village), Ontario MLS® #29137887
Courtesy of RASHI NARULA/MCCANN REALTY GROUP LTD.
20 BISHOPS ROAD
St. Catharines (Vine/Linwell), Ontario MLS® #29137882
Courtesy of Jordan Maletta/REVEL Realty Inc., Brokerage
BSEMENT - 157 WALLER STREET
Whitby (Rolling Acres), Ontario MLS® #29137894
Courtesy of PATRICK YUAN/REAL ONE REALTY INC.
10309 VILLA AV NW
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #29137940
Courtesy of Sylvia Kozicki/Century 21 All Stars Realty Ltd
Acreage Strathcona Road
Forest Hill, Prince Edward Island MLS® #29137964
Courtesy of Austin Humphries/ROYAL LEPAGE PRINCE EDWARD REALTY
1028 Culloden Road
Mount Pleasant, Nova Scotia MLS® #29137971
Courtesy of Shauna Denton/Exit Realty Town & Country
215 WEST STREET
Central Elgin (Belmont), Ontario MLS® #29138018
Courtesy of BRENDA MACAULAY/SUTTON GROUP - SELECT REALTY
4406 - 8 EGLINTON AVENUE E
Toronto (Mount Pleasant East), Ontario MLS® #29138049
Courtesy of JIN HAN/BOSLEY REAL ESTATE LTD.
10 - 68 BLOSSOM COURT
Trent Hills (Warkworth), Ontario MLS® #29138087
Courtesy of PENNY SEMLITCH/EXIT REALTY LIFTLOCK
26 - 4 VATA COURT
Aurora (Aurora Village), Ontario MLS® #29138164
Courtesy of LATIF MERALI/HOMELIFE/BAYVIEW REALTY INC.
127 LOUTH STREET
St. Catharines (Rykert/Vansickle), Ontario MLS® #29138102
Courtesy of Andrew Muraco/RE/MAX NIAGARA REALTY LTD, BROKERAGE
704 - 16 BROOKERS LANE
Toronto (Mimico), Ontario MLS® #29138188
Courtesy of ELVIS PAUL KMET/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
329 THOMPSON ROAD
London South (South I), Ontario MLS® #29138195
Courtesy of MONIQUE LEGAULT/THRIVE REALTY GROUP INC.
515 EMERY STREET E
London South (South G), Ontario MLS® #29138203
Courtesy of SHAWN NAGY/SUTTON GROUP - SELECT REALTY
55 MORWICK Drive
Ancaster, Ontario MLS® #29138241
Courtesy of Joseph Capostagno/RE/MAX Escarpment Realty Inc.
1004 - 260 QUEENS QUAY W
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29138272
Courtesy of ANDREW FRANK TAMBURELLO/Royal Lepage Real Estate Associates
208 - 7439 KINGSTON ROAD
Toronto (Rouge), Ontario MLS® #29138284
Courtesy of SCOTT WATKINSON/ROYAL LEPAGE REAL ESTATE SERVICES LTD.
11 GRANDVIEW DRIVE
Kawartha Lakes (Omemee), Ontario MLS® #29138311
Courtesy of PERRY SMITH/RE/MAX ALL-STARS REALTY INC.
105, 10134 97 Avenue
Grande Prairie, Alberta MLS® #29138316
Courtesy of Morgan MacLean/Grassroots Realty Group Ltd.
1016 - 1 OLD MILL DRIVE
Toronto (High Park-Swansea), Ontario MLS® #29138335
Courtesy of MICKY LEHAVA/HARVEY KALLES REAL ESTATE LTD.
139 FERRIS DRIVE
Wellesley, Ontario MLS® #29138359
Courtesy of MATIN BROMAND/RE/MAX TWIN CITY REALTY INC.
127 ARNOT CRESCENT
Blue Mountains, Ontario MLS® #29138366
Courtesy of ROBERT PALUBJAK/ROYAL LEPAGE REAL ESTATE SERVICES LTD.
608 SPITHEAD ROAD
Frontenac Islands (The Islands), Ontario MLS® #29139136
Courtesy of JEN JOHNSTON/SUTTON GROUP-MASTERS REALTY INC., BROKERAGE
18 MCLEAN AVENUE
Collingwood, Ontario MLS® #29139371
Courtesy of PAOLA LAWRENCE/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY LTD.
310 Iles Way
Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia MLS® #29138486
Courtesy of Kimberly Goodwin/RE/MAX Dawson Creek Realty
44 SIDNEY STREET
Belleville (Belleville Ward), Ontario MLS® #29138513
Courtesy of Christina Charbonneau/ROYAL LEPAGE PROALLIANCE REALTY
18 TRACY AVENUE
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #29138544
Courtesy of Geoff Walker/RE/MAX ABSOLUTE WALKER REALTY
105 - 300 MONTEE OUTAOUAIS STREET
Clarence-Rockland, Ontario MLS® #29138549
Courtesy of Angela (Angie) White/PAUL RUSHFORTH REAL ESTATE INC.
238-B GINEBIK WAY
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #29138551
Courtesy of Lakshmipathi Kuppala/COLDWELL BANKER SARAZEN REALTY
264 GRAYS ROAD
Hamilton (Stoney Creek), Ontario MLS® #29138556
Courtesy of SCOTT BENSON/Real Broker Ontario Ltd.
116 MILTON STREET
Toronto (Stonegate-Queensway), Ontario MLS® #29138568
Courtesy of NICHOLAS ROBERT HORTON/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
913 - 3900 CONFEDERATION PARKWAY
Mississauga (City Centre), Ontario MLS® #29138570
Courtesy of IHAB A. WILLIAM/BONNATERA REALTY
215 LOCKE STREET S
Hamilton (Kirkendall), Ontario MLS® #29137976
Courtesy of NICK A DAMIANO/VENTURE REAL ESTATE CORP.
318 - 1420 DUPONT STREET
Toronto (Dovercourt-Wallace Emerson-Junction), Ontario MLS® #29138342
Courtesy of NELSON LOPES/RE/MAX WEST REALTY INC.
346 GLENBRAE AVENUE
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #29138347
Courtesy of Joanne Goneau/RE/MAX ABSOLUTE REALTY INC.
466 HILLVIEW CRESCENT
Wilmot, Ontario MLS® #29138361
Courtesy of JON LAMBERT/RE/MAX TWIN CITY 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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