9928 81 Avenue
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #29199942
Courtesy of Mark B. Wilbert/CIR Realty
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.
3211 - 385 PRINCE OF WALES DRIVE
Mississauga (City Centre), Ontario MLS® #30009556
Courtesy of CINDY ZHANG/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
47 BOITON STREET
Richmond Hill, Ontario MLS® #30009551
Courtesy of BRIAN LI/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
BSMT - 4 LINTON AVENUE
Toronto (Birchcliffe-Cliffside), Ontario MLS® #30009545
Courtesy of KARINA SADU/ROYAL LEPAGE ESTATE REALTY
201 BURNHAMTHORPE ROAD
Toronto (Islington-City Centre West), Ontario MLS® #30009557
Courtesy of LU CHEN/SMART SOLD REALTY
8 BROFARM LANE
Whitchurch-Stouffville (Stouffville), Ontario MLS® #30009552
Courtesy of ALINA YANG/DREAM HOME REALTY INC.
145 FENCHURCH MANOR
Barrie, Ontario MLS® #30009553
Courtesy of ANA PRONIO/RE/MAX HALLMARK YORK GROUP REALTY LTD.
41 MABERN STREET
Barrie, Ontario MLS® #30009554
Courtesy of JON BROCK/KELLER WILLIAMS REALTY CENTRES
29 LAFFERTY LANE
Richmond Hill (Crosby), Ontario MLS® #30009548
Courtesy of BRUCE FEI LI/BAY STREET GROUP INC.
-BSMNT - 30 THATCHER CRESCENT
East Gwillimbury, Ontario MLS® #30009550
Courtesy of NASRIN KHOSHROW/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
2185 Coldwater Drive
Kamloops, British Columbia MLS® #30008255
Courtesy of Harry Arora/Stonehaus Realty Corp
2 4140 Interurban Rd
Saanich, British Columbia MLS® #30008286
Courtesy of Karen Jensen/RE/MAX Camosun
5060 Vista View Cres
Nanaimo, British Columbia MLS® #30008503
Courtesy of Lucas Pugh/REMAX Professionals (NA)
7078 126A STREET
Surrey, British Columbia MLS® #30008539
Courtesy of Vicky Dhillon/Century 21 Coastal Realty Ltd.
16 - 3516 ALADDIN LANE
Ottawa, Ontario MLS® #30008899
Courtesy of Sharon Forbes/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
1874 Parkview Crescent Unit# 39
Kelowna, British Columbia MLS® #30007694
Courtesy of Sheldon Beagle/Royal LePage Kelowna
2046 GAGNE PLACE
Prince George, British Columbia MLS® #30007707
Courtesy of Shauna Lynch/RE/MAX Core Realty
113 45555 YALE ROAD|Chilliwack Proper South
Chilliwack, British Columbia MLS® #30007827
Courtesy of Chelsea Dunn/RE/MAX Nyda Realty Inc.
97 MERCER CRESCENT
Markham (Raymerville), Ontario MLS® #30003731
Courtesy of MICHAEL JOHN LAU/EXP REALTY
33 ANN STREET
Halton Hills (Georgetown), Ontario MLS® #30003743
Courtesy of MICHAEL CHEN/GLOBAL BRICKS EXECUTIVE HOMES REALTY
UPPER - 33 SALEM AVENUE
Toronto (Dovercourt-Wallace Emerson-Junction), Ontario MLS® #30003748
Courtesy of RYAN CONWAY/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY LTD.
LOWER UNIT - 361 WESTVALE DRIVE
Waterloo, Ontario MLS® #30003762
Courtesy of JAMES TASCA/ICI SOURCE REAL ASSET SERVICES INC.
4 Valley Meadow Close NW
Calgary, Alberta MLS® #30003786
Courtesy of Deryck E. Ostashek/Real Estate Professionals Inc.
21 CARDINAL Lane
Port Dover, Ontario MLS® #30003678
Courtesy of Ashley Tamminga/RE/MAX Erie Shores Realty Inc. Brokerage
35 DUBRICK Crescent
Kitchener, Ontario MLS® #30003680
Courtesy of Ryan Schinker/Real Broker Ontario Ltd.
944 COLLINS DRIVE
London South (South L), Ontario MLS® #30003685
Courtesy of JORDAN HOWARD/THRIVE REALTY GROUP INC.
2108 - 99 HARBOUR SQUARE
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #30003584
Courtesy of OKSANA JANCEVIC/REAL BROKER ONTARIO LTD.
1802 - 1470 MIDLAND AVENUE
Toronto (Dorset Park), Ontario MLS® #30003589
Courtesy of CINDY SUN/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
4 SINDEN DRIVE
Whitby (Brooklin), Ontario MLS® #30003591
Courtesy of BETTY DENG/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
138 - 11 ALMOND BLOSSOM MEWS
Vaughan (Vaughan Corporate Centre), Ontario MLS® #30003604
Courtesy of SUNNY SUN/FIRST CLASS REALTY INC.
311 YOUNGSTOWN AVENUE
Mississauga (Rathwood), Ontario MLS® #30003609
Courtesy of JESSICA YIN/RE/MAX IMPERIAL REALTY INC.
7 - 148 GLENLAKE AVENUE
Toronto (High Park North), Ontario MLS® #30003611
Courtesy of JONATHAN CHIU/RIGHT AT HOME REALTY
203 ELIZABETH CRESCENT
Centre Wellington (Fergus), Ontario MLS® #30003616
Courtesy of STEPHANIE HARTLEY/RE/MAX WEST REALTY INC.
609 - 2191 YONGE STREET
Toronto (Mount Pleasant West), Ontario MLS® #30003832
Courtesy of JAMES TASCA/ICI SOURCE REAL ASSET SERVICES INC.
#503 10235 112 ST NW
Edmonton, Alberta MLS® #30003849
Courtesy of Che Taylor/MaxWell Challenge Realty
2904 - 609 SHERBOURNE STREET
Toronto (North St. James Town), Ontario MLS® #30003630
Courtesy of TRINA WANG/HOMELIFE NEW WORLD REALTY INC.
612 - 415 MAIN STREET W
Hamilton (Kirkendall), Ontario MLS® #30003642
Courtesy of SIU TA/RE/MAX HALLMARK REALTY LTD.
255 LAKESHORE ROAD
St. Catharines (Lakeshore), Ontario MLS® #30003697
Courtesy of Debi Chewerda/RE/MAX NIAGARA REALTY LTD, BROKERAGE
522 - 400 KING STREET W
Toronto (Waterfront Communities), Ontario MLS® #30003700
Courtesy of ROBERT LU/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
706 - 49 EAST LIBERTY STREET
Toronto (Niagara), Ontario MLS® #30003705
Courtesy of CRYSTEEN XIAO/HOMELIFE LANDMARK REALTY INC.
732 - 2020 BATHURST STREET
Toronto (Humewood-Cedarvale), Ontario MLS® #30003712
Courtesy of JAMES TASCA/ICI SOURCE REAL ASSET SERVICES INC.
8034 PINELLAS PARK Drive
Niagara Falls, Ontario MLS® #30003717
Courtesy of Kevin Gibson/RE/MAX Niagara 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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Toronto Neighbourhood Guide
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