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.
65275 Range Rd 114A
Lac La Biche County, Alberta MLS® #29326202
Courtesy of Derek C. Claffey/NAI Commercial Real Estate Inc
4301 - 10 YORK STREET
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29343383
Courtesy of AMAR TAMBER/ROYAL LEPAGE VISION REALTY
8 SACHET DRIVE
Richmond Hill (Oak Ridges Lake Wilcox), Ontario MLS® #29343388
Courtesy of NORA HAO/SMART SOLD REALTY
23 - 109 MARYDALE AVENUE
Markham (Middlefield), Ontario MLS® #29343395
Courtesy of QILUN XU/BAY STREET INTEGRITY REALTY INC.
21 JESSICA DRIVE
St. Catharines (Vine/Linwell), Ontario MLS® #29343410
Courtesy of Crystal Fehlow/RE/MAX NIAGARA REALTY LTD, BROKERAGE
1204 - 180 ENTERPRISE BOULEVARD
Markham (Unionville), Ontario MLS® #29343422
Courtesy of JUSTIN TSANG/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY LTD.
lot 11-1 Curley Lane
Belmont, Prince Edward Island MLS® #29341989
Courtesy of David Bradshaw/NORTHERN LIGHTS REALTY LTD.
20 DUNN DRIVE
Richmond Hill (Oak Ridges Lake Wilcox), Ontario MLS® #29343391
Courtesy of BING DONG/SMART SOLD REALTY
702 - 15 GRENVILLE STREET
Toronto (Bay Street Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29343384
Courtesy of PING HE/AIMHOME REALTY INC.
384 FLAGSTONE WAY
Newmarket (Woodland Hill), Ontario MLS® #29343389
Courtesy of HOOMAN GOLROKH KALOORAZI/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY LTD.
17537 PRESPATOU ROAD
Fort St. John, British Columbia MLS® #29342761
Courtesy of Brenna Burns/Century 21 Energy Realty
85 CRIMSON MILLWAY
Toronto (St. Andrew-Windfields), Ontario MLS® #29343411
Courtesy of PEYMAN SAATCHI-TEHRANI/HOMELIFE/BAYVIEW REALTY INC.
231 PERTH STREET
Brockville, Ontario MLS® #29343428
Courtesy of Harpreet Singh/RE/MAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC.
4609 - 3 CONCORD CITYPLACE WAY
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29343385
Courtesy of NOAH ZHANG/NU STREAM REALTY (TORONTO) INC.
66 HILLHURST DRIVE
Richmond Hill (Bayview Hill), Ontario MLS® #29343392
Courtesy of SHIRLEY YB XU/RE/MAX IMPERIAL REALTY INC.
121 ESTHER CRESCENT
Thorold (Hurricane/Merrittville), Ontario MLS® #29343405
Courtesy of TARUN SAINANEE/Royal Lepage Real Estate Associates
384-BASEMENT FLAGTONE WAY
Newmarket (Woodland Hill), Ontario MLS® #29343397
Courtesy of HOOMAN GOLROKH KALOORAZI/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY LTD.
236 BANKSIDE Drive
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #29343380
Courtesy of Clay Dinh/KELLER WILLIAMS INNOVATION REALTY
89 HAWTHORNE CRESCENT
Barrie (Ardagh), Ontario MLS® #29343424
Courtesy of JOSIE VITTI/SUTTON GROUP-ADMIRAL REALTY INC.
305 - 889 BAY STREET
Toronto (Bay Street Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29343412
Courtesy of ELISA XU/HOMELIFE GOLCONDA REALTY INC.
699 HEALY STREET
Quesnel, British Columbia MLS® #29342883
Courtesy of Stacey Bowden/Royal LePage Aspire Realty (Qsnl)
28 COLLINS CRESCENT
Aurora (Aurora Heights), Ontario MLS® #29343420
Courtesy of KRISTY CHEN/FIRST CLASS REALTY INC.
604 604 WATSON ROAD|Sardis South
Chilliwack, British Columbia MLS® #29342890
Courtesy of Blondine Keresztvey/Coldwell Banker Executives Realty
917 - 608 RICHMOND STREET
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #29343413
Courtesy of SOHEIL SHIVARANI/INTERCITY REALTY INC.
2 STATESMAN SQUARE
Toronto (Agincourt North), Ontario MLS® #29343418
Courtesy of HAN GUAN/PROPTECH REALTY INC.
1413 - 1 FAIRVIEW ROAD E
Mississauga (Mississauga Valleys), Ontario MLS® #29343401
Courtesy of MIKE WANG/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
4008 - 950 PORTAGE PARKWAY
Vaughan (Vaughan Corporate Centre), Ontario MLS® #29343393
Courtesy of ADRIANA DE GREGORIO/INTERNATIONAL REALTY FIRM, INC.
56 SHAKESPEARE CRESCENT
Barrie (Letitia Heights), Ontario MLS® #29343398
Courtesy of MIKE SECKLER/SUTTON GROUP INCENTIVE REALTY INC.
3797 DODGE ROAD
Lac La Hache, British Columbia MLS® #29343065
Courtesy of Adam Dirkson/eXp Realty (100 Mile)
756 RICHMOND STREET W
Toronto (Niagara), Ontario MLS® #29343382
Courtesy of SANDRA MIFSUD/ONE PERCENT REALTY LTD.
121 PANDORA CIRCLE
Toronto (Woburn), Ontario MLS® #29343387
Courtesy of NUNZIO RAO/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
223 - 858 DUPONT STREET
Toronto (Dovercourt-Wallace Emerson-Junction), Ontario MLS® #29343399
Courtesy of AMAR TAMBER/ROYAL LEPAGE VISION REALTY
110 - 10 ALMOND BLOSSOM MEWS
Vaughan (Vaughan Corporate Centre), Ontario MLS® #29343394
Courtesy of JENNY LIAN/SMART SOLD REALTY
218 - 858 DUPONT STREET
Toronto (Dovercourt-Wallace Emerson-Junction), Ontario MLS® #29343402
Courtesy of AMAR TAMBER/ROYAL LEPAGE VISION REALTY
5500 MAIN STREET
Whitchurch-Stouffville (Stouffville), Ontario MLS® #29343421
Courtesy of JUSTIN TSANG/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY LTD.
1708 - 275 BAMBURGH CIRCLE
Toronto (Steeles), Ontario MLS® #29343419
Courtesy of NINA AU/RIFE REALTY
21B ROSELAND DRIVE
Toronto (Alderwood), Ontario MLS® #29343426
Courtesy of ANAHITA SIMA/ROYAL LEPAGE SIGNATURE REALTY
401 LAURENTIAN AVENUE
Mississauga (Hurontario), Ontario MLS® #29341217
Courtesy of FRANK LEO/RE/MAX WEST REALTY INC.
1031 XAVIER STREET
Gravenhurst (Wood (Gravenhurst)), Ontario MLS® #29341236
Courtesy of JULIA BASDEN/ROYAL LEPAGE RCR REALTY
339 WELLBROOK AVENUE
Welland (Prince Charles), Ontario MLS® #29341243
Courtesy of TANYA CASTRICHINI/Engel & Volkers Oakville
25 CHARTERHOUSE DRIVE N
Whitby (Rolling Acres), Ontario MLS® #29341262
Courtesy of JOHN DANTAS/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
1355 Hodges Rd
French Creek, British Columbia MLS® #29340726
Courtesy of Kirk Walper/Royal LePage Island Living (PK)
2909 - 50 CHARLES STREET E
Toronto (Church-Yonge Corridor), Ontario MLS® #29340815
Courtesy of LEO GUAN/SMART SOLD 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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